By Ken Reed

I don’t hate baseball analytics, or the use of them by crafty baseball operations folks. I look at analytics gurus like Billy Beane, Theo Epstein, and Andrew Friedman as smart guys who have figured out how to exploit market inefficiencies in the game of baseball.

But what they’ve also done is inadvertently […]

Editor’s note: On the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking MLB’s color line, League of Fans is running the following essay from Ken Reed’s book, “Ego vs. Soul in Sports: Essays on Sport At Its Best and Worst.”

My family and I had just plunked our buns down on the hard green seats at […]

By Ken Reed

A first-of-its-kind study has revealed that headers and accidental head impacts in soccer result in changes in blood patterns, linked to brain signalling pathways and potential alterations. The study analyzed blood samples from 89 pro soccer players in a range of scenarios involving heading.

The results demonstrated “specific alterations” in the […]

“The NFL is the richest sports franchise, full of billionaire capitalists demanding socialist handouts so they can make even more profits.”
— Ralph Nader

By Ken Reed

The billionaire owners of the Buffalo Bills, Terry and Kim Pegula, have landed $850 million in taxpayer dollars for a new stadium. The deal was approved […]

By Ken Reed

There have been a lot of stories about how Covid-19, and the move to home-schooling it caused, has resulted in our kids falling behind academically. Indeed, that’s a real problem.

However, an equally important negative impact of Covid on our youth is the physical inactivity epidemic it has fed.

For years, our […]

By Ken Reed

League of Fans and the American Museum of Tort Law are presenting a panel discussion on the legal aspects of brain trauma and how it might change high school and youth football as we know it.

The panel of experts includes: Patrick Hruby, a journalist who has written extensively about brain […]

By Ken Reed

Several decades ago, Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankee, said baseball owners have it made. “Who’s got a better deal than baseball owners?” said Bouton.

“You have no factories, no raw materials, no inventory and no technological obsolescence in a monopoly business that binds your employees to you for the […]

By Ken Reed

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has received a near universal pushback. The SportsWorld is no exception.

In the days following Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Russia’s neighbor Ukraine, the SportsWorld has condemned Russia in a variety of ways.

The International Olympic Committee strongly urged all sports bodies under the Olympic umbrella to exclude […]

By Ken Reed

As a game and entertainment product, Major League Baseball (MLB) has plenty of problems right now. Just for starters: the pace of play is dreadful, strikeouts and walks are up and action is down, stolen base attempts are becoming extinct, a ball is only put in play every four minutes, and just […]

By Ken Reed

I’ve been a long-time fan of Phil Mickelson. He treats fans and the media better than any pro golfer since Arnold Palmer. He’s known as the best caddie tipper on tour. But his comments about a proposed Saudi-backed alternative pro golf tour were VERY, VERY disappointing. Unless his recent quotes about […]