Benjamin Royer
@thebenroyer.bsky.social
Sports scribe for hire | UCLA, USC Annenberg M.A. alum | words in The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, The New York Times, Fan Nation, UCLA Blueprint | forever: Daily Bruin | rt ≠ endorsement
Orange County Register 🤝 Benjamin Royer 🤝 Los Angeles Times
Honored to hold the lead story of both Southern California newspapers’ sports sections today.
Honored to hold the lead story of both Southern California newspapers’ sports sections today.
August 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Orange County Register 🤝 Benjamin Royer 🤝 Los Angeles Times
Honored to hold the lead story of both Southern California newspapers’ sports sections today.
Honored to hold the lead story of both Southern California newspapers’ sports sections today.
Dangerous. CC: @thepressbox.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dangerous. CC: @thepressbox.bsky.social
I quite liked my lede from my UCLA football fall training camp dispatch today.
Take a read of my latest covering UCLA football for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/08/02/u...
Take a read of my latest covering UCLA football for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/08/02/u...
August 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I quite liked my lede from my UCLA football fall training camp dispatch today.
Take a read of my latest covering UCLA football for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/08/02/u...
Take a read of my latest covering UCLA football for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/08/02/u...
Two pastrami sandwiches. I’m in Jewish deli heaven.
Katz’s and 2nd Ave.
Choose your (incredibly delicious) warrior:
Katz’s and 2nd Ave.
Choose your (incredibly delicious) warrior:
July 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Two pastrami sandwiches. I’m in Jewish deli heaven.
Katz’s and 2nd Ave.
Choose your (incredibly delicious) warrior:
Katz’s and 2nd Ave.
Choose your (incredibly delicious) warrior:
Mike Gillespie knew Ben Orloff had the stuff. Yes, the famed coach believed in the Anteater star’s ability on the field, setting records in 2009.
But what Gillespie saw was Orloff’s future, a future for UC Irvine baseball.
On @latimes.com, and in Wednesday print: www.latimes.com/sports/story...
But what Gillespie saw was Orloff’s future, a future for UC Irvine baseball.
On @latimes.com, and in Wednesday print: www.latimes.com/sports/story...
May 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mike Gillespie knew Ben Orloff had the stuff. Yes, the famed coach believed in the Anteater star’s ability on the field, setting records in 2009.
But what Gillespie saw was Orloff’s future, a future for UC Irvine baseball.
On @latimes.com, and in Wednesday print: www.latimes.com/sports/story...
But what Gillespie saw was Orloff’s future, a future for UC Irvine baseball.
On @latimes.com, and in Wednesday print: www.latimes.com/sports/story...
Today is a good day.
I graduate from USC Annenberg with a master’s in specialized journalism at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tonight.
I am in the @latimes.com sports section with Tuesday’s Dodgers gamer.
And my thesis was confirmed by my final committee member.
Pinch me!
I graduate from USC Annenberg with a master’s in specialized journalism at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tonight.
I am in the @latimes.com sports section with Tuesday’s Dodgers gamer.
And my thesis was confirmed by my final committee member.
Pinch me!
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today is a good day.
I graduate from USC Annenberg with a master’s in specialized journalism at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tonight.
I am in the @latimes.com sports section with Tuesday’s Dodgers gamer.
And my thesis was confirmed by my final committee member.
Pinch me!
I graduate from USC Annenberg with a master’s in specialized journalism at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tonight.
I am in the @latimes.com sports section with Tuesday’s Dodgers gamer.
And my thesis was confirmed by my final committee member.
Pinch me!
Back at Dodger Stadium with a full LAT crew tonight for Freddie Freeman bobblehead night, the same day Freeman (ankle) has been activated off the Injured List.
Dodgers are 10-4 and host the Cubs (9-6) after an up-and-down road trip to the East Coast.
Dodgers are 10-4 and host the Cubs (9-6) after an up-and-down road trip to the East Coast.
April 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Back at Dodger Stadium with a full LAT crew tonight for Freddie Freeman bobblehead night, the same day Freeman (ankle) has been activated off the Injured List.
Dodgers are 10-4 and host the Cubs (9-6) after an up-and-down road trip to the East Coast.
Dodgers are 10-4 and host the Cubs (9-6) after an up-and-down road trip to the East Coast.
Forgot to post, but I’m officially at @latimes.com covering sports with the always great award-winning sports section.
If you have any idea for pitches, or outside-of-the-box sports stories untold in Los Angeles or nationally, feel free to send me an email here: benjamin.royer@latimes.com
If you have any idea for pitches, or outside-of-the-box sports stories untold in Los Angeles or nationally, feel free to send me an email here: benjamin.royer@latimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Forgot to post, but I’m officially at @latimes.com covering sports with the always great award-winning sports section.
