MLB Umps Not so Color Blind?
The racial bias analysis of strikes-balls decisions of MLB umps by UT-Austin professor Daniel Hamermesh and coauthors (Parsons, Sulaeman, Yates)
MLB
race
college basketball
College Football
college sports
NCAA Options: More of the Same?
A friend and semi-retired finance colleague who read Bobby McCormick and Bob Tollison's insightful post on Subversion of the Academy
General
Some Modest and Not So Modest Proposals
The World Cup Finals are unique as far as team sports go. It draws, literally, from a worldwide pool of
General
David Stern Ups the Ante on NBA Owner Mark Cuban
During this season's playoffs, the feud between NBA Commissioner David Stern and Dallas Mavs Owner Mark Cuban has escalated to
David Stern
General
NBA
ncaa; basketball
NFL
Sports Commissioners in the "Gangster" Era
"I talked to that whole staff. I said this is my city. I'm cut from a different cloth. None of
bargaining
collective bargaining
NBA
NFL
nhl
NBA on NHL Path, Not NFL
John Chick from Canada's CBC sports nailed the NBA lockout situation: The impetus for the lockout was the owners deciding
manager efficiency
NBA
Clippers -- Lessons from Losers
Recently, on the NBA Network, I caught the tail end of a conversation between Kenny Smith and another announcer about
labor markets
league structure
NBA
ncaa; basketball
Minimum Age for the NBA Players
Former player and current TV analyst Steve Kerr propose raising the NBA minimum age from 19 to 20 in a
General
Scandal Effect: Does League Direction Matter?
In Sunday's post ("Needed Perspective"), Dave Berri draws attention to a critical question concerning the NBA scandal -- do fans
General
George Mason Univeristy Wins The March Madness Lottery
As Skip noted in the 2019 March Madness frenzy, mixing dispassionate sports analysis with rooting interest presents challenges. I'm a
NBA
NBA Centers Facing Extinction
Russell, Chamberlain, Jabbar, Lanier, Walton, Gilmore, Malone, Olajuwon, Ewing, O’Neal. Over decades, these and other “centers” dominated the NBA. The
General
NBA
race
Racism Behind Lack of NBA Interest?
The NBA's popularity vaulted during the 1980s and 1990s with Bird as MVP but also with Moses, Magic, Michael, Charles,