By Ken Reed
Research has found that one of the things kids hate the most about youth sports is “The Ride Home” with critical parents. This short video depicts the typical youth sports “Ride Home” very well.
When you put yourself in the child’s spot in this video, it’s clear how these “Ride Home” […]
By Ken Reed
A recent research article on high school football injuries in The American Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that sports-related concussions (SRC) dropped 57% after a Wisconsin high school rule limited contact during football practices.
The report also said the SRC rate during games was unchanged. This is important to note because […]
Company Urges U.S. Soccer to Be “On the Right Side of History”
By Ken Reed
Proctor & Gamble is donating $529,000 — $23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) that recently won the World Cup. The donation was made to help close the pay gap between the […]
By Ken Reed
Jim Bouton died last week at 80. The plethora of Bouton obituaries and tributes since have focused on his pitching career, including winning a couple World Series games with the New York Yankees, and the blockbuster book Ball Four* he wrote in diary style about his 1969 season. But Jim Bouton was […]
An Unsurpassable Sterling Record of Stamina!
By Ralph Nader
July 10, 2019
I’ve always been fascinated by stamina. Lou Gehrig was my boyhood hero, and not just because of his batting average, clutch hitting, and dignified comportment. From 1925 to 1939 he played 2,130 ballgames in a […]
By Ken Reed
Serena Williams has apologized. Finally.
Williams’ boorish behavior and poor sportsmanship in last year’s U.S. Open final overshadowed what should have been a grand moment for a young star from Japan named Naomi Osaka.
Osaka won the match, resulting in her first major tournament victory, but not before Williams […]
By Ken Reed
The beginnings of what might be the greatest women’s soccer team of all-time can be traced back to June 23, 1972 when Title IX became the law of the land.
Title IX is a public policy initiative that was driven by Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana and Congresswoman […]
By Ken Reed
Is the NFL completely morally bankrupt?
This is the league that runs phony, shameful campaigns to salute military soldiers and veterans.
This is the league that tried to hide evidence that brain trauma was leading to CTE.
This is the league that asks prospective […]
By Ken Reed
America was built by bold people looking for a better life — for themselves and their brothers and sisters.
That’s all U.S. women’s national team soccer player Megan Rapinoe is doing.
She’s simply asking that we, as a country, live up to the last three words of the Pledge or Allegiance: “justice […]
Guest Column
By Gerry Chidiac
In our age of enormous salaries for professional athletes and overpriced tickets to sporting events, there are many reasons why the Toronto Raptors winning the National Basketball Association championship is worth celebrating.
Behind all of the hype, the team succeeded because they were built on solid principles.
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- "How We Can Save Sports" author Ken Reed appears on Fox & Friends to explain how there's "too much adult in youth sports."
Ken Reed appears on Mornings with Gail from KFKA Radio in Colorado to discuss bad parenting in youth athletics.
“Should College Athletes Be Paid?” Ken Reed on The Morning Show from Wisconsin Public Radio
Ken Reed appears on KGNU Community Radio in Colorado (at 02:30) to discuss equality in sports and Title IX.
Ken Reed appears on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour (at 38:35) to discuss his book The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place, and to talk about some current sports issues. 
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