Young athletes’ bodies are the casualties of this $19 billion industry

By Ken Reed

I’ve been writing about the dangers of the professionalization of youth sports for more than a decade (e.g., single-sport specialization at a young age, overuse injuries, anxiety and depression in young athletes, entrepreneurs trying to make a living […]

By Ken Reed

There have been some unsettling developments in BaseballWorld recently.

First, we got a peek at Major League Baseball’s new uniforms, including the iconic New York Yankees jerseys, that will be sporting the Nike swoosh on the front. Yankees jerseys have remained virtually the same for about a hundred years. Nevertheless, starting […]

By Ken Reed

There were a couple incidents from this past week’s football action that have garnered a lot of media and fan attention: Myles Garrett’s bonehead use of Mason Rudolph’s helmet as a weapon, and the terrible hip injury to Alabama’s star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

First, the Garrett situation. Twitterverse is afire with […]

Trey Johnson Claims NCAA Violates Minimum-Wage Laws

By Ken Reed

Trey Johnson, a former defensive back at Villanova and now a Canadian Football League player, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing the organization of violating minimum-wage laws by refusing to pay athletes like employees.

Johnson’s lawsuit claims athletes’ hours are tracked […]

By Ken Reed

Alberto Salazar is a former world-class distance runner and coach.

If the allegations brought by multiple female athletes claiming he physically, mentally and emotionally abused them while under his direction are true, he’s also a pig.

Thanks to the courage of elite athletes (and whistleblowers) Kara Goucher and Mary Cain, Salazar and […]

By Ken Reed

T.J. Abraham worked hard at football while an offensive lineman at Duquense University. He worked so hard that he got his “bell rung” upwards of 70 times.

After his football career ended, he worked hard at being an obstetrics & gynecology doctor, sometimes putting in 100-hour work weeks.

Today, the now 42-year-old […]

By Ken Reed

The NCAA’s PR machine had a victory this week.

The college sports behemoth’s Board of Governors announced that it is going to relax its restrictions regarding a college athlete’s ability to earn money from his/her name, image and likeness (NIL).

Members of the media around the country ate it up. […]

Baseball is Far From a Dying Sport

By Ken Reed

For years now, some baseball writers have been lamenting the decline in baseball’s popularity in general, and with young people in particular.

They contend the game is too slow and of little interest to sports fans below the senior set.

It’s true that in-game attendance […]