By Ken Reed
Last week, 31-year-old Wynton Bernard finally got the news he’d been waiting 11 years to hear: He was going to the big leagues.
The Colorado Rockies called up Bernard from their AAA farm team, the Albuquerque Isotopes, last week. It was a mountaintop moment for Bernard after a long, hard, winding climb […]
By Ken Reed
In the Southwest Region final of the Little League Baseball World Series tournament, Kaiden Shelton of Texas drilled Oklahoma’s Isaiah Jarvis in the head (which luckily was protected with a batting helmet). Jarvis fell down like a rock and was shaken up for awhile. But he eventually got up and made it […]
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Our guests on this episode are Nathan Braaten and Taylor Ricci, the founders of Dam Worth It, a non-profit organization created to end the stigma around mental health at colleges and universities across the country […]
By Ken Reed
The sports world took a couple major hits this week with the passing of Bill Russell and Vin Scully.
Two giants in SportsWorld. And two people who positively impacted the world in ways beyond their sports role.
To many, including thousands who never met him and only knew him through […]
By Ken Reed
When I heard that laugh, I knew instantly that Bill Russell was near me. I turned around and there he was, one of the greatest basketball players and civil rights activists of all-time.
I had never met Russell but as it turned out, I was fortunate to be placed next to him […]
Continue Reading →: Bill Russell: A Hall-of-Famer On and Off the Court
By Ken Reed
The following sign is posted on the fence at every Glendale Little League (Wisconsin) field:
PLEASE REMEMBER
1. These are KIDS.
2. This is a GAME.
3. Coaches are VOLUNTEERS.
4. Umpires are HUMAN.
5. Your child is NOT being scouted by the Brewers today.
Thank you,
Glendale Little League
What a […]
Continue Reading →: Little League Sign Perfectly Captures What’s Needed in Youth Sports: Perspective
By Ken Reed
Dr. Monnica T. Williams, a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor at the University of Ottawa, wrote an important article about the value of exercise on mental health for Psychology Today last month. In the article, she outlined why exercise can be as positive for mental health as it is for […]
Continue Reading →: Exercise: “A Free and Fun Remedy for Mental Health Challenges”
By Ken Reed
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has given ten organizations its annual sports award for 2022. Each award comes with a $30,000 cash prize.
The award winners vary from a running and mentoring organization for youth facing a high level of adversity to a free inclusive summer camp that provides sports and […]
Continue Reading →: RWJF Award Recognizes and Empowers Sports Organizations Doing Good
By Ken Reed
Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, baseball’s civil rights pioneer, turned 100 on July 19th, appropriately enough on the day of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
Jackie was a Rookie of the Year, MVP and World Champion for the Brooklyn Dodgers during his Hall of Fame career. […]
Continue Reading →: Rachel Robinson — Jackie’s Wife But So Much More — Turns 100
By Ken Reed
Cameron Smith won an exhilarating British Open golf tournament at the home of golf, St. Andrews, on Sunday, outdueling crowd favorite Rory McIlroy, and young stars Cameron Young and Viktor Hovland. It was compelling theater as the four elite golfers pursued the world’s biggest golf title.
But now, the beauty that was […]
Continue Reading →: British Open was Golf at Its Best; LIV Golf is Human Nature at Its Worst