By Ken Reed
As a sports policy analyst, I’ve learned a lot more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) than I ever expected to. Actually, at this point, I’ve learned more than I want to know.
CTE is a terrible degenerative disease, and it takes an immense toll on those that are stricken, as well […]
By Ken Reed
Sports have been a passion of mine since I was seven years old. It’s a true love affair. But as a sports columnist, I – like most other sports columnists – tend to focus on the negatives of SportsWorld.
We identify what’s wrong – in our not very humble opinions – and […]
By Ken Reed
Dear University of Maryland Board of Regents: You can’t be serious!
Maryland football coach DJ Durkin, who had been on administrative leave since August following the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair due to heatstroke suffered at a team workout, was reinstated by Maryland’s board of directors Tuesday.
McNair died due […]
Continue Reading →: Maryland’s Decision to Reinstate Durkin Unfathomable
Maybe. But Today’s Game Isn’t as Compelling or Entertaining
By Ken Reed
It’s a perennial baseball topic: Were the players from the past better or worse than today’s?
It’s a fun topic, often debated in offices, sports bars and on radio talk shows — especially come World Series time.
There are points to […]
Continue Reading →: Are Today’s Baseball Players Better Than Yesteryear’s?
By Ken Reed
My family and I had just plunked our buns down on the hard green seats at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies.
I was getting ready to kick back, shut down my mind, admire the green grass and enjoy a big league baseball game. But then my 10-year-old asked me, “Daddy, […]
By Ken Reed
The NCAA continues to claim that there just isn’t enough money to pay the athletes that create the college sports product more than room and board.
In big-time college football and basketball (most notably Power Five conferences), that contention is simply laughable.
Here’s the latest example: Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops […]
Continue Reading →: Kentucky Coach To Get $250K Bonus For Each Victory the Rest of the Season
By Ken Reed
Not exercising could be worse for you than smoking, diabetes or heart disease a new study by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic suggests.
Researchers studied more than 122,000 patients between 1991 and 2014. The patients all participated in treadmill testing.
Better cardiorespiratory fitness was linked to living longer. Extreme aerobic fitness […]
Continue Reading →: New Study Shows How Powerful Exercise is For Our Health
By Ken Reed
Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku loves football. His younger brothers do also (Evidence at the University of Miami (Fla.) and Charles, a high schooler committed to the University of Missouri).
Meanwhile, their older brother Innocent Njoku, Jr., cringes every time he watches them play.
Innocent is in the third year of […]
Continue Reading →: Browns’ David Njoku Plays Football While His Older Brother Studies the Brain
By Ken Reed
Tommy John was a great Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won 288 major league games and was an All-Star multiple times.
However, he is famous today not primarily for his pitching career but because of a unique surgical procedure he had done on his elbow. […]
By Ken Reed
John Gagliardi, an educator, innovator, and the winningest college football coach of all-time died this past weekend.
For most of his career, Gagliardi was the head coach at NCAA Division III St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He retired in 2012 with a record of 489-138-11, including 30 conference titles, and four […]
Continue Reading →: Legendary College Football Coach John Gagliardi Dies