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By Ken Reed

I’ve been a long-time critic of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and his NHL cronies. The league’s stance on fighting and gratuitous cheap shots resulting from “Hockey’s Code” is so ridiculous it would be laughable if a multitude of current and former NHL players weren’t suffering the effects of brain damage as a […]

By Ken Reed

John Banzhaf, a public interest law professor at George Washington University, is campaigning to force Dan Snyder, owner of the NFL’s Washington D.C. franchise, to change the team’s racist and derogatory name. Banzhaf is focusing on utilizing broadcasting law as the primary tool to force Snyder to change his team’s name. However, […]

By Ken Reed

According to the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ), social justice is best defined as (1) inclusion of everyone in the full benefits of society and (2) empowerment of people to participate fully in the economic, social, and cultural life of the country.

That definition is the antithesis of […]

By Ken Reed

We’re in the middle of one of the best Stanley Cup Finals in years. The games are well-played, tense affairs. In many ways, it’s hockey at its best — minus the gratuitous fighting and violent cheap shots.

A new study from the University of San Diego adds support to the belief […]

By Ken Reed

The research mound keeps getting higher and higher with studies showing that active, fit kids perform better academically.

One of the latest studies in this regard concluded that young people who play sports competitively perform better academically. A summary of the study done by Ana Capdevila Seder at the Universitat Jaume […]

By Ken Reed

So, the owner of the NFL’s Washington football club, Dan Snyder, says he’ll never change the nickname of his team. He’s made his stand. Never, of course, is a long time. Or not.

Remember, there never was going to be an African-American ballplayer in Major League Baseball as long as Kenesaw Mountain […]

By Ken Reed

The June 10th issue of Sports Illustrated had a very telling story about the state of college sports in this country. The article, titled Go For It On Fourth and Multiply, by Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples, highlights the mushrooming staffs of big-time college football programs in this country. For example, the […]

By Ken Reed

Talk about warped priorities.

Chicago, in the midst of perhaps the biggest budget crisis in its history, has decided to close 50 of the city’s public schools while spending $100 million of taxpayer money on a new basketball arena for DePaul University, a private institution.

The public school closings will impact […]

By Ken Reed

Gradually. Progress.

Hockey is slowly moving out of the stone ages when it comes to unnecessary violence that can lead to brain trauma.

After a long debate, Hockey Canada’s board of directors voted to eliminate bodychecking at the peewee level (11 and 12-year-old boys).

It’s a smart move — and a […]

By Ken Reed

Last month, in a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely injured high school football player, a Colorado state-court jury found several parties at fault, including helmet maker Riddell, for failing to warn players adequately about the dangers of concussions.

The jury awarded $11.5 million to the family of […]