Ben Preiss lands No. 8 on SportsCenter Top 10 for Madison Radicals

Ben Preiss broke into SportsCenter’s Top 10 at No. 8, and the clip added another jolt of national visibility to the Ultimate Frisbee Association at a time when the league has been stacking rare mainstream TV moments. The UFA’s official account said Preiss’s highlight was the fourth SportsCenter Top 10 play involving a UFA player in the past two weeks.

The timing matters because the UFA has spent years trying to turn elite individual plays into broader recognition for a sport that still fights for airtime. WatchUFA describes the league as the top professional ultimate league in the world, with a season that runs from April through August, and this burst of ESPN exposure gives the UFA something its teams cannot manufacture on their own: a repeat audience that may not know the names, but knows the visuals.

Preiss’s profile makes the highlight more interesting. The UFA player database lists him as a Chicago Union player in 2026, with 40 regular-season games this year and 80 career regular-season blocks. WatchUFA’s 2025 roster coverage identified him as a returning captain in Chicago’s rebuild, a sign that the Union have leaned on his defensive edge and leadership as they retooled around veteran pieces.

That Chicago connection sits alongside a note from the Madison side of the ledger. The Madison Radicals were founded in 2013, won the UFA championship in 2018, and have not returned to Championship Weekend since that title run. In a Central Division season where Madison has already played multiple divisional games in June, a SportsCenter nod can serve as a valuable reminder that the franchise still has players and moments capable of breaking past the league’s usual footprint.

The larger question is whether one viral clip becomes lasting attention. The UFA has had other moments this year that crossed into ESPN’s countdown, including a Championship Weekend play that WatchUFA framed as a SportsCenter Top 10 highlight. Each one helps build the league’s case that ultimate can produce the kind of athletic, high-leverage plays mainstream sports television will feature. The harder part is converting those flashes into durable star power for players like Preiss and into sustained attention for teams like Madison and Chicago once the highlight fades from the countdown.