By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
July 11, 2017

The only industry in the United States in which you as a business owner can do pretty much whatever you want is the sports industry.

The four major professional sports leagues in this country — MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL — operate […]

(Editor’s Note: Frank Deford, one of the country’s best sportswriters, died on May 28th. League of Fans founder, Ralph Nader, shared his thoughts on Deford’s passing in the following statement.)

Frank Deford rose far above the conventional image of a sports writer.

A beautiful writer with a beautiful mind for decades enlightened the sports […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
June 2, 2017

Frank Deford’s biggest contribution to the world of sports was that he took sports seriously. To the scholarly Deford, who died earlier this week at the age of 78, sport was much more than journalism’s toy department. It was an important and impactful […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
May 18, 2017

I recently had a conversation with a bitter long-time San Diego Chargers season-ticket holder. He was upset about the Chargers’ move to Los Angeles. He, and members of his family, had been going to Chargers games for 51 years. He now says he […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
March 24, 2017

I prefer watching college football and basketball rather than the pro versions of both sports.

I also like the concept of “student-athlete.” I really do. There’s a romantic quality to the idea of young people playing for the love of the game and […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
March 18, 2017

There’s something about baseball in March, about spring training in Florida and Arizona.

Yes, it’s a sign the new season is near. And it also means warming temperatures for us northerners. But I think it’s also the game’s nostalgia and traditions that […]

Look Up

— Guest Submission by Philip A. Ross

The next night that you go out, look up in the sky.

Don’t look at the horizon, look way up high.

Do you see those stars that are shining down?

They’re like those Negro Leaguers in heaven, those men of renown.

Look at them sparkle like […]

Negro Leagues Baseball, A to Z

— Guest Submission by Philip A. Ross

A is for Andrew, Rube Foster’s first name.

He started the league that organized the first black game.

B is for Cool Papa Bell, the speedster of which you’ve heard.

Even on an intentional walk he could wind up on […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
January 17, 2017

As unbelievable as it still seems, Donald Trump is about to become our president.

At a time when progressive thinking seems seriously threatened, it’s important to highlight the numerous progressive thought leaders we still have in this country. That’s true for SportsWorld too.

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By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
January 6, 2017

Ann McKee, M.D., is a neuropathologist who specializes in neurodegenerative disease, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), at Boston University School of Medicine. She is professor of neurology and pathology and director of the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center. Much of her current research centers […]