If you have any idea for pitches, or outside-of-the-box sports stories untold in Los Angeles or nationally, feel free to send me an email here: benjamin.royer@latimes.com
If you have any idea for pitches, or outside-of-the-box sports stories untold in Los Angeles or nationally, feel free to send me an email here: benjamin.royer@latimes.com
Spent the afternoon at TuS Makkabi Berlin e.V., a fifth-division football club and the only with Jewish identity in Berlin.
Makkabi Berlin defeated TSG Nuestrelitz 3-2.
Story to eventually come on football and Jewry in modern-day Germany.
Makkabi Berlin defeated TSG Nuestrelitz 3-2.
Story to eventually come on football and Jewry in modern-day Germany.
March 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Spent the afternoon at TuS Makkabi Berlin e.V., a fifth-division football club and the only with Jewish identity in Berlin.
Makkabi Berlin defeated TSG Nuestrelitz 3-2.
Story to eventually come on football and Jewry in modern-day Germany.
Makkabi Berlin defeated TSG Nuestrelitz 3-2.
Story to eventually come on football and Jewry in modern-day Germany.
That’s why they call it Die Stadt der brüderlichen Liebe.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
That’s why they call it Die Stadt der brüderlichen Liebe.
We made it to Berlin — and are on our way to dinner with the Irish Times’ Berlin correspondent Derek Scally.
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We made it to Berlin — and are on our way to dinner with the Irish Times’ Berlin correspondent Derek Scally.
Here at Pauley Pavilion in place of the great Ben Bolch to cover UCLA vs USC in the regular season MBB finale.
Will have updates and a gamer for @latimes.com later tonight with USC beat writer Ryan Kartje.
Will have updates and a gamer for @latimes.com later tonight with USC beat writer Ryan Kartje.
March 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here at Pauley Pavilion in place of the great Ben Bolch to cover UCLA vs USC in the regular season MBB finale.
Will have updates and a gamer for @latimes.com later tonight with USC beat writer Ryan Kartje.
Will have updates and a gamer for @latimes.com later tonight with USC beat writer Ryan Kartje.
Moderating the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting panel on Monday with my “fellow” USC Annenberg Selden Ring Investigative Journalism fellow Mallika Seshadri.
Hope to see you there as we celebrate and honor Katey Rusch and Casey Smith, and their courageous journalism.
Hope to see you there as we celebrate and honor Katey Rusch and Casey Smith, and their courageous journalism.
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Moderating the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting panel on Monday with my “fellow” USC Annenberg Selden Ring Investigative Journalism fellow Mallika Seshadri.
Hope to see you there as we celebrate and honor Katey Rusch and Casey Smith, and their courageous journalism.
Hope to see you there as we celebrate and honor Katey Rusch and Casey Smith, and their courageous journalism.
For a school that has had low public political organization since encampments were removed in May, the University of Southern California seems quite open to having right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point USA-hosted “American Comeback Tour” in the campus’ center.
March 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
For a school that has had low public political organization since encampments were removed in May, the University of Southern California seems quite open to having right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point USA-hosted “American Comeback Tour” in the campus’ center.
Frame it? I think so.
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frame it? I think so.
As promised, just finished my coffee on the way into Pauley Pavilion tonight for No. 5 UCLA gymnastics osting No. 25 Penn State for the Bruins’ annual pride meet. 50 min till start.
LGBTQ+ flags, of all kinds, gracing Pauley. Will have updates and a wrap up for @latimes.com.
LGBTQ+ flags, of all kinds, gracing Pauley. Will have updates and a wrap up for @latimes.com.
February 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
As promised, just finished my coffee on the way into Pauley Pavilion tonight for No. 5 UCLA gymnastics osting No. 25 Penn State for the Bruins’ annual pride meet. 50 min till start.
LGBTQ+ flags, of all kinds, gracing Pauley. Will have updates and a wrap up for @latimes.com.
LGBTQ+ flags, of all kinds, gracing Pauley. Will have updates and a wrap up for @latimes.com.
I’ve arrived at Galen Center for the first of (at least) two Los Angeles 🏀 showdowns.
I’ll be covering tonight’s game between No. 1 UCLA and No. 6 USC for @latimes.com alongside Ed Guzman and Ryan Kartje.
Check out live updates from Ed here:
www.latimes.com/sports/usc/l...
I’ll be covering tonight’s game between No. 1 UCLA and No. 6 USC for @latimes.com alongside Ed Guzman and Ryan Kartje.
