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Sathya S. Gosselin
Sathya S. Gosselin is an attorney with Hausfeld, LLP. The firm’s founder, Michael Hausfeld, is widely regarded as one of the top civil litigators in the United States. Gosselin’s been a partner in the firm for six-plus years and is based in Washington, DC.
Gosselin […]
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David Light Shields
David Light Shields is co-author of the book True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society. He is an Associate Professor and Teacher Education Program Coordinator at St. Louis Community College.
Previously, Shields was co-director of the Mendelsen Center for Sport, Character, and […]
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Barb Lazarus
Barb Lazarus is the owner and co-founder of Game On! Sports Camps 4 Girls. Game On! is a unique sports-based experience for young girls ages 4-14. The camp focuses on building campers’ character, self-esteem, and a healthy lifestyle, while fostering a love of sport. The overarching goal […]
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Roger Noll
Roger Noll is professor of economics emeritus at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Noll is a well-known sports economist. He’s been called the “Father of Sports Economics,” due in large part to his groundbreaking book, Government and […]
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Andrew Maraniss
Andrew Maraniss is the author of Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South.
In addition to his work as an author, Maraniss is a partner at McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations. He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist […]
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Dr. Richard Lapchick
Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, sports studies educator, author and sports issues expert who has long been known as the “racial conscience of sport.” He currently is the endowed chair and director of the DeVos Sports Management program at the University of Central Florida […]
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Dr. Bobbi Lancaster, a successful and well-regarded physician in Arizona, is a transgender golfer trying to earn an LPGA tour card while playing on a couple minor league golf tours.
Born Robert Lancaster, she underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2010.
Lancaster grew up in Canada, participating in soccer, […]
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Terri Lakowski was an outstanding high school athlete who grew increasingly frustrated with the gender inequities she encountered in athletics.
“My teammates and I were tired of feeling like second-class citizens to the boys,” says Lakowski.
That frustration was the impetus for Lakowski studying Title IX while playing basketball […]
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Jim Baugh
Jim Baugh has spent most of his career in the sports industry, including a successful stint as the president of Wilson Sporting Goods. He was elected to the Sports Industry Hall of Fame in 2011.
Throughout his career, he’s been a passionate advocate for sports, fitness, and […]
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Brian Kitts
Brian Kitts is one of three co-founders of You Can Play, an advocacy project “dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.
A sports-loving kid, Kitts grew up in New Mexico and graduated from the University of Denver. He spent […]
Sports Forum Podcast
Episode #8 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: How Can We Save College Sports From Overcommercialization and Professionalization? – The guest is Dr. David Ridpath, a sports business professor and past president of the Drake Group, whose mission is to defend academic integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college sports.
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Episode #7 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Brain Trauma and CTE Risk in Sports With Dr. Ann McKee – Dr. McKee works in the field of neuropathology and has demonstrated that “mild” repetitive head trauma can provoke chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease.
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, one of our nation’s leading advocates for getting our young people to be more physically active.
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.
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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