Graham Bensinger is an American

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On his series "In Depth with Graham Bensinger," Bensinger brings viewers exclusive interviews with the sports industry’s biggest names. His interviews range from legends Muhammad Ali, Pete Rose, Jim Brown, Dan Marino, Pete Sampras, and John Madden, to today’s newsmakers including Manny Pacquiao, Barry Bonds, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Venus & Serena Williams, Aaron Rodgers and Commissioner David Stern.

“In Depth with Graham Bensinger” is a multi-platform sports video interview series (television, online, mobile) airing through Yahoo! Sports and on regional sports television networks across the U.S. The program also broadcasts on international television network Setanta Sports which airs in Europe, Australia, Africa, and Canada.

Previously working as an NBC Sports and ESPN contributor, Bensinger’s career launched with an internet-based sports radio station he developed in 8th grade. In August 2003, Bensinger’s show began airing on Sporting News Radio and moved to ESPN Radio the following year. “The Graham Bensinger Show” began airing on SIRIUS Satellite Radio in 2006.

Bensinger’s work has aired on “SportsCenter,” “Outside the Lines,” “Sunday NFL Countdown,” “NFL Primetime,” “NFL Live,” “Cold Pizza,” and “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” He has made guest appearances on programs such as “Good Morning America,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” among others.

Bensinger, a native of St. Louis, MO, attended Syracuse University and has traveled extensively internationally.

In Depth with Graham Bensinger Season 2

Memorable Quotes

• Landis on whether he believes the world’s current best cyclist, Alberto Contador, used illegal performance enhancing drugs in winning the past three Tour de France titles: “I can’t give you a statistical likelihood, but I know for sure that his coach is my previous drug dealer.” Bensinger followed up, “What does that tell you?” Landis replied, “Maybe he found Jesus, you can figure it out.”

• Guillen on being offended actor Sean Penn made a trip to Venezuela, visited with President Hugo Chavez and returned to the U.S. stating Venezuela was in good shape: “He is a loser…When you say our country is in good shape when it’s not. He should stay in Venezuela for two years, live when I grow up, to see, first of all how much you survive, because he will be shot…I invite him to go to Venezuela with me and I’ll say ‘This is Venezuela, bro. Here is, this is Venezuela not the one they show you, that’s all. I don’t think he don’t have any right to talk about our country with no reason."

• Tony Romo speaks about the unimpressive 2010 season, what he thinks went wrong, and what he thinks will be different about the 2011 season: “Well, there’s a lot of things. I mean, you know, when you play this position we get too much credit and too much blame all at the same time. And I think that it goes with playing, you know, that position; it’s the same with being the head coach. You’re gonna get it regardless…my job is to help this team get better going forward and figure out what it takes to just be a better team, and I think we’ve taken a lot of steps for that.”

• Yao Ming tells Bensinger he has not been working out much and has gained 20 or 30 lbs. since retirement: “I’m getting fat…because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn’t show very much…I’m thinking about going back to work out in a very short time. On how he may go to college this fall: “I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important. Remember the NBA Cares. Always tell read to achieve, read to achieve. How can you not read to achieve and then tell other kids to read to achieve?”

• Dennis Rodman talks about his relationship with Madonna and explains how she pursued him:

Rodman: "I'm like whatever great...hooking up with Madonna, but I thought her music sucked!"

Rodman: "...obviously I could have married her...”

Bensinger: “She was interested in marrying you?”

Rodman: “Oh yeah!”

• Dana White discusses the UFC’s big plans for expansion including deals in China and India which would put the Ultimate Fighting Championship in more than a billion homes worldwide. White offers his thoughts on New York preventing the UFC from having fights in the state: “New York needs UFC worse than the UFC needs New York right now… We will get into New York.”

• Bernard Hopkins talks about winning fights against younger boxers like Jean Pascal Jermaine Taylor and Kelly Pavlik: “These guys old enough to be my son if you do the math. And so when you teach them, you teach them and whoop them at the same time. And then if they are humble enough, they will get something out of it. If they don’t, then they will be haunted and their careers will be over.”

Quotes about Bensinger

• ”Looks like Doogie Howser, acts like Morley Safer,” : – Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated
• ”Asks well-articulated questions,” : - Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Daily News
• ”There’s a decent chance he could end up ruling the world someday. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” :– Bill Simmons, ESPN

External links

• GrahamBensinger.com, the official website of "In Depth with Graham Bensinger"
• http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGBShow, Graham Bensinger's Official YouTube Page