An Unsurpassable Sterling Record of Stamina!
By Ralph Nader
July 10, 2019
I’ve always been fascinated by stamina. Lou Gehrig was my boyhood hero, and not just because of his batting average, clutch hitting, and dignified comportment. From 1925 to 1939 he played 2,130 ballgames […]
Continue Reading →: Nader Column on the Stamina of Yankees’ Announcer John Sterling
By Ken Reed
Serena Williams has apologized. Finally.
Williams’ boorish behavior and poor sportsmanship in last year’s U.S. Open final overshadowed what should have been a grand moment for a young star from Japan named Naomi Osaka.
Osaka won the match, resulting in her first major tournament victory, but not before Williams […]
Continue Reading →: Serena Apology to Osaka: Better Late Than Never
By Ken Reed
The beginnings of what might be the greatest women’s soccer team of all-time can be traced back to June 23, 1972 when Title IX became the law of the land.
Title IX is a public policy initiative that was driven by Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana and Congresswoman […]
Continue Reading →: USA Women’s World Cup Victory a Product of Title IX
By Ken Reed
Is the NFL completely morally bankrupt?
This is the league that runs phony, shameful campaigns to salute military soldiers and veterans.
This is the league that tried to hide evidence that brain trauma was leading to CTE.
This is the league that asks prospective […]
Continue Reading →: NFL: Incognito and Bosa? Okay. Kaepernick? No Way!
By Ken Reed
America was built by bold people looking for a better life — for themselves and their brothers and sisters.
That’s all U.S. women’s national team soccer player Megan Rapinoe is doing.
She’s simply asking that we, as a country, live up to the last three words of the Pledge or Allegiance: “justice […]
Guest Column
By Gerry Chidiac
In our age of enormous salaries for professional athletes and overpriced tickets to sporting events, there are many reasons why the Toronto Raptors winning the National Basketball Association championship is worth celebrating.
Behind all of the hype, the team succeeded because they were built on solid principles.
[…]Continue Reading →: Raptors vs. Warriors NBA Finals Epitomized Sport At Its Best
By Ken Reed
For years, the primary argument against treating professional female athletes equitably is that they don’t pull in the same revenue as male athletes.
Well, that argument is dead in the water in the case of the U.S. national women’s soccer team vs. the U.S. men’s national soccer team.
In […]
Continue Reading →: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Earns More Revenue Than Men’s; Gets Paid Less
Ken Reed, League of Fans’ sports policy director, appeared on radio and national TV after another parental brawl at a youth sports game. In this case, the players were 7 year olds, the umpire was 13 and it involved a controversial call.
“It’s another example of youth sport parenting gone wild,” according to Reed. Watch […]
Continue Reading →: League of Fans’ Reed Talks “Too Much Adult in Youth Sports”
By Ken Reed
Sexism sucks.
And nobody knows that better than the U.S. women’s national soccer team. The current team members, and their predecessors, have been fighting gender discrimination on the part of the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) and FIFA for decades.
Let’s start with this: The U.S. women’s national team […]
Continue Reading →: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Is Fighting For a Win Bigger Than a World Cup Title
By Ken Reed
I’m not a big hockey fan. I didn’t grow up with the game like I did with baseball, basketball and football. I don’t pretend to know much about hockey strategies or tactics.
That said, I do like watching some playoff hockey, especially Game 7’s. If the Game 7 is in […]
Continue Reading →: NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs a Winner; Stance on CTE and Brain Trauma Isn’t