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By Ken Reed

Mary Pilon has a great long piece in Esquire about former NBA player Royce White and his ongoing battle with the NBA over how the league treats players with mental illness challenges.

White currently plays in the National Basketball League of Canada for the London Lightning. He appreciates how the Canadians […]

The following is a guest submission to League of Fans from Gerry Chidiac, a high school teacher and freelance sportswriter with over 30 years of experience in Canada, the United States and Africa.

There has been considerable controversy stirred up in the sports world and beyond this past year regarding the actions of San Francisco […]

By Ken Reed

Some real character All-Americans (wink, wink) were drafted by NFL teams this past weekend.

Numerous players, with a variety of off-field legal problems, were drafted. But, for now, let’s just focus on the area of domestic violence, an issue that NFL public relations execs say is VERY concerning to the league.

Ken Reed was a recent guest on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour to discuss Ego vs. Soul In Sports, and many of the issues addressed in his new book.

“There is almost a direct correlation between fitness levels of kids and their academic achievement… and the best thing you can do preparing for […]

By Ken Reed

Sports participation for all is a big issue for the gang at League of Fans. We write about the need for sports participation, physical activity, exercise and physical education in schools on a regular basis.

While the United States is a sports mad country when it comes to spectator sports, we’re […]

By Ken Reed

At one point, Ryan Leaf and Aaron Hernandez were both NFL stars with promising futures. But they both ended up in jail. Leaf on drug charges and Hernandez due to a murder conviction.

Hernandez, a former New England Patriot, ended his life this week by hanging himself with a bed sheet in […]

By Ken Reed

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first bibbed female runner in the Boston Marathon. For decades, the Boston Marathon was for men only. Katherine Switzer said that’s ridiculous and entered the race in 1967 under the name K.V. Switzer.

Early on, the co-race director, Jock Temple discovered her running in the […]

By Ken Reed

Adams State University, a Division II school in Colorado, is reportedly the first college to sign a female to a football scholarship. Females have played college football before but this is the first instance of a female doing so while on a football scholarship.

Becca Longo, from Arizona, made 35 […]

By Ken Reed

Playoff spots were on the line last night in the NBA, the final night of the regular season. But the NBA and a few of its franchises made a mockery of the playoff race.

After a terrible start to the season, the Miami Heat made a remarkable run down the stretch in […]

By Ken Reed

Kare Goucher is a world-class distance runner. She’s won medals at the track and field world championships, the New York City Marathon and the Boston Marathon, among others. She just missed qualifying for the Olympic Marathon last year despite being in her late 30’s. And she’s done it all drug-free.

Fed up […]