Brian Goff, Author At The Sports Economist

Refreshingly, the NBA playoffs so far have escaped the 75-point clutch-and-grab purgatory of the past decade. Still, according the Nielsen

Gregg Doyle of CBS’ Sportsline writes The gap between the No. 1s and No. 16s continues to shrink, reaching an

While many in the media jumped on ump Joe West for his pushing of MLB’s speed of play initiative, Yahoo’s

The latest round of conference shifting creates many angles for discussion. One question that a business school colleague posed is,

One of my favorite sites, Advanced NFL Stats, recently posted compelling evidence on “Passing = Winning” in the NFL. As

Skip’s post accurately reflects my feelings as part of Astro-dom (aka Astrodumb). When your main teams are the Rangers and

Like him or loathe him, Bill Belechick flies his own path. His late fourth quarter decision to go for a

Long time followers of TSE know that I have an ongoing interest in decision making in sports and how it

Maybe only steroid discussions stirs the blood of sports economists quite like questions about the impacts of sports on communities,

Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski blasted LeBron James for his behavior after the Magic series and his “explanation” of it the

Related to Skip’s post, how much happiness was generated in Canada by Sunday’s hockey victory? “Thousands on street” in Vancouver

On the Freakonomics blog, Steve Levitt writes about Apple’s i-Phone pricing strategy — start high ($599) and come down ($399