Check out live updates from Ed here:
www.latimes.com/sports/usc/l...
February 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I’ve arrived at Galen Center for the first of (at least) two Los Angeles 🏀 showdowns.
I’ll be covering tonight’s game between No. 1 UCLA and No. 6 USC for @latimes.com alongside Ed Guzman and Ryan Kartje.
Check out live updates from Ed here:
www.latimes.com/sports/usc/l...
I’ll be covering tonight’s game between No. 1 UCLA and No. 6 USC for @latimes.com alongside Ed Guzman and Ryan Kartje.
Check out live updates from Ed here:
www.latimes.com/sports/usc/l...
Exceptionally grateful for the opportunity to learn from and work with professor Mark Schoofs.
The inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference hosted by USC Annenberg & @hrcberkeley.bsky.social was not only captivatingly educational, but it was also great to work the event.
Can’t wait for 2026!
The inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference hosted by USC Annenberg & @hrcberkeley.bsky.social was not only captivatingly educational, but it was also great to work the event.
Can’t wait for 2026!
February 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Exceptionally grateful for the opportunity to learn from and work with professor Mark Schoofs.
The inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference hosted by USC Annenberg & @hrcberkeley.bsky.social was not only captivatingly educational, but it was also great to work the event.
Can’t wait for 2026!
The inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference hosted by USC Annenberg & @hrcberkeley.bsky.social was not only captivatingly educational, but it was also great to work the event.
Can’t wait for 2026!
Good morning from a rainy University of Southern California.
I’m here for @latimes.com to cover USC football’s National Signing Day and new staff introductions press conference.
We’ll hear from coach Lincoln Riley, general manager Chad Bowden and others. Follow along here:
I’m here for @latimes.com to cover USC football’s National Signing Day and new staff introductions press conference.
We’ll hear from coach Lincoln Riley, general manager Chad Bowden and others. Follow along here:
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Good morning from a rainy University of Southern California.
I’m here for @latimes.com to cover USC football’s National Signing Day and new staff introductions press conference.
We’ll hear from coach Lincoln Riley, general manager Chad Bowden and others. Follow along here:
I’m here for @latimes.com to cover USC football’s National Signing Day and new staff introductions press conference.
We’ll hear from coach Lincoln Riley, general manager Chad Bowden and others. Follow along here:
Arrived at Pauley Pavilion for No. 5 Michigan State and No. 6 UCLA’s meet — the first ever women’s gymnastics meet broadcast on Fox.
You know it’s a big day when UCLA opens up the seating section behind bars.
I’ll have updates and a wrap-up to come for @latimes.com.
You know it’s a big day when UCLA opens up the seating section behind bars.
I’ll have updates and a wrap-up to come for @latimes.com.
February 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Arrived at Pauley Pavilion for No. 5 Michigan State and No. 6 UCLA’s meet — the first ever women’s gymnastics meet broadcast on Fox.
You know it’s a big day when UCLA opens up the seating section behind bars.
I’ll have updates and a wrap-up to come for @latimes.com.
You know it’s a big day when UCLA opens up the seating section behind bars.
I’ll have updates and a wrap-up to come for @latimes.com.
Best national anthem in the nation.
January 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Best national anthem in the nation.
Never been to UCLA vs USC at the Galen Center and now that the game is across the street from class, why not now?
In fact, this is my first UCLA men’s basketball road game (but I’m fairly sure watching UCLA play at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas aughta count for something).
In fact, this is my first UCLA men’s basketball road game (but I’m fairly sure watching UCLA play at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas aughta count for something).
January 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Never been to UCLA vs USC at the Galen Center and now that the game is across the street from class, why not now?
In fact, this is my first UCLA men’s basketball road game (but I’m fairly sure watching UCLA play at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas aughta count for something).
In fact, this is my first UCLA men’s basketball road game (but I’m fairly sure watching UCLA play at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas aughta count for something).
I’ve arrived at Pauley Pavilion for No. 8 UCLA gymnastics ome opener against Illinois.
I’ll have updates and an article to come for @latimes.com. Meet to start in 50 minutes.
I’ll have updates and an article to come for @latimes.com. Meet to start in 50 minutes.
January 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve arrived at Pauley Pavilion for No. 8 UCLA gymnastics ome opener against Illinois.
I’ll have updates and an article to come for @latimes.com. Meet to start in 50 minutes.
I’ll have updates and an article to come for @latimes.com. Meet to start in 50 minutes.
This paper right here means so much to me. Had to grab one on the way home from Oceanside.
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This paper right here means so much to me. Had to grab one on the way home from Oceanside.