NBA Locks Out Referees
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock out referees; it happens …
Brad Humphreys
Professor of Economics, University of Alberta
Big Ten Expansion Timetable Speeds Up
So much for the leisurely 18 month period for exploring their options. Recent reports indicate that the Big Ten expansion timetable has gone into overdrive. …
More on Doping
Skip had an interesting post on doping last week that prompted more discussion in the comments. I have been working on several research projects related …
A Report From the Cutting Edge
This just in: remember that image of baseball front office types as slow-witted dinosaurs who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth …
TSE Halloween Edition
Interesting article in the WaPo about the practice of scattering cremated remains at sports venues. Sports teams in the US clearly want nothing to do …
More on Athletic Success and Donations
Bowl season is finally over. We know who was successful on the field — my alma mater West Virginia University, for one — but what …
2012 Olympics Cost Over-Runs
Just in case you thought that sports related cost over-runs only happened in the US, or Greece, a recent report from the UK indicates that …
Canadian Style Stadium Financing
Phil Miller mentioned in passing the new $400 million arena proposal floating around Quebec City these days. Never mind that building a new arena without …
Sports Porkulus
There has been some speculation around here lately about how much of the stimulus money will go to professional sports. Interestingly, there was an attempt …
Mascot Madness
Ever since the NCAA published it’s list of eighteen schools with “hostile and abusive” mascots, there has been quite a bit of interest in the …