By Ken Reed
Kevin B. Blackstone had a terrific piece in The Washington Post recently about creative ways stadiums and arenas — usually funded entirely, or in large part, by taxpayer dollars — have been used for positive social impact activities. Even privately built stadiums and arenas are typically the beneficiaries of publicly-funded roads, […]
League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast
Clayton Ellis is a SHAPE America board member and a former national physical education teacher of the year. Clayton is one of our nation’s leading advocates for getting our young people to be more physically active so they can enjoy the physical, mental, behavioral and academic benefits.
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By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
We’re in the midst of both a COVID-19 pandemic and a childhood physical inactivity epidemic.
That creates a dilemma for young athletes and their parents: Is the risk of playing organized sports during the pandemic greater than the risk of the negative physical and mental […]
By Ken Reed
People need to move to be healthy, physically and mentally. This includes children, especially in an era in which childhood obesity and related health problems are increasingly becoming a concern. Moreover, when children and teenagers are forced to remain isolated and inactive they have much higher rates of anxiety and depression.
Youth […]
By Ken Reed
We’re in the midst of both a coronavirus pandemic and a childhood obesity epidemic. As such, there’s a dilemma for young athletes and their parents: Is the risk of playing organized sports during the Covid pandemic greater than the risk of the negative physical and mental impacts of not playing?
Young people […]
By Ken Reed
Undoubtedly, in the future when someone says “2020” the first thing that will pop to mind for the vast majority of the world’s citizens will be the Covid pandemic.
But from a sports perspective — more particularly, a United States sports perspective — 2020 will be known as the Year of Women.
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By Ken Reed
I think almost everyone is ready to turn the page on 2020, including sports fans who saw their favorite games cancelled, postponed or modified beyond recognition.
SportsWorld did its best to keep the games going during a global pandemic (even at times when public health experts said they shouldn’t), but beginning in […]
Why is the Cleveland baseball team waiting until 2022 to make the change? Let the healing begin now
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
Finally, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball (MLB) team says it plans to replace its racist Indians nickname. That’s great news.
The Indigenous shouldn’t be used as nicknames and […]
By Ken Reed
Finally.
Cleveland’s Major League Baseball (MLB) team has said it plans to replace its racist Indians nickname. That’s great news.
Native Americans shouldn’t be used as nicknames and mascots for sports teams in the same way lions, bears, and other animals are. Period.
But why is the Cleveland organization waiting […]
The policy appears to be ‘the show must go on,’ no matter what the health consequences are
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
U.S. college basketball’s March Madness is one of my favourite sporting events of the year.
The upsets are fun. The one-loss-and-you’re-gone format of the national championship […]
Sports Forum Podcast
Episode #6 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The Need for Quality Physical Education in Our Schools is Greater Than Ever – The guest is Clayton Ellis, a SHAPE America board member, former national physical education teacher of the year, and one of our nation’s leading advocates for getting our young people to be more physically active.
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Episode #5 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Youth Sports with Positive Coaching Alliance Founder Jim Thompson – Thompson started Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) in 1998 to help create a movement to transform the culture of youth sports from “win-at-all-costs” to a positive, character-building experience.
Episode #4 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The Biggest Issue in Sports Today? Brain Trauma – The guest is Patrick Hruby, a journalist who has done extensive research and in-depth writing on the topic of brain trauma in sports, most notably football.
Episode #3 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Coaching Styles with Sports Sociologist Jay Coakley – The guest is veteran sports sociologist Jay Coakley, a former college athlete who went on to earn a Ph.D. in Sociology from Notre Dame.
Episode #2 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: College & High School Athletics: Where Do We Go From Here? The guest is John Gerdy, a former college athlete and NCAA and SEC administrator who became a sports reformer later in his career.
Episode #1: The inaugural episode of League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast. The topic is Title IX and equal opportunity in sports. The guest is long-time Title IX and civil rights activist Donna Lopiano.
Media
"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.
Sports & Torts – Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director, League of Fans – at the American Museum of Tort Law
League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to fight for the higher principles of justice, fair play, equal opportunity and civil rights in sports; and to encourage safety and civic responsibility in sports industry and culture.
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