Ben Fowlkes
@benfowlkes.bsky.social
Sports writer for Uncrowned and Yahoo Sports. Co-host of the Co-Main Event podcast. Previously: The Athletic, USA Today, Sports Illustrated. Fiction in Best American Short Stories. Novice hockey league MVP. https://sports.yahoo.com/author/ben-fowlkes/
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Wrote this on my Substack if you even care. open.substack.com/pub/thefight...
How much of your life do you want a robot to live for you?
This week me and the big homie Chad Dundas got to talking about this story from New York Magazine. It’s about how AI and ChatGPT has already drastically changed the college experience for damn near al...
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Wrote this on my Substack if you even care. open.substack.com/pub/thefight...
Here’s me talking about poetry and shit in an interview. If you’re into that kind of thing. pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
An Interview with Ben Fowlkes · P I N H O L E • P O E T R Y
Ben Fowlkes is a writer whose work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Best American Short Stories, FailBetter, and elsewhere. In his day job, he works as a sports writer for Yahoo Sports. He primarily cov...
pinholepoetry.ca
May 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here’s me talking about poetry and shit in an interview. If you’re into that kind of thing. pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
Got a question for this week’s mailbag? I am asking — nay, demanding — that you let me have it.
May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Got a question for this week’s mailbag? I am asking — nay, demanding — that you let me have it.
Made my girlfriend hold mitts for me in the garage gym so yeah you could say it’s pretty serious.
May 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Made my girlfriend hold mitts for me in the garage gym so yeah you could say it’s pretty serious.
Last night I was at a bar where someone loaded up the jukebox with Jimmy Buffet. I’ll say this, it succeeded in altering the vibe.
May 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Last night I was at a bar where someone loaded up the jukebox with Jimmy Buffet. I’ll say this, it succeeded in altering the vibe.
Look I’m never gonna miss a chance to write about Demian Maia and you’ll all just have to accept that. sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/...
How Demian Maia continues to influence a new generation of UFC fighters, from Ian Machado Garry to Reinier de Ridder
Demian Maia fought in the UFC for 14 years, challenging for titles in two different divisions. Now, at age 48, his work as a coach and mentor is shaping a new crop of fighters.
sports.yahoo.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Look I’m never gonna miss a chance to write about Demian Maia and you’ll all just have to accept that. sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/...
Say happy birthday to my dog, who is four today.
May 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Say happy birthday to my dog, who is four today.
Grandpa says your kids should have fewer dolls.
Trump on China: "They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff. Much of it we don't need. Somebody said, 'oh, the shelves are gonna be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more."
April 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Grandpa says your kids should have fewer dolls.
It is Tuesday and therefore I am seeking your best questions for this week’s mailbag column. What’s on your mind? You can talk to me. No one else understands you.
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is Tuesday and therefore I am seeking your best questions for this week’s mailbag column. What’s on your mind? You can talk to me. No one else understands you.
The big homie W.S. Merwin.
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The big homie W.S. Merwin.
I don’t like it that Florida has good hockey teams. I will never like it. It’s unnatural.
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I don’t like it that Florida has good hockey teams. I will never like it. It’s unnatural.
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An honest ROFLMAO off moment
April 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
An honest ROFLMAO off moment
Walking my dog yesterday after dinner we passed someone’s garage where a group of men had gathered under a “This Is Steelers Country” flag to watch the NFL draft. First of all this is western Montana my guys. Second I hope NFL Santa brought you what you wanted, whatever that may be.
April 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Walking my dog yesterday after dinner we passed someone’s garage where a group of men had gathered under a “This Is Steelers Country” flag to watch the NFL draft. First of all this is western Montana my guys. Second I hope NFL Santa brought you what you wanted, whatever that may be.
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Going to the movies in 2025 is awesome. AMC has an ad where they explain what a movie is, how it's made of lights and sounds. Then they have an ad where two performers act out different kinds of movies, in case the audience thinks all movies are the same. Then Nicole Kidman says, "movies...nice"
April 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Going to the movies in 2025 is awesome. AMC has an ad where they explain what a movie is, how it's made of lights and sounds. Then they have an ad where two performers act out different kinds of movies, in case the audience thinks all movies are the same. Then Nicole Kidman says, "movies...nice"
The mailbag column in which I argue that Jon Jones needs to sign on the line that is dotted before the summer ends or get the hell out of the way and let Tom Aspinall (and us) move on. sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/...
Mailbag: Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall — how long are we willing to wait and who suffers most if we don't get it?
Are we ever going to see Jon Jones fight Tom Aspinall? Plus, two World’s Strongest Men are fighting on Saturday, and that should be … memorable. All that and more in this week’s mailbag.
sports.yahoo.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The mailbag column in which I argue that Jon Jones needs to sign on the line that is dotted before the summer ends or get the hell out of the way and let Tom Aspinall (and us) move on. sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/...
[deeply ignorant man who has refused to learn new things as he ages] ‘Well if all this stuff is real then how come I personally don’t know about it?? Explain that, smart guy!’
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
[deeply ignorant man who has refused to learn new things as he ages] ‘Well if all this stuff is real then how come I personally don’t know about it?? Explain that, smart guy!’
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We used to be a proper society, that would lock this dweeb in a locker before he finished his asinine question
April 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We used to be a proper society, that would lock this dweeb in a locker before he finished his asinine question
Got a question for this week’s mailbag column? Taking on all topics, from WrestleMania to UFC to my controversial decision to throw my name in the hat as the new pope.
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Got a question for this week’s mailbag column? Taking on all topics, from WrestleMania to UFC to my controversial decision to throw my name in the hat as the new pope.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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It must be such an exciting time in the international espionage community. Like you’ve been trying to get hits off big league pitchers for years and suddenly they bring in a Little League kid from the bullpen. Everybody gets to pad some stats now. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It must be such an exciting time in the international espionage community. Like you’ve been trying to get hits off big league pitchers for years and suddenly they bring in a Little League kid from the bullpen. Everybody gets to pad some stats now. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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My dude here is the best writer in the combat sports space and this is just another brilliant entry.
April 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My dude here is the best writer in the combat sports space and this is just another brilliant entry.
Just letting you know that I got dressed up and then kicked ass at the Easter egg* hunt at my friend Kasey’s house.
*Jello shots
*Jello shots
April 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Just letting you know that I got dressed up and then kicked ass at the Easter egg* hunt at my friend Kasey’s house.
*Jello shots
*Jello shots
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This RULES!
April 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This RULES!