(Weird) Politics as Usual
Governance organizations often behave in strange ways even when they are not “governments” in the common usage of the term. In the past, I’ve written …
Governance organizations often behave in strange ways even when they are not “governments” in the common usage of the term. In the past, I’ve written …
I went bipolar watching Monday Night Footbal last week. On the one hand, growing up in NE Texas, I was close enough to New Orleans …
Decisions imply tradeoffs. Sports economics provides so many clear examples. Often, these tradeoffs are awefully hard to judge accurately because they require speculation about what …
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 …
In the spirit of contributing to the economic drain from the NCAA Tournament that Skip noted, I wanted to consider its structure. This year has …
ESPN.com’s Pat Forde writes an informative column about Arkansas AD and former football coach Frank Broyles. Because Arkansas sits in the media backwater, Broyles’ influence …
Watching NBA highlights last night on NBATV, I stumbled across this video story on the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Daryl Morey, GM of …
Phil Miller’s recent posts (Death Throws and More Death Throws) covered Texas A&M’s likely move to the SEC and the possible implications for the Big …
In September 14th’s Wall Street Journal Life & Style section, Mark Yost writes a provocative piece about Reggie Bush, USC, and college athletics. Mr. Yost …
With a memorable Players yesterday and the U.S. Open one month out, I wanted to pose a question that has been on my mind for …
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