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By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
February 20, 2014
I’ve always been intrigued by the Olympic Games. Not because I have a big interest in most of the sports on display. I don’t.
But I love watching elite athletes attempting to deal with the pressure of performing on the world’s biggest […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
February 7, 2014
“Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it.” – John Maxwell
As we sit here in early February, a big chunk of the country is stuck in the ice age. The Super Bowl is […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
January 28, 2014
I’m a strong advocate for daily cardiovascular-based physical education in our schools, along with regular exercise and sports participation for adults. Based on a growing mound of research, people who are physically fit not only are healthier, but also perform better cognitively […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
January 10, 2014
We all need to think more deeply about the insanity of our youth sports culture, with its focus on early specialization in one sport, and, especially its seasons without end. -Michael Sokolove, author of Warrior Girls
Youth sports: a chance to run […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
December 24, 2013
The holiday season seems like a good time to talk about what’s right with sports. The reason I work on sports reform issues all year is because I love what sports can be at their best.
There certainly are plenty of problems […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
December 10, 2013
There’s no doubt hockey fights are popular with a significant percentage of the game’s fan base. Go to Google and type in something like “hockey fights” and you’ll find several websites that are completely or partially dedicated to fighting in hockey. One […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
November 27, 2013
I love sports.
I’m also fed up with sports.
I’m guessing that a lot of you are conflicted in the same way.
I’ve been involved in the world of sports, in one capacity or another, my entire life. Born the […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
November 14, 2013
The definition of manhood in our sports culture is archaic. It’s as if SportsWorld has been frozen in time — Neanderthal time.
The Richie Incognitio/Jonathan Martin case in Miami is disgusting, not simply because of the ugly particulars in this case, but […]
By Ralph Nader
In the mid-1950s I visited several tribal areas in the west, including the Blackfeet and Crow Reservations. The poverty, despair and cultural devastation were everywhere. In 1956, as a Harvard Law Student, I researched and wrote a long article titled “American Indians: People Without a Future” in the Harvard Law […]
By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
November 11, 2013
The ongoing debate over the Washington Redskins nickname is tiresome.
It’s tiresome because it’s inevitable that the team name will be changed, no matter what Washington team owner Dan Snyder says. It’s just a matter of time. Clearly, Snyder’s contention that the […]
Sports Forum Podcast
Episode #33 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Ken Reed Announces His Retirement and Chats With League of Fans Founder Ralph Nader – Ken and Ralph talk about the history of League of Fans and the reasons it was created. They then move into a discussion of a variety of contemporary sports issues that League of Fans has been working on in recent years. Ken and Ralph end by talking about the need for sports fans, athletes, and other sports stakeholders to get involved in the sports reform movement and be activists and change agents on issues important to them, whether that be at the local, state, or national level.
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Episode #32 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Prolific Author Joe Posnanski Joins the Show – Posnanski is one of America’s best sportswriters and has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. We chat about his new book, “Why We Love Baseball,” his new Substack newsletter called Joe Blogs.
Episode #31 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Foul Ball Safety Is Still an Important Issue at Ballparks – Our guests are Jordan Skopp, founder of FoulBallSafety.com and Greg Wilkowski, a Chicago based attorney. We discuss the historical problem of foul balls injuring fans and why some teams are still hesitant to put up protective netting in some minor league and college baseball parks.
Episode #30 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The State of College Athletics with Dr. David Ridpath: Problems and Potential Solutions – Ridpath is a sports administration professor at Ohio University and a member of The Drake Group, a college sports reform think tank.
Episode #29 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The Honorable Tom McMillen Visits League of Fans’ Sports Forum – McMillen is a former All-American basketball player, Olympian, Rhodes Scholar and U.S. Congressman. We discuss the state of college athletics today.
Episode #28 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: A Chat With Mano Watsa, a Leading Basketball and Life Educator – Watsa is President of PGC Basketball, the largest education basketball camp in the world. We discuss problems in youth sports today.
Media
"How We Can Save Sports" author Ken Reed appears on Fox & Friends to explain how there's "too much adult in youth sports."
Ken Reed appears on Mornings with Gail from KFKA Radio in Colorado to discuss bad parenting in youth athletics.
“Should College Athletes Be Paid?” Ken Reed on The Morning Show from Wisconsin Public Radio
Ken Reed appears on KGNU Community Radio in Colorado (at 02:30) to discuss equality in sports and Title IX.
Ken Reed appears on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour (at 38:35) to discuss his book The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place, and to talk about some current sports issues.
- Reed Appears on Ralph Nader Radio Hour League of Fans’ sports policy director, Ken Reed, Ralph Nader and the New York Times’ Tyler Kepner discussed a variety of sports issues on Nader’s radio show as well as Reed’s updated book, How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan. Reed's book was released in paperback in February, and has a new introduction and several updated sections.
League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to fight for the higher principles of justice, fair play, equal opportunity and civil rights in sports; and to encourage safety and civic responsibility in sports industry and culture.
Vanderbilt Sport & Society - On The Ball with Andrew Maraniss with guest Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director for League of Fans and author of How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan
Sports & Torts – Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director, League of Fans – at the American Museum of Tort Law
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