League of Fans

By Ken Reed

Compromise?

Yesterday, the NFL touted their new national anthem policy as a compromise. The only problem with the use of that word is that league commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL owners never spoke to the players about the new anthem policy.

“The NFL chose to not consult the union […]

By Ken Reed

The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down a federal ban on sports gambling. My first thought was what took so long?

We can legally bet on soybean futures, the rise and fall of stocks, horse races, dog races, state lotteries, real estate investments, church bingo games, the roll of dice and various […]

By Ken Reed

“Being rich doesn’t mean you’re smart, honest or fair. It just means you’re rich.”

That’s how John Feinstein ended his column about how former San Francisco 49er Eric Reid is getting punished by rich NFL owners — in the same way former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is — for kneeling during […]

By Ken Reed

A couple days ago, the San Antonio Spurs’ Pau Gasol sat down and wrote a terrific piece about the need for progressive thinking when it comes to the topic of a female head coach in the NBA.

Gasol was inspired to write the letter for The Players’ Tribune by the […]

By Ken Reed

Shortly before this past college basketball season began, federal prosecutors charged 10 men in a basketball fraud and bribery scandal that rocked the NCAA and SportsWorld. Those charged included assistant hoops coaches at several big-time programs and a top Adidas executive. The case involves numerous instances of alleged bribes and kickbacks in […]

By Ken Reed

For at least a couple decades, the NBA has been the most progressive American professional sports league.

That distinction will be reinforced in the coming days when the Milwaukee Bucks interview San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon.

Hammon, a college All-American at Colorado State and a long-time WNBA star, is […]

By Ken Reed

I can still see my dad, lying on his nursing home bed, listening to a baseball broadcast on his transistor radio.

The broadcasters were his daily companions as he dealt with a challenging and scary health issue. In a sense, they were actually his friends; people he could count on to take […]

By Ken Reed

There are many reasons youth and HS athletes should play more than one sport, and the NFL just gave us another one.

Of the 32 first round draft picks in the recent NFL draft, 29, or 91%, were multi-sport athletes in high school.

Draft analyst, Kirk Herbstreit, had this to say […]

By Ken Reed

The latest episode of HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” has a segment on abusive coaching practices in the NCAA.

In the segment, Dr. Ben Tepper, from Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, is interviewed. Tepper has made the study of abusive leadership in the workplace his specialty. He is […]

By Ken Reed

If you have any interest at all about the issue of whether college athletes should be paid or not, Jon Solomon’s long piece for the Aspen Institute is a must read.

The foundation of the whole debate is the concept of amateurism, it’s history with the NCAA, and the NCAA’s constantly […]