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By Ken Reed

On Christmas Day, thousands of theaters across America will begin playing the new Will Smith movie, Concussion. The film is based on the story of American immigrant, Dr. Bennet Omalu. Omalu made the first discovery of CTE, a chronic brain condition caused by repetitive blows to the brain. It’s also the story […]

By Ken Reed

At this point in my life, I tend to root more for quality people than blindly root for teams wearing certain colors or based in certain geographic locations.

To me, the “home” teams are the teams with the most classy players, coaches, executives and owners.

I follow the Indianapolis Colts because Andrew […]

(League of Fans sports policy director Ken Reed originally wrote the following Thanksgiving column last year for Huffington Post. We believe reposting for this Thanksgiving is fitting. Happy Thanksgiving from the League of Fans team.)

By Ken Reed

As I write this column it’s Thanksgiving Eve, a perfect time to reflect on the things one […]

By Ken Reed

Too often ego dominates the sports landscape in the form of win-at-all-costs (WAAC), profit-at-all-costs (PAAC) and entertainment-at-all-costs (EAAC) ethos.

Things like justice, fair play, and sportsmanship fall way down the list from those big three — despite a lot of lip service given to them.

Former New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte […]

By Ken Reed

A plan to build a new football stadium in St. Louis is moving forward and the city’s citizens won’t be allowed to vote on it.

“We should have the right to check a box yes or no,” says St. Louis resident Mark Kustelski. “Whatever the city decides I’m fine, but it’s […]

By Ken Reed

U.S. Soccer, in order to resolve a concussion lawsuit, has issued safety guidelines that prohibit players 10 and under from heading the ball and reduce headers in practice for those from age 11 to 13.

Monday’s announcement ends a class-action lawsuit that was filed in August 2014 by a group of […]

By Ken Reed

University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe has resigned amid protests on the Missouri campus regarding his handling of racially-charged incidents. The protests included a hunger strike by a Missouri student, boycott of all football activities by Missouri football players, and a call for a class walkout by Missouri professors.

Dan […]

By Ken Reed

The Rick Pitino scandal at the University of Louisville is just the latest example of college head coaches claiming to know nothing about improprieties in their program.

As Alexander Wolff so aptly put it in his spot-on commentary in the November 2nd issue of Sports Illustrated, “‘Plausible deniability’ for head coaches is […]

By Ken Reed

“Health professionals should call for ending public school tackle football programs.”

So reads the first sentence of an editorial that will be published in the January 2016 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics, one of the country’s leading medical ethics publications.

The editorial by Dr. Steven H. Miles, M.D., and […]