Some Needed Perspective on the NBA Referee Scandal
On Friday, we learned that NBA referee Tim Donaghy is under investigation by the FBI for betting on NBA games. Here is how various media …
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Should We Be Impressed?
Yesterday Rich Lederer of The Baseball Analyst made the following observation. The St. Louis Cardinals. The only team that won 11 postseason games. The only …
Who Will Win The 2022 NBA Finals?
The NBA, relative to the other major sports leagues, tends to suffer from a lack of competitive balance. One way to see this, though (as …
The Wisdom of Red Auerbach
Legendary basketball coach Red Auerbach passed away last Saturday. In reading and watching about his life on Sunday, I was struck by his take on …
Measure up, or else
Division I-A football teams heading to college bowls have trouble making the grade academically. The report, published by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in …
Subversion of the Academy by the NCAA
Two great American institutions are about to crank up. First-year students and their older classmates will soon return to campus for fall classes. Shortly after …
MLB’s new killer app
Baseball has always been different from other professional sports because local TV revenues are significant. They’re large because they can provide much content to broadcasters …
The Truth About The Tour De France
Tour de France is the peak of the cycling world, arguably one of the most famous sporting events in the world. Continue reading below to …
Solving the Coaching Pay Problem
This last weekend Adrian Wojnarowski penned a column examining the salaries of college coaches. In this column is the following statement: “NCAA president Myles Brand …
Will we be blamed for future strikes?
The NHL lock-out of 2004-05 was the seventh labor dispute in the past 25 years to cost North American fans access to the games they …