A Classic Slice of Americana

By Ken Reed

I love baseball but I rarely sit down and watch a full baseball game on TV. Even when I’m in the stands at a baseball game, I don’t watch the whole game. Between checking my phone, chatting with friends or family members and roaming the concourse […]

By Ken Reed

There are a lot of political and economic issues involving the Olympics that are upsetting, but there are also several reasons I love watching the various athletic competitions.

One, learning about the many inspiring stories of athletes overcoming adversity to compete at the highest level — whether they medal or not. […]

By Ken Reed

Holding a prominent spot in the “Sports Doing Good” category is Bohemian Football Club, a Dublin team that plays in the highest tier of soccer in Ireland.

Bohemian FC has a well-deserved reputation of using its high profile platform to champion social causes. Their most recent effort is to attack homelessness in […]

By Ken Reed

For the first time in in Indianapolis 500 history, a racing team made up of mostly women will participate in the race this year.

The Paretta Autosport team is comprised of about 70% women, including the driver, owner and crew. This new first in auto racing comes 44 years after Janet […]

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, […]

By Ken Reed

When we see great acts of sportsmanship we tend to say, “That’s nice” and get back to focusing on who won the competition.

Yes, sportsmanship is “nice” but in the big picture sportsmanship – how you play the game – is the most important thing. It’s the essence of sports at […]

By Ken Reed

I’m sure it wasn’t easy but Ireland’s national lacrosse team did the right thing last week.

Ireland’s team withdrew from the World Games 2022 international lacrosse tournament so a Native American team, the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team could play in the tournament. The Iroquois team qualified by finishing third in the […]

By Ken Reed

Don Shula was an old school football coach but he was a progressive thinker in many ways, and not just from a football strategy perspective.

When it came to treating female reporters as equals, he was on the right side of history long before his peers.

In the early 1980s, NFL teams […]