By Ken Reed

The trend of sport specialization in youth sports continues unabated. Parents and coaches tell kids as young as seven and eight that they need to specialize in a single sport if they ever hope to be successful. Too many parents don’t even give kids a choice between single-sport participation and multi-sport participation. […]

By Ken Reed

We have a mental health crisis in this country and it’s crying out for more attention.

Lives are lost to suicide. Depression, anxiety and other forms of mental illness negatively affect entire families, not just the individual suffering. The nation’s productivity is impacted to a significant degree due to mental health […]

By Ken Reed

It used to be that youth sports was a local community activity. Youth sports teams — “little league” teams if you will — would play other teams formed in their neighborhood and perhaps a few teams from close surrounding neighborhoods.

In today’s club sports world, youth teams are formed with players from […]

By Ken Reed

Major League Baseball has an entertainment problem. And when you’re in the entertainment business that’s not good.

Baseball has become a slow game with a lot of strikeouts, walks and occasional home runs. Those are called the “three true outcomes” in today’s game. The plethora of strikeouts is a big issue because […]

By Ken Reed

I have written many times in the past about the clear economic injustice that is the NCAA not allowing college athletes to control their names, images and likenesses (NILs).  (See here  and here)  Every other college student can benefit from the use of their NILs, including students on music and cheerleading scholarships.

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By Ken Reed

I love to collect quotes on a wide-variety of subjects, but especially sports. I’ve shared some of my favorites in the past. However, there are so many great ones, I’ve decided to share a few more.

We celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th, so I’ll start with a quote from […]

By Ken Reed

I have a love/hate relationship with the Masters. From a pure sports perspective, I love the Masters golf tournament. It’s run exceptionally well and played on a perfectly manicured course. The best players in the world are competing and the history and tradition of the golf tournament is terrific. On the other […]

By Ken Reed

Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star Game out of Georgia and to Colorado will guarantee that state voting laws will be a big story in the days surrounding the game. Given that reality, Colorado’s voting system will undoubtedly get a lot of attention, especially as the game gets closer. That […]

By Ken Reed

From a pure on-the-field/on-the-court sports perspective, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is my favorite sporting event of the year.

However, my enjoyment is always tempered by the fact the athletes producing all the exciting action are getting exploited.

The NCAA rakes in approximately a billion dollars on the tournament every year. NCAA […]

By Ken Reed