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By Ken Reed

In the early days of American football, skull fractures and severe head lacerations were a major problem. Today’s high-tech helmets have virtually eliminated skull fractures and lacerations from the game.

However, despite the hopes and wishes of parents, coaches, and players, there’s very little a helmet can do to prevent concussions and […]

By Ken Reed

Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins, has been called a spoiled brat, an egomaniac, and a good old fashioned jerk. Peter Keating, writing for ESPN, makes a strong case that by proclaiming that he’ll never change the Washington NFL franchise’s nickname, Snyder can also be called a bad businessman.

By Ken Reed

Politicians are so messed up, so misguided, that they can declare bankruptcy one day, and then approve millions of taxpayer dollars to build a sparkling sports palace for a wealthy team owner the next.

That’s not hyperbole, it actually recently happened in Michigan.

As The Nation sports policy columnist Dave Zirin […]

By Ken Reed

USA Today ran an in-depth front page story late last week about an important concussion lawsuit filed against the NCAA in 2011 by lead plaintiff Adrian Arrington, a former Eastern Illinois football player, and his lawyer, Joseph Siprut.

That article follows a recent Sports Illustrated piece that provides a peek […]

By Ken Reed

College sports are on the precipice of a brand new era. Change is coming, it’s most definitely coming.

The highly-commercial, big-time college sports factories want to separate from the smaller, poorer conferences and schools. That’s been the case for awhile but now they’re getting vocal about it. They want to make their […]

By Ken Reed

For many school-aged kids, physical education (PE) class is the highlight of their school day. However, for many others, it’s the worst part of their day.

Usually, the kids that are more athletic love it and the less athletically-inclined kids hate it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And in […]

By Ken Reed

Sport can be a great instrument of peace. Throughout history, there are many examples of positive social change resulting from sport diplomacy.

For one, sport, through Richard Nixon’s “Ping Pong Diplomacy,” helped open the lines of communication between the United States and China in the 1970’s (no cracks about ping pong […]

By Ken Reed

In a positive move for former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon and his lead attorney Michael Hausfeld, Judge Claudia Wilken issued a written order on Friday giving Hausfeld and O’Bannon two weeks to amend their complaint by adding a current NCAA athlete. Who that athlete might be is unknown at this […]

By Ken Reed

California Assembly Bill 1309 is designed to prevent NFL players and other professional athletes from suing in California courts to get workers’ compensation for injuries occurring on the job.

Where did such a bill come from? One needs to look only as far as NFL owners and executives for an answer.

As […]

By Ken Reed

The University of Oregon was recently given a slap on the wrist by the NCAA for a variety of NCAA rules violations. Many media observers and fans were shocked by how gently the NCAA dealt with Oregon.

To me, it wasn’t shocking at all. The NCAA is terrified that the big-time schools […]