League of Fans sports policy director, Ken Reed, has a new book out. It’s titled, The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place. It is Reed’s fifth book.
Here’s a short description of the book:
Sports, at their best, matter. They can positively impact society and a large […]
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By Ken Reed
As a football-loving country, we’ve collectively exhibited cultural avoidance behavior when it comes to the seriousness of brain trauma and CTE in sports like football and hockey.
This holds true for the players that love the game, including the adults playing in the NFL.
Most NFL players are at least somewhat familiar […]
By Ken Reed
.901.
That’s Urban Meyer’s winning percentage at Ohio State.
It’s also the only reason he’s still the head coach at Ohio State today.
After protecting — and covering up for — despicable assistant coach Zach Smith — and lying about it — Ohio State’s board of trustees gave Meyer a 3-game suspension […]
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By Ken Reed
.901.
That’s Urban Meyer’s winning percentage at Ohio State.
It’s also the only reason he’s still the head coach at Ohio State today.
After protecting, and covering up for, despicable assistant coach Zach Smith for about a decade — and lying about it — Ohio State’s board of trustees gave Meyer a […]
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Guest Essay
By Alden S. Blodget, with Thomas Babson
The problem
Here’s what my grandson said about his experience as a referee in youth soccer:
“I did not like being a ref one bit, and I’m very happy to be done with it. It was very stressful, and I hated all of it. I […]
Continue Reading →: Enough is Enough: The Solution to the Exodus of Referees in Youth Sports
By Ken Reed
Vince Lombardi has been dead for 48 years. Yet, his treat-‘em-like-dogs coaching style is very much alive in today’s sports world.
The University of Maryland football program is but the latest example of tyrannical coaches going way beyond legitimate coaching techniques. It’s another example of what I call Lombardi Syndrome (militaristic, controlling, […]
Continue Reading →: When Will Abusive Coaches Finally Be Kicked Out of Sports?
By Ken Reed
Vince Lombardi has been dead for 48 years. Yet, his treat-‘em-like-dogs coaching style is very much alive in today’s sports world.
The University of Maryland football program is but the latest example of tyrannical coaches going way beyond legitimate coaching techniques.
During a May workout, Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair exhibited “extreme […]
Continue Reading →: When Will Abusive Coaches Finally Be Kicked Out of Sports?
By Ken Reed
Okay, this is getting out of hand.
Now, two police unions in South Florida are urging members to boycott Miami Dolphins football games because some Dolphins players continue to protest police brutality and social injustice during the national anthem.
“It’s a slap in the face,” said Broward County Police Benevolent Association […]
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By Ken Reed
Earlier this year, Fox News personality Laura Ingraham infamously told LeBron James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble” for having the audacity to criticize President Trump.
Well, not only is LeBron not shutting up, his production company is creating a three-part documentary series for Showtime highlighting the influence of […]
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By Ken Reed
Brett McMurphy has long been a journalist in every positive sense of the word. In short, he’s a pro’s pro.
But ESPN decided to let McMurphy go as part of a layoff in April 2017. McMurphy still had 18 months left on his contract at the time and instead of taking another […]
Continue Reading →: ESPN Lets a True Journalist Go and It Comes Back to Bite Them