League of Fans

By Ken Reed

Decisions made in academia are often hard to fathom but this one is especially perplexing.

According to a report in the Washington Post, George Washington University (GWU) is planning to end a project that shares the story of Jackie Robinson’s legacy with hundreds in classrooms, at academic conferences and with community […]

By Ken Reed

Due to factors such as the dramatic decline in physical education classes and intramurals in K-12, and a huge increase in screen time (computers, video games, social media), along with an increase in processed junk food and Super-Size-Me fast food meals, today’s high school and college students are, on a whole, more […]

By Ken Reed

A ton of kids are simply being priced out of sports. And many are alienated by a coaching structure that emphasizes winning.

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The twin forces of WAAC (win-at-all-costs) and PAAC (profit-at-all-costs) continue to damage the integrity of pro, college and high school sports.

But they have also severely […]

By Ken Reed

We recently wrote about the sad state of youth sports in America. The problems we touched on are all adult-based, driven by win-at-all-costs (WAAC) and profit-at-all-costs (PAAC) ethos.

The overall situation is even worse than what we discussed in that piece. HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel recently had an […]

By Ken Reed

The twin forces of WAAC (win-at-all-costs) and PAAC (profit-at-all-costs) continue to damage the integrity of pro, college and high school sports. But they have also severely damaged youth sports. An area that used to be a bastion of innocence no longer is.

There’s too much adult in youth sports and it’s hurting […]

By Ken Reed

The brain wasn’t designed to withstand repetitive blows to the head.

That’s a problem for the games of football and hockey, in which blows to the head — sometimes vicious in their impact — are all too common.

On the hockey front, legendary goalie Ken Dryden is working hard to make his […]

By Ken Reed

A sedentary lifestyle is worse for you than smoking.

That’s the conclusion of a new study published recently in the journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic studied the activity levels of 122,007 patients from 1991 to 2014.

They found a “clear connection” between a healthy, longer life […]