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By Ken Reed

For the first time ever, the men’s NCAA basketball championship game will be on cable TV instead of network television. That means millions of fans that don’t have cable or satellite TV in their homes won’t have access to the title game.

The NCAA chose to go for the deal that provided […]

By Ken Reed

There were a couple new lows in SportsWorld this week.

Here’s the quick synopsis:

Kirby Smart Disallows Transfers to Miami

Mark Richt is now the head football coach at the University of Miami. He formerly was the head coach at Georgia. Kirby Smart left a coordinator position at Alabama to […]

By Ken Reed

Sonny Vaccaro was once considered one of the most ethically-challenged people in sports.

Today, he says he’s seen the light and now fights passionately for economic justice for college athletes.

Last month, The New York Times ran an excerpt of a new book called “Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion […]

By Ken Reed

Seton Hall guard Derrick Gordon’s stay in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament didn’t last long. The Pirates were eliminated by Gonzaga Thursday night.

Nevertheless, Gordon, the first openly gay player to play in the NCAA tournament, has made a positive difference by coming out.

“I did it because there were a […]

By Ken Reed

The league came kicking and screaming, but Tuesday finally reached this point of admittance: Football can cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

During a congressional panel hearing, Jeff Miller, the league’s senior vice president for health and safety, said brain research on former NFL players “certainly” shows a connection between football and […]

By Ken Reed

One of the arguments some coaches have had against positive coaching techniques is that the positivity approach might work at some younger youth levels but not at highly competitive older levels. The thinking is that a positive, humanistic coaching style won’t translate into wins for big-time college and professional sports teams.

Well, […]

By Ken Reed

No more tackling during football practice — at least not in the Ivy League.

Starting this upcoming football season, Ivy League teams will not be allowed to tackle during practices. It is a move to reduce injuries, most notably concussions.

“We know the damage major collisions, or even a lot of […]

By Ken Reed

It’s 2016, and MLB finally decided it wasn’t wise to allow baserunners coming into second base to slide away from the bag and directly at the shortstop or second baseman — often with spikes up or shoulder lowered — for the clear purpose of wiping out the infielder with the ball on […]

By Ken Reed

More and more kids — and in some cases, their parents — are finally getting fed up with the societal pressure to specialize in one sport at a young age.

These youngsters are saying they’ll specialize in college, or at least late in their high school career, but for the time being […]

By Ken Reed

I recently received a call from a writer who was doing a piece on Harmon Killebrew. He had read an old column I had written about Killebrew and wanted to know if I would like to comment about Killebrew the person.

Here is some of what I told him:

“Harmon Killebrew […]