NCAA Tourney: Big v. Big, Mid. v. Mid
A few bloggers have raised the question as to why has the NCAA Selection Committee placed so many like-conference teams against each other. First off, …
Brian Goff
Jim Ryun, Where Are You?
In “Slow and Steady Loses the Race” in today’s WSJ (subscription required for access to entire article), Cameron Stracher addresses a question of interest to …
The All-Star Game, Here’s to Bud
Tuesday’s marathon MLB All-Star game opened the floodgates on criticism of the game’s link to the World Series. ESPN’s Jon Kruk (along with fellow talking …
Junior & Rupert
The WSJ’s Holman Jenkins contributes to the sports-econ world today, contrasting Dale Jr.’s decision to leave DEI to Dow-Jones’ (parent of WSJ) rebuff of Murdoch’s …
Carmelo: Subtraction by Addition (So Far)
Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post doesn’t exactly offer a resounding endorsement of the February 21 NY Knicks acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, but he …
Titanic Moves
Last week, the Tennessee Titans gave up on Billy Volek as the successor to Steve McNair and brought in Kerry Collins. While head coach Jeff …
The MTV-ing of ESPN
Although a bit dated, a piece from Slate.com entitled, “When Did ESPN Stop Doing Sports?,” fit my February sports mood. In the author’s words, Like …
Best Coaches in NFL Since 1960s
With the NFL kicking off Thursday, I thought it a good time to consider the best coaches ever. A couple of observations in advance: — …
Why Good Refs Make Bad Calls
As the number of articles and TV spots concerning the Super Bowl officiating approaches infinity, I figured, why not make it infinity plus one. Beyond …
The NHL’s Cap-Envy
For the two hundred people outside of Toronto and Detroit who care, I thought I would add my two cents to the blogging about the …