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 […]
Continue Reading →: Former Football Player/Medical Doctor Pushing For Ban On Youth Football
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. […]
Continue Reading →: The NCAA’s Statement on NIL Is Nothing More Than a PR Tactic
“Hats off to the World Series Champions, the Washington Nationals. Unmatched in baseball history were their comebacks. Five times in the Playoffs they faced extinction. Five times they won those games. In their final must win seventh game, they were being shut out with only one hit into the 7th inning, behind 2-0, and they […]
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 […]
Continue Reading →: Gen Z is Killing the Myth That Young People Don’t Like Baseball
How Can a Sport Whose Sole Purpose Is To Cause Brain Damage in One’s Opponent Still Be Legal?
By Ken Reed
Patrick Day is dead. At 27. Because of a blow to the head suffered during a boxing match. How senseless.
Maxim Dadashev, another boxer, is also dead. At age 28. […]
By Ken Reed
The mountain of evidence correlating physical fitness and brain health is about as high as Everest these days.
And it keeps growing.
A new study published last month in Scientific Reports revealed that the more fit young adults were (mostly in their 20’s) the more robust their white matter looked and the […]
By Ken Reed
What more do people want from NBA commissioner Adam Silver?
It seems nearly everyone — from the far right of the political spectrum to the far left — is upset with the NBA’s response to China’s hissy fit over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s support of Hong Kong protesters.
Just […]
Continue Reading →: Silver’s Stance Regarding the China Issue is Right On — For Now
By Ken Reed
Earlier this week, I wrote about disgraced track coach Alberto Salazar being banned for four years for using performance-enhancing drugs with his athletes and attempting to tamper with doping controls.
Salazar was caught due in large part to the courage of two-time Olympic athlete Kara Goucher, who blew the whistle on […]
Continue Reading →: A 17-Year-Old Shows Us What Integrity and Character in Sports Is All About
By Ken Reed
Thanks largely to the courage of popular female long distance runner, Kara Goucher, legendary track coach and former marathon champion Alberto Salazar has been banned for four years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
The USADA found that Salazar, the long-time head track coach for the famous Nike Oregon Project, […]
Continue Reading →: Courage of Kara Goucher Pays Off With Doping Ban of Alberto Salazar
Colorado, South Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania Introducing Legislation That Would Allow College Athletes to Accept Endorsement Money
By Ken Reed
Earlier this week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that allows college athletes to profit off their names and likenesses.
“Other college students with a talent, whether it be literature, music, […]
Continue Reading →: Other States Are Following California’s Lead