By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
December 30, 2016

Kids love the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry. They are mesmerized by his skills and they want to grow up and “Be like Steph.”

Youth coaches — most notably club sports coaches — are well aware of Curry’s popularity with young athletes. And […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
December 22, 2016

I get the arguments of those people blasting Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and LSU’s Leonard Fournette for skipping their bowl games to prepare for the NFL draft.

I really do.

Being on a sports team is about being part of a band of brothers […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
December 13, 2016

We’re entering the heart of the holiday season. If you’re like me, you still have a lot of names on your shopping list.

When in doubt, I turn to books. I love books and I love to give good books as gifts. On […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
November 24, 2016

When sports are your passion, it’s the simple joys that hook you for life.

If you’re a sports nut, and you think about it awhile, you realize you have your own set of simple sports joys you cherish and are grateful for. Some […]

By Ralph Nader, Kenneth Reed
Chicago Tribune
November 8, 2016

According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, 20 percent of this country’s high school football players suffer brain injuries in any given season.

That number should be unacceptable to all of us.

And it’s not just diagnosed brain injuries we need to […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
October 25, 2016

Ego-based thinking, attitudes and behaviors are at the root of the win-at-all-costs (WAAC) mentality that warps sport at its best.

Let’s start with a look at the WAAC approach to sports.

The WAAC mentality sees sport as a metaphor for war, in which […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
September 26, 2016

“Everybody dies, but not everybody lives.”
– Unknown

Arnold Palmer lived, boy did he live.

He found his passion in golf and followed that passion vigorously — even when he was well into his 80’s and the physical limitations of aging […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
August 29, 2016

Colin Kaepernick’s decision to not stand up for the playing of the national anthem is more courageous and patriotic than anything 99% of his critics have ever done.

Kaepernick, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, chose not to stand during the playing […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
August 26, 2016

Vince Lombardi was quoted as saying, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”

That’s it. If you don’t win, the whole endeavor is a waste of time. With the Lombardi line of thinking there is no other reason to compete in sports.

I […]

By Ken Reed
The Huffington Post
August 5, 2016

What are we to make of the Olympics? Do they represent humanity at its finest? Worst? Or both?

The modern Olympics were established in 1896 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to bring the world’s nations together in the “spirit of unity, peace, communication […]