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The emergency NHL goalie did what every sports fan wishes they could do every time they watch the best of the best play
By Ken Reed
I can’t get enough of the highly improbable David Ayres story.
A 42-year-old kidney transplant recipient – and until recently a Zamboni driver for […]
By Ken Reed
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred handed the Houston Astros severe penalties for cheating this week.
Manfred suspended Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch for a year each for their role in using electronic equipment to steal the signs of opponents. He also fined […]
By Ken Reed
For years, the primary argument against treating professional female athletes equitably is that they don’t pull in the same revenue as male athletes.
Well, that argument is dead in the water in the case of the U.S. national women’s soccer team vs. the U.S. men’s national soccer team.
In […]
Maybe. But Today’s Game Isn’t as Compelling or Entertaining
By Ken Reed
It’s a perennial baseball topic: Were the players from the past better or worse than today’s?
It’s a fun topic, often debated in offices, sports bars and on radio talk shows — especially come World Series time.
There are points to […]
By Ken Reed
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That’s Urban Meyer’s winning percentage at Ohio State.
It’s also the only reason he’s still the head coach at Ohio State today.
After protecting — and covering up for — despicable assistant coach Zach Smith — and lying about it — Ohio State’s board of trustees gave Meyer a 3-game suspension […]
- "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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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.
