League of Fans

By Ken Reed

Dr. Robert Cantu and Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute have asked the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to warn athletes about the risk of developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) from repetitive brain trauma in sports.

“CTE can be a devastating neurological disease, and anyone voluntarily exposing themselves to repeated […]

By Ken Reed

The tendency today among sports skeptics (yes, I often qualify) is to denigrate everyone and everything in sports, especially the highly commercialized big-time college and pro sports. It’s not fair. There are some outstanding people in sports, from the little leagues to the big leagues. There always have been and there always […]

By Ken Reed

In a recent article he penned, Minnesota state senator John Marty wrote that the millions of public dollars going to build the wealthy owners of the highly profitable Minnesota Vikinigs a new stadium is evidence of warped priorities.

“Mr. (Zygi) Wilf’s expensive lobbying effort and his generous campaign contributions won the […]

Is there any better financial deal in the world than being an NFL owner?

What other business owner gets a deal where they have a protected monopoly with antitrust exemptions up the gazoo, and virtually guaranteed appreciation of the business?

Name the last NFL franchise that sold for less than the owner paid […]

Awareness and understanding levels regarding sports concussions have gone up significantly in the past couple years. However, the focus has been on the physical aspects of the injury. There are many psychological and social issues to consider when dealing with concussions as well. (See Kevin Simpson’s “Treating Kids for Concussions Also Looks At […]

The Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers series was ugly. The Heat won the series due to the outstanding play of LeBron James and Dwayne Wade during the last couple games. But besides the Heat moving on, the other big story from this series was the constant trash-talking and ugly fouls. A lot of the series […]