By Ken Reed
Ryan O’Callaghan believed he could never share his secret with anyone. He had decided he would rather end his life than share his secret and risk the rejection of people he cared about.
His secret? Ryan O’Callaghan is gay.
Fortunately, thanks to a Kansas City Chiefs trainer, an astute psychologist and Scott […]
Continue Reading →: Ex-NFL Player Was on Verge of Killing Himself Before Coming Out
By Ken Reed
Perhaps Richard Nixon’s greatest accomplishment as President of the United States was signing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law on June 23, 1972.
It’s been 45 years since Title IX prohibited high schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of gender in any […]
Continue Reading →: Title IX at 45? Time to Celebrate — With One Caveat
By Ken Reed
Get this: Major League Baseball admitted that the Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo violated the home-plate collision rule when he clearly deviated from his path home to plow over San Diego Padres’ catcher Austin Hedges — knocking Hedges out of the game in the process. But at the same time they said […]
By Ken Reed
Little League and other youth sports organizations may soon be begging parents — and maybe even people on the street — to officiate their games due to the dramatic drop in the number of referees for youth and high school sports in recent years. If not, regular game cancellations in these leagues […]
Continue Reading →: Crazy Parents and Coaches Driving Referees Out of Youth Sports
By Ken Reed
Why Are We Still Sanctioning Boxing?
Tim Hague was 34. He died from boxing, a sport whose entire purpose is to try and concuss one’s opponent.
Given how much we know about the short-and-long-term dangers of brain trauma, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), can there be any compelling reason to continue […]
By Ken Reed
Americans love football. Americans — at least most of them these days — also know that football is dangerous to the human brain.
Because of those two facts, businesses understand that if they can create a helmet that actually protects the brain from repetitive head trauma they will have struck the […]
Continue Reading →: Businesses In Quest of Magical Football Helmet Are Striking Out
By Ken Reed
I recently wrote about the unfair way the University of Pittsburgh was treating basketball player Cameron Johnson.
Johnson, an honor student and recent Pitt grad was trying to transfer to the University of North Carolina to finish up his eligibility. The NCAA says grad transfers are legal but they leave it […]
Continue Reading →: Bilas Nails It on Hypocrisy and Injustice of NCAA Transfer Policy
By Ken Reed
Tom Brady’s wife says her husband hid concussions from the New England Patriots last season.
Drew Brees said he would conceal a concussion from his wife.
As Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins wrote recently:
“The problem is that they have signaled to four million high school and college football players […]
By Ken Reed
I want to be the first member of the Cam Johnson Fan Club.
Johnson is a former University of Pittsburgh basketball player who is trying to transfer to the University of North Carolina to play his final two years of eligibility. He graduated from Pitt in three years, summa cum laude, […]
Continue Reading →: NCAA Hoopster Cam Johnson Fighting the Good Fight
By Ken Reed
Too often, big-time college sports and professional sports seem to be driven by nothing more than win-at-all-costs and profit-at-all-costs ethos.
That’s why it’s so refreshing to see examples of great sportsmanship like we did last week at the French Open when Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro consoled his opponent, Spain’s Nicolas […]