Ben grew up in Mabel, Minnesota before going on to get a degree from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. He spent much of his youth listening to Twins games on KFIL. Ben moved on and wrote articles for his college sports website and also wrote Rochester Honkers game summaries while interning with Townsquare Media in Rochester. Ben likes most all the sports, though he knows the letdown that is associated with the Minnesota teams. One of his first CD's was Alan Jackson, and you can hear a mix of country music, from Merle Haggard to Taylor Swift when Ben is on air.
Ben Aberg
Lions Top Cardinals on KFIL
The Spring Grove Lions roared to a 66-28 win over the LeRoy-Ostrander Cardinals in the first broadcast of girls basketball this season on KFIL. The game was within four points after a long 3-pointer by Haley Hungerholt, but then Spring Grove went on a 16-0 run...
Square Dancing Day
Today, November 29th, in Square Dancing Day. One fun fact I found about square dancing is that square dance is the official dance of nineteen different U.S. states. In England, Ireland, and Scotland, people go to dances, but don't specifically say they are going "square dancing...
Golden Gophers Team Awards
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team had their annual Golden Gopher Football Banquet on Sunday, in which, among other things, many awards were given out. Some awards:
Rodney Smith: Bronko Nagurski Award, Bruce Smith Award, and Bob McNamara Offensive Back of the Year
Damarius Travis: Carl Elller Award, Tony Dungy Character and Community Service Award, and defensive back of the y
Caledonia Warriors Are Class AA State Champs!
The Caledonia Warriors are State Champs again, with a 61-12 win over the Eden Valley-Watkins Eagles in the Class AA State Title Game from U.S. Bank Stadium! Eden Valley-Watkins kicked off to Caledonia to start the game, and on that opening drive, Owen King and Sam Barthel connected for a third down 26-yard completion, and then King found Jordan Burg from 18 yards for a 6-0 lead just over two minut
Rhodes Were Closed Sunday!
Xavier Rhodes is the latest Minnesota Viking to win an NFC Player of the Week award. The Vikings cornerback intercepted two passes and set a Vikings record by returning his first of the game for 100 yards and the score! After an earlier streak of success, With Rhodes' performance Sunday, the Vikings now have 11 Player of the Week award winners in the three seasons under head coach Mike Zimmer...
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Rocky is 40!
The movie "Rocky" featuring Sylvester Stallone is 40 years old now! In celebration, I am going to start training to take down Luke in an epic studio showdown.
Thanksgiving is training day too, Luke.
Huge Hit By The Vikings!
This is the stuff of the Monday feel. Bernie the sound guy was trying to do his job pregame. The Vikings running through made this difficult.
Opposing quarterbacks usually try to get out of the way of Linval Joseph. Hopefully Bernie got his glasses fixed. Tha...
Watch This Deer Take out This Runner!
Boom! We've seen animals running around at football games. I've had deer run through during baseball games I have played: The only conclusion I can come to? Some animals need better seating at athletic events. This deer tries to get a better look and a cross country meet and ends up running right into the cross country runners...
Tournament Time Started, Whole Lot More Coming Up
The games keep rolling on KFIL and KVGO. Monday night we started with volleyball-on KFIL the Rushford-Peterson Trojans took down the Houston Hurricanes in a sweep. On KVGO, we had a great one, #8 seed Lanesboro hosted the #9 seed Lewiston-Altura...
Warriors defeat Falcons in Four
KFIL brought you more high school volleyball action Thursday night, in a 3 Rivers Conference battle between the Fillmore Central Falcons and the Caledonia Warriors. It was Senior Night in Caledonia, with the Warriors seniors playing their last regular match on their home court...