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4th Downs and Beyond: Coaches as Optimizers
Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett's playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an analytics based blog on the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL). ... -
Steroid Use and HOF Debate Heats Up
This afternoon, MLB.com posted the results of this year's Hall of Fame balloting. This has been an ongoing interest of mine partly because of the hotly debated views on steroid ... -
Option in NFL: Zvi Griliches One More Time
In everyday usage "technological change" often references changes to machinery of some sort. Among economists, the term refers to changes in the methods of production, "know how," in whatever form. ... -
The "Right to Know" and Contributing to Bad Behavior
Disclaimer: The shooting of schoolchildren is a serious and disturbing event, creating strong emotional response. The connections to media coverage of sporting events explored here are not meant to trivialize ... -
Texas A&M: From Shadow to Spotlight
About a year and a half ago, I wondered why Texas A&M would remain in the Big 12 when doing so seemed destined to keep it in Texas' shadow and ... -
What's in a Conference Name ... Increasingly Less
The latest round of conference shifting creates many angles for discussion. One question that a business school colleague posed is, why even have conferences anymore? That's a very good question. ... -
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 his reply subtly tells Calipari's story, "There's a difference between ... -
Golf Politics: Banning the Belly
In 1980, the long drive guy was hitting it 285, and now if you hit it 285, you're one of the shortest guys on the Tour. To me, it's a ... -
Pitch Til You Lose
Game 1 of the ALCS between the Tigers and Yankees once again spotlighted the flaws in the use of MLB "closers." I've written about the topic in How Much v. ... -
Farewell to Bad Calls or Just Less Complaining?
Maybe I just enjoy defending the dead horse that keeps getting kicked or the indefensible (like Monday's Nights call against the Packers), but here goes one last post as the ...