MLB Umps: Evaluated but not Incentivized
The egregiously poor call against in the Yankees-Orioles game when Mark Texeira slid into first base throws attention back on to several issues with MLB …
Brian Goff
Kiffin to USC: Cover Band?
On CollegeFootball Talk/NBC Sports, Keith Arnold makes a funny observation: If the goal of hiring a Carroll disciple was the goal, then the search party …
Supreme Court Agrees on One Thing — Regulating HS Sports OK
Last Thursday the Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision in the case of Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association v. Brentwood Academy. The Court upheld …
NCAA Tourney: Seeding Noise?
File this post under, “I meant to publish this a month ago but forgot.” Anyway … In March of 2005 I complained about all of …
Quick Ride Down from Mount Olympus
In 1998, the baseball world heaped adulation on Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in their pursuit of Roger Maris’ single season home run record. Eight …
The Sports Economist: Saving or Destroying Civilization?
In a recent ESPN The Magazine article, Bill Simmons laments the loss of reporters as middlemen between players and the public. Today’s technology means athletes …
Economics of Coverups
The acts documented and alleged in the indictment against Jerry Sandusky are very disturbing to any reasonable person, especially to a parent. I don’t presume …
NFL Power Rankings — TSE Style
Looking over SI.com’s and ESPN NFL “Power Rankings,” I wondered what drives them. They are part beauty contest trying to attract readers but contain some …
NASCAR Product Issues
NASCAR launched its 2008 season with its marquee event, the Daytona 500, on Sunday. Jerry Bonkowski of Yahoo! Sports sees the circuit at an important …
Addicted to the Tour
I must confess an addiction to nightly coverage of men riding bikes for five hours. Before last summer, I would have dismissed the idea of …