Roger Bennett (journalist)
| Roger Bennett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roger James Bennett September 1970 (age 45) Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Rog Bennett |
| Ethnicity | Jewish[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, radio presenter and film maker |
| Known for | Men in Blazers |
Roger "Rog" Bennett is a British-American journalist, author, radio presenter and film maker. He has written about sports, music, and culture for the New York Times, ESPN: The Magazine, and Time, among others.
He is the co-host, with Michael Davies, of the Men in Blazers. The duo records a weekly podcast (formerly on the Grantland network) and a show on NBCSN. The weekly half-hour NBCSN television show "The Men in Blazers Show" covers the English Premier League. It debuted Monday, September 15, 2014 and is filmed in a studio in the SoHo area of New York City.[2] They formerly had a show on Sirius XM.
In 2010, he created the architectural design competition Sukkah City with journalist Joshua Foer.[3] In 2014, he announced he would be becoming a naturalized American citizen based upon the United States men's national soccer team's progress in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Bennett is a longtime supporter of the Everton Football Club that plays in the English Premier League.
Bennett is also co-founder of a record label, Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation, that has tracked down lost music from the 1950s and 60s and reissued it including BAGELS AND BONGOS [4] and BLACK SABBATH.[5]
Documentaries
In 2009, he produced a documentary After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United, which covered Bnei Sakhnin F.C.'s 2004 Israel State Cup title and their subsequent campaign in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup competition.
In 2014, he directed "Inside: U.S. Soccer's March to Brazil," for ESPN ahead of the 2014 World Cup. The multi episode documentary series offered a fly-on-the-wall look at the U.S. Men's National Team as they prepared for the 2014 World Cup.[6]
In 2014, he made a documentary about Landon Donovan and his final game with the MLS team L.A. Galaxy before retiring.[7]
In 2015, he made a documentary "The Southampton Way" about Southampton F.C. [8]
He also produced, along with Jonathan Hock, ESPN's 30 for 30 episode "Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry," which looked at Brazil's doomed attempt to win the 1950 World Cup on home soil and a behind-the-scenes look at Brazil in the run up to the 2014 World Cup.[9]
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1400080441 - Bar Mitzvah Disco
- ISBN 978-0307382627 - Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies
- ISBN 978-0307394675 - And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl
- ISBN 978-0345517920 - The ESPN World Cup Companion
- ISBN 978-0061690518 - Everything you know is pong
- ISBN 978-0761169192 - Unscrolled
References
- ↑ "A Harvest of Temporary Shelters". 16 September 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ Prince-Wright, Joe. ""The Men in Blazers Show" set for kick off on NBCSN" (17 September 2014).
- ↑ August 2014 "A Harvest of Temporary Shelters" Check
|url= - ↑ "Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish". Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Secret Musical History Of...'Black Sabbath'?". Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ "Roger Bennett On "Inside: U.S. Soccer's March to Brazil"". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ http://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com/2014/10/7/6942971/everton-roger-bennett-documentary-landon-donovan-mls
- ↑ http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/02/video-watch-the-southampton-way-documentary-in-full/
- ↑ "New Film Series, 30 for 30: Soccert Stories", Surrounding 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/22/watch-men-in-blazers-show-debuts-on-nbcsn/