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League of Fans" Sports Forum

Sports Forum is an ongoing discussion about current sports issues. The host is League of Fans" sports policy director Ken Reed. The goal of the podcast is to find ways we can improve the sports experience for all stakeholders by enhancing the positives and mitigating the negatives in today"s sports environment.

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00:56:46

Ken Reed Announces His Retirement and Chats With...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2024/05/10

Ken Reed starts off this episode by announcing that he is retiring from League of Fans after 13 and 1/2 years serving as Sports Policy Director.In this episode, Ken is joined by League of Fans Founder Ralph Nader. They talk about the history of League of Fans and the reason 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 and athletes to

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00:37:30

Joe Posnanski, Prolific Sportswriter and Author

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2023/12/05

One of America's best sportswriters, Joe Posnanski, joins us for this episode. Posnanski has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He's also written for The Athletic and Sports Illustrated.In this episode, we chat about his new book, "Why We Love Baseball," as well as a couple of his other books and his new Substack newsletter called Joe Blogs. Topics covered include how baseball treats its fans, MLB's numerous rule

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00:34:48

Foul Ball Safety Is Still an Important Issue at Our...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2023/10/25

It is estimated that more than 5,000 fans have been injured, some seriously, by foul balls in Major League Baseball (MLB) and minor league baseball stadiums since 2012. While significant improvements have been made at the Major League level in recent years (in terms of protective netting being installed to the end of the dugouts or down to the foul poles) fans in some minor league and college baseball parks are still unprotected, except directly behind home plate. Our guests for this podcast are

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00:36:44

The State of College Athletics with Dr. David...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2023/08/10

This episode was recorded a couple days after the 108-year-old Pac-12 conference imploded, sending the world of big-time college sports into greed-based chaos. Dr. David Ridpath, sports administration professor at Ohio University and a long-time member of The Drake Group, a college sports reform think tank, joins us on this podcast episode. Topics include: 1) Why the Pac-12 fell apart; 2) The toothless NCAA and the lack of a sheriff with clout, which has resulted in a Wild, Wild West college sports

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00:35:20

The Honorable Tom McMillen Visits League of Fans'...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2023/05/19

Former All-American basketball player, Olympian, Rhodes Scholar and United States Congressman Tom McMillen chats with League of Fans' sports policy director Ken Reed in this episode. The two talk about Tom's decision to delay his NBA career by accepting a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. The discussion then turns to the state of college athletics today, given the pressures of NIL, the transfer portal, sports gambling and huge media contracts. Reed switches the topic to the

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00:34:39

A Chat With Mano Watsa, a Leading Basketball and Life...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2023/02/24

In this episode we talk with Mano Watsa, President of PGC Basketball, the largest education basketball camp in the world, with over 150 camps in 30+ U.S. states and Canada. Mano leads a unique organization dedicated to the holistic development of young people as both players and human beings. In addition, Mano is a sought-after speaker who has inspired over 250,000 students, athletes, coaches and business leaders around the world. Our discussion moves from why Mano decided to make basketball

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00:37:55

Professionalized Youth Sports Are Hurting Kids and...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/12/16

Linda Flanagan, author of the new book "Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports and Why It Matters," joins the podcast to talk about the ways heavily commercialized and professionalized youth sports are hurting kids and their families. Linda has written extensively about how youth sports can hijack families to the point where family outings, non-sports activities and bonding time over dinners are lost in the pursuit of the next club team game or travel tournament. She also

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00:37:28

How Do We Fix Youth Sports?

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/10/26

In this episode of League of Fans' Sports Forum we chat with John O'Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Changing the Game Project (changingthegameproject.com), a youth sports reform initiative. John is also the author of "Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes and Giving Youth Sports Back to Our Kids." A long-time coach and sports administrator at the youth, high school, college and professional levels, John offers great insight into the problems and challenges in

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00:34:45

Physical Education Should Be a Critical Component of...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/09/26

In this episode, we chat with Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Michael is an expert on K-12 education and he believes in the power of physical education to improve academic performance and enhance physical, emotional and behavioral health. His recently released book is "From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child." We touch on Positive Sum vs. Zero Sum in P.E.; how quality P.E. improves student attention and focus in other

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00:36:08

Mental Health and Athletes: Ending the Stigma

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/08/04

Our guests on this episode are Nathan Braaten and Taylor Ricci, the founders of Dam Worth It, a non-profit organization created to end the stigma around mental health at colleges and universities across the country through the power of sport, storytelling, and community creation. Mental health in college athletics is an important issue today. At least five student-athletes died from suicide during the last several months of the 2021-22 school year. A University of Michigan study found that only 10%

