League of Fans

By Ken Reed

Today, more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. We love our sports in this country but most of us prefer to watch rather than participate.

As a country, we need to become more physically active, not only to improve our physical health but our mental and emotional health as well.

By Ken Reed

On Monday, the NHL announced that it wouldn’t allow its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. League owners and executives said the reason is they didn’t want their regular season disrupted.

“The league isn’t anti-Olympics,” N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “We’ve been to five of them. […]

By Ken Reed

Well, as you might imagine, my Huffington Post column from a few days ago about the positive change that could happen if players on the Final Four teams boycotted this weekend’s games caused quite a reaction. A lot of it angry in nature.

One person said something to the effect of, […]

By Ken Reed

No matter how the Women’s World Hockey Championships turn out over the next couple weeks, the USA women’s team has won — and won big.

As I wrote a couple weeks ago, our national women’s hockey team announced it was going to boycott the World Championships unless USA Hockey decided to […]

By Ken Reed

The growing practice of resting star players in the NBA is becoming a major public relations crisis for the league. It might also turn into a financial crisis for league owners if television broadcasters and sponsors continue to see healthy stars sitting on the bench instead of playing on the floor.

From […]

By Ken Reed

Former Chicago Bears great Gale Sayers has been diagnosed with dementia, according to his family. Sayers’ wife, Ardythe Sayers, said the 73-year-old former running back was actually diagnosed four years ago but the condition wasn’t made public at that time.

“Like the doctor at the Mayo Clinic said, ‘Yes, a part […]

By Ken Reed

The U.S. women’s national hockey team is planning to boycott the hockey world championships in Plymouth, Michigan this month due to inequitable wage and support treatment, relative to the men’s national team, from U.S. Hockey.

“We are asking for a living wage and for USA Hockey to fully support its programs […]

By Ken Reed

I’m fine with MLB not making pitchers throw four silly lob balls to the catcher in order to intentionally walk the batter. If the defense wants to voluntarily place a runner on base then simply notifying the umpire will do just fine. It won’t save a lot of time but it’s a […]