Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

My earliest memories of baseball revolve around the 1969 Chicago Cubs. Enthusiasm just resonated off Wrigley Field as the great Ernie Banks chimed, “Let’s play two!”

Regardless of the disastrous finish to that season for the Cubbies, a love for the game was planted in my soul as […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

In times of crisis, true leaders step forward. While effective political leadership has largely been absent, professional athletes, primarily players in the National Basketball Association and Women’s National Basketball Association, have demonstrated that celebrity status, when embraced with a sense of responsibility, can be a catalyst for global change.

Quite […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

One of the most important qualities of a good leader is the ability to listen. It is very easy to jump on a bandwagon and it is easy to jump to conclusions. It takes true courage to hear another person’s point of view, admit we were wrong, shift our beliefs […]

By Ken Reed

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 …”

From our Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”

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League of Fans founder Ralph Nader recently wrote a compelling column about heroes. He took a look at the disproportionate attention sports stars receive in relation to the heroes who fight for justice and are effectively addressing important socio-cultural issues, as well as the everyday heroes who are stepping up during the COVID-19 pandemic. We […]

By Ken Reed

Many parts of our society have been hit hard by Covid-19. One area that’s received scant attention is youth sports.

During this pandemic, youth sports leagues have been cancelled, athletic facilities have been shutdown, various youth sports programs — public (community recreation centers) and private (e.g., club sports organizations) — have screeched […]

By Ken Reed

I was walking off the tennis court last Sunday checking my messages when I saw several texts saying Kobe Bryant had been killed in a helicopter crash.

My first reaction was disbelief. Then shock. Then sadness.

As I got in my car, I wasn’t sure why I was so sad. While I […]