By Ken Reed

On the same day that NCAA president Mark Emmert was testifying in front of Congress about how terrible it would be if college athletes were allowed to earn money from their name, image and likeness (NIL) — like any other college student, or U.S. citizen for that matter — Michigan State […]

By Ken Reed

The Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade is in the books.

Americans reveled in another Super Bowl spectacle.

Huge men constantly running into each other provides entertainment for millions of Americans.

But since chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was discovered in ‪2002 by Dr.‬ Bennet Omalu, the game hasn’t been quite as […]

By Ken Reed

In the face of research revealing the dangers of repetitive sub-concussive head impact, and declining participation in high school football, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association has adopted new rules limiting full contact practices.

But not everyone is happy.

The rules limit full contact drills to 15 minutes per week. Preseason […]

By Ken Reed

Four members of the House of Representatives — Lori Trahan, D-Mass.; David McKinley, R-W. Va.; Max Rose, D-N.Y.; and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho — introduced a resolution this week urging Major League Baseball to back away from its plan to eliminate 42 minor league teams.

Many of the teams targeted for […]

By Ken Reed

Washington Post columnist Barry Svriuga started a recent column about the college football national championship game this way:

”[LSU and Clemson] boast coaching staffs that will be paid more than $27 million for this season alone. Even if you’re used to the largesse of college sports, chew on that number […]

By Ken Reed

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is an amazing football player. He also was a very good baseball player. In fact, he played baseball and football until his junior year at Texas Tech, at which point he decided that pro football was going to be his career path.

Like Arizona Cardinals quarterback […]

By Ken Reed

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred handed the Houston Astros severe penalties for cheating on Monday. Manfred suspended Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch for a year for their role in using electronic equipment to steal the signs of opponents. He also fined the organization $5 million and stripped the Astros of […]

Wentz Becomes a Model for All Athletes to Follow

By Ken Reed

Early in the Philadelphia Eagles’ playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Carson Wentz suffered a concussion.

However, nobody — doctors, trainers, coaches, teammates — noticed any symptoms.

After staying in the game a couple more plays, Wentz told the Eagle’s training staff […]

By Ken Reed

National support for college athletes being able to use their names, images and likenesses to earn money beyond a scholarship continues to grow. In a recent survey, two-thirds of Americans said they think college athletes should be able to keep any endorsement money they can earn while playing sports for […]

By Ken Reed

NFL executives, and football lovers everywhere, continue to hope that at some point a magic helmet will be created that makes taking blows to the head in football safe.

The problem is, nobody can conceive of how you can put a helmet inside the human skull to protect the brain that’s floating […]