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00:37:56

Olympian Benita Fitzgerald Mosley Talks Title IX,...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/07/07

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley won the gold medal for the United States in the 100 meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympic Games. She also was on the 1980 American Olympic team and was an alternate on the 1988 squad. As a collegian at the University of Tennessee, Fitzgerald Mosley was a 15-time All-American. Following her athletic career, she embarked on a career in sports marketing and administration, holding executive positions with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA Track & Field and

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00:37:32

Rethinking Sports Fandom with Author Craig Calcaterra

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/05/31

In this League of Fans Sports Forum episode, we explore new ways to be a fan in the year 2022 with baseball and culture writer Craig Calcaterra, author of a new book called "Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game." Craig is also the writer and editor of a popular baseball, news, and culture newsletter called "Cup of Coffee." In this discussion, we get into why and how pro sports team owners and executives regularly exploit the often blind loyalty of their fan

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00:38:22

Chatting About a Broken Game With Baseball Writer...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/05/18

Pedro Moura is a national baseball writer for Fox Sports. He previously covered the Los Angeles Dodgers for The Athletic. His new book is titled "How to Beat a Broken Game: The Rise of the Dodgers in a League on the Brink." During this podcast episode, we'll discuss how and why the game of baseball is broken, what factors caused it, and offer a few thoughts on how to "fix" a great game. The focus will be on analytics; the good and bad. Analytics have not only infiltrated the game of baseball, to a

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00:54:50

Coaching Youth and High School Sports Based On What's...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/04/01

In this episode we chat with long-time youth, high school and college basketball coach Jim Huber. Jim is Director of Coach & Curriculum Development for Breakthrough Basketball (breakthroughbasketball.com). He's won many championships as a coach and developed over 50 collegiate players and 10 professional players. But more importantly, he has focused on impacting the lives of his players by developing life skills and character through sport. Jim takes a holistic approach to coaching and discusses

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01:01:12

Capturing the Spirit of the All-American Girls...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/03/11

This week's guest is Anika Orrock, author and illustrator of "The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League." For many, the AAGPBL was brought to light by the movie "A League of Their Own," directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. "A League of Their Own" was entertaining, funny and told the story of an important moment in female sports history in this country. The movie was a box office success, becoming the highest grossing baseball

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01:12:06

Talking About the 50th Anniversary of Title IX and...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/02/07

On June 23, 2022, we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark federal civil rights legislation which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government. We'll talk about the progress female athletes have made since Title IX's passage but also the hurdles that remain before we arrive at true equal opportunity for both genders in sports in the United States. We then move into a provocative discussion

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01:18:24

Talking Sports With Legendary New York Times Sports...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2022/01/06

Robert Lipsyte was a long-time sports reporter and columnist for the New York Times. He later served as the ombudsman for ESPN and is the author of more than 20 books. One of Lipsyte's best-selling teen-age novels, "One Fat Summer," was recently made into a film with Donald Sutherland called "Measure of a Man." We chat about Lipsyte's amazing career and some of the athletes he covered and got to know well, like Muhammad Ali, as well as his relationships with fellow sports journalists like Bob Costas

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01:09:35

Andrew Maraniss: Outstanding Author of Books That...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2021/12/03

Andrew Maraniss is a great storyteller. He writes sports books but not your stereotypical odes to star athletes. His books, while easy to read, have depth. They educate you and make you think about various socio-cultural issues, from a historical perspective as well as how they continue to impact society today. His first book, "Strong Inside," was a biography of Perry Wallace, the first Black basketball player in the SEC. His second book, "Games of Deception," is the story of the first U.S. men's

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00:48:26

Sports Psychology With Dr. Tim Rice

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2021/11/03

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Tim Rice, the lead faculty member for the Sport and Performance Psychology program at the University of Arizona Global Campus. Dr. Rice is a long-time coach who transitioned into the field of sports psychology. He has been in higher education for nearly 20 years at colleges and universities across the nation. He is also a consultant with Basketball Ireland, the FIBA governing body for basketball in Ireland, as well as with Admirals Basketball Academy in the Republic

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01:09:24

Making Sense of the Injury Pandemic in Major League...

League of Fans" Sports Forum ·

2021/09/14

In this episode, we chat with Gary McCoy, an innovative strength, conditioning and high performance coach who has worked in many capacities throughout his career, including with several Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. He's an Australian native who serves as head of performance for Team Australia's baseball program. He's also currently Vice President of Performance for Kinetyx Sciences USA, a data-based movement technology company. Our focus is the injury pandemic in baseball, what's

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