By Ken Reed

The mainstream sports media continues to avoid any serious examination of important social, cultural and economic issues in SportsWorld.

Any reporting on sports policy issues is typically done at a very superficial level. At best, reporters identify the symptoms and then move on to lighter fare. And it’s typically not the […]

By Ken Reed

We are a couple days from the start of one of the biggest spectacles in sports, soccer’s World Cup, hosted by Qatar.

Soccer is truly a global sport and its fun to see so many countries competing in this sporting event.

The World Cup spotlight will shine on some of the […]

By Ken Reed

Pickleball, kind of a combination of tennis and ping pong, is the fastest growing sport in the United States. The Washington state has declared it the state sport.

Based on different reports, there are somewhere between 5 million and 8 million pickleball players (or “picklers” as some of those in the sport […]

By Ken Reed

The low-pressure, neighborhood youth sports recreation league is nearly a thing of the past.

According to Linda Flanagan, author of a new book called “Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids’ Sports,” the core issue is that when gobs of money started flowing into youth sports “kids’ […]

By Ken Reed

High school basketball teams are starting to practice in preparation for the 2022-23 season. But fewer girls will be playing this year.

Nationally, basketball has gone from the number one sport for girls in high school to the fourth most popular girls high school sport over the course of two decades.

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By Ken Reed

According to the World Health Organization’s global status report on physical activity 2022:

“Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical […]

By Ken Reed

A study published in JAMA last month found that up to 10,000 steps per day is associated with a lower risk of mortality, as well as cancer and cardiovascular disease incidence. Steps performed with a higher intensity were associated with additional risk reduction. The association between accruing more steps beyond 10,000 […]