By Ken Reed

Social justice is a hot topic across the country these days. That certainly isn’t an earth-shattering statement.

However, there is one area of social injustice in this country that doesn’t receive a lot of attention: youth sports. Youth sports impacts millions of kids and their families.

Sadly, youth sports is far from […]

By Ken Reed

Due to the immense popularity of college athletics, especially football and basketball, college athletes have always had a great deal of power.

However, until recent years, they haven’t fully realized it, or utilized it.

The latest example comes from the state of Mississippi, where college athletes played a big role in […]

By Ken Reed

I truly think this time is different. I think as a society, we’re fed up with lingering racial injustice in this country.

It’s been heartening to see white leaders in government, corporate America, and the sports world step up in a strong way toward social justice in the days since George Floyd […]

By Ken Reed

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is the beast of college football, which means it’s the beast of college athletics.

For decades, the SEC has wielded a ton of power in SportsWorld. The SEC has also long been a bastion of conservative, old-school ideology.

So, when SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced that the state […]

By Ken Reed

LeBron James got off to a slow start as an activist. He seemed to be following the Michael Jordan model of not getting involved in political and socio-cultural issues. When asked to get involved, he declined. He basically self-imposed a “shut-up and dribble” edict on himself.

But in recent years, he’s […]

By Ken Reed

Nate Boyer is a white man. He’s also a former Green Beret who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He played football at the University of Texas.

Nate Boyer is also the man that advised Colin Kaepernick to kneel on the sidelines next to teammates rather than sit down during the national anthem.

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By Ken Reed

Drew Brees’ recent comments about his belief that kneeling during the national anthem is disrespecting the flag, the military and war vets caused an uproar far beyond the world of sports in this country.

Brees strongly believes that kneeling during the anthem is disrespectful to the flag and what it stands […]

In my Troy Media column this week, I talked about how we are falling well short of our ideals in this country:

America is clearly broken.

We’ve struggled from the beginning of this nation to live up to our ideals.

From our Pledge of Allegiance: “… with liberty and justice for all …”

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