By Ken Reed
The Colorado Rockies Troy Tulowitzki got plunked in the leg during a recent spring training game. There appears to be very little doubt that it was done intentionally. Tulowitzki has missed several spring training games due to bruising and swelling from the incident.
Tulowitzki was hit after Rockies minor leaguer Tommy […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
March 14, 2014
From a profit-at-all-costs perspective, I understand all the adulation that went David Stern’s way when he recently retired from his post as NBA commissioner. The NBA has never been in better financial shape than it is today. Give him credit for that.
However, […]
Continue Reading →: Stern’s Basketball Legacy Not One to Celebrate
By Ken Reed
I agree with John Wooden’s position that sport doesn’t build character it reveals it. Sometimes what’s revealed is pretty and sometimes it’s downright ugly.
Basketball’s March Madness recently gave us an example of the former.
Desert Chapel High School lost their sectional final basketball game — on the scoreboard anyway — but […]
By Ken Reed
A recent Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) study found that youth sports participation rates continue to drop. Five-year trends for all the sports measured in the study showed declines.
For example, over the five-year period from 2008-12, soccer participation dropped by 7.1 percent, baseball participation dropped by 7.2 percent and […]
Continue Reading →: Overall Youth Sports Participation Rate Continues to Decline
By Ken Reed
In this era of heightened sensitivity to concussions and brain trauma in sports, the fact fighting can result in concussions should be enough reason to ban the ugly practice. But clearly Gary Bettman and his NHL cronies aren’t moved by that reasoning.
So, it’s time to take apart all the myths that […]
Continue Reading →: All the Arguments Supporting Fighting in the NHL Are False
By Ken Reed
In a courtroom last month in Chicago, a National Labor Relations Board panel listened to testimony about whether or not football players should have the right, as de facto employees, to collectively bargain.
The hearing evolved from an effort led by Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter to form what would be in effect […]
Continue Reading →: NCAA Long-Ago Established College Athletes as Professionals
By Ken Reed
A lot of people in the sports world — most notably the college football world — view Northwestern football player Kain Colter as an ungrateful rebel. They believe he’s attacking Northwestern specifically and is focusing on money.
The truth is, he’s loved his experience at Northwestern. He is simply focused on protecting […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
March 3, 2014
Les Miles, the head football coach at LSU, recently picked up a commitment from quarterback Zadock Dinkelmann. Zack’s an 8th grader from Texas.
That’s not a misprint; Dinkelmann is indeed an 8th grader. Recruiting middle school kids is increasingly common at the highest […]
Continue Reading →: Another Sign College Sports Continue to Spin Out of Control
By Ken Reed
The way the Miami Marlins — along with some unscrupulous local politicians — abused south Florida taxpayers in order to secure a new sports palace for the Marlins’ owners is despicable. In fact, the Marlins stadium swindle might be the ugliest publicly-financed stadium/arena deal to date.
It’s one thing to take […]
Continue Reading →: Marlins’ Samson Proud of Bilking Taxpayers
By Ken Reed
It’s long amused me how the NCAA claims that they don’t have the money to pay student-athletes. How ludicrous!
Big-time NCAA football programs fill stadiums that are in many instances bigger than NFL stadiums. Seat prices are nearly similar, and in many cases, college fans are forced to pay seat license […]