Olympic Distance Running — Dominated Strategies?
In Thursday’s 800m final, David Rudisha set the track on fire with a new world record — the first ever
game theory
Olympics
General
Too Many Chiefs
The English National Team bears out a longstanding maxim –team production does not equate to the sum of individual production.
General
Olympics
Olympic Athletes — Real Life Avengers
The Olympics hooked me from my earliest memories of Bill Toomey, Lee Evans, and Jim Hines in Mexico City in
General
Tail Wags Dog — In Some Leagues
Skip’s post on Tuesday along with the NBA ref scandal brings to the front differences in league management of their
General
"The Truth" on Bonds
This week’s Sports Illustrated cover story excerpts parts of the new book, Game of Shadows, detailing the evidence about Barry
Major League Baseball
Soccer
Soccer in Seattle
A bit behind on this, but the new MLS team in Seattle (The Sounders) have sold more season tickets (per
General
Bergkamp, Zidane, and Fame
Watching Dennis Bergkamp’s vision, touch, and pace in the 1994 World Cup converted me from an occasional soccer watcher into
labor
NFL
Singletary v. Madden on Management
The San Francisco 49ers won their first game yesterday, beating their even more hapless cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Raiders. The
College Football
Texas A&M Stays in “Varsity’s” Shadow
“The eyes of Texas are upon you”, that’s the song they sing so well Sounds like hell, so good bye
media
ncaa; basketball
The Media and Sports Royalty
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari’s remarks concerning Duke’s flopping, USA Today, Huffington, … Coach K’s responded, but
cycling
MLB
steroids
Tour de France
Aggressive & Passive Responses to Doping
A Yahoo! Sports headline and associated summary regarding the Tour on Monday headline reads, Sastre Wins Doping-Scarred Tour de France.
General
Plays or Players?
During his trip to the Jacksonsville Jags’ camp, SI.com’s Don Banks elicited a couple of interesting quotes: From [QB Byron]Leftwich: