Draft Follow-Up
In my NFL draft overview last week, I overlooked this column by CNN.SI’s Jeffri Chadiha. Summarized in my words — the first round is much …
Brian Goff
Coaches & Risk-Taking
Manning over Tebow. Ok, that’s an easy choice in the short term. Surprisingly from Tebow’s wins-losses, but not surprisingly from coaching practices, little interest in …
X & Y Management
A column in Monday’s Wall Street Journal struck one of my pet peeves. Carol Hymowitz uses Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith as her main exhibits …
Scheduling Thoughts: PGA Tour & NCAA
A couple of articles, both related to scheduling, caught my attention recently. First, Bob Harig at ESPN ponders “Why the No Shows for the PGA …
Kling on "Do Sports Franchises Make Money"
On EconLog, Arnold Kling offers a useful commentary on computing profitability of sports teams.
If It’s Broke, Why Not Fix It?
While spending the fall semester on the West Coast, I attended the MPSF Water Polo championships. (MPSF stands for Mountain Pacific Sports Federation — a …
Buschwhacking
Tigers fall to Cardinals in World Series, dominate Toledo Mud Hens for International League title. Fantasy? Not in the world of stock car racing, where …
