League of Fans

By Ken Reed

Adults like competitive sports in general, and winning in particular. When it comes to youth sports, they like creating events that look similar to the pro and big-time college games they enjoy watching.

Kids, on the other hand, want to have fun playing with their friends and learning new skills without constantly […]

By Ken Reed

From the “People Can’t Really Be This Cruel and/or Stupid Can They?” department, two youth baseball coaches in New Hampshire reportedly said they would instruct their players to bean a girl in the Oyster River Youth Association (ORYA) in the hope that action would intimidate the girl into leaving the baseball […]

By Ken Reed

Youth sports entrepreneurs want to get into parents’ pockets. And parents are afraid of their kids getting left behind in the youth sports rat race.

Greed and fear is a toxic combination and it’s hurting our young people.

J.J. Adams had an excellent feature article on this topic in the Vancouver […]

By Ken Reed

Early in his NBA career, LeBron James stayed away from any political-socio-cultural issues, despite urgings from League of Fans and others. In 2008, James was quoted as saying he wanted to “keep athletics and politics separate.”

But in recent years, James has spoken out on a wide-variety of political-socio-cultural issues. […]

By Ken Reed

Major League Baseball (MLB) in general, and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in particular, seem obsessed with the average length of big league baseball games.

My question is why? Why are a few minutes here or there so important?

The average length of an MLB game is very similar to the average […]

By Ken Reed

The Final Four is always a time for celebration and dismay.

It’s a celebration of great athletes, great back stories and a great sport. But at the same time, it’s distressing that the athletes creating this billion dollar spectacle are prevented from sharing in the largesse.

A couple of USA Today writers, […]

By Ken Reed

Lawyers representing former NFL players who have filed dementia claims under the NFL concussion settlement, say the league is “muddling the claims process.”

“The NFL seeks to rig the Settlement system. This is part of the League’s DNA,” said Gene Locks, a Philadelphia-based attorney who represents 1,100 players in the case. […]

By Ken Reed

Major League Baseball (MLB) owners are pushing Congress to allow them to continue paying minor league baseball players less than a McDonald’s worker or Walmart greeter.

The reality for most minor league players today is that the hot dog vendor in the stands is making more money than they are.

And […]

By Ken Reed

There are still a lot of unsigned free agents in Major League Baseball as spring training nears its end.

I hear and read a lot of chatter about how greedy Major League Baseball players are. Some people say it will serve these unsigned free agents right if they get a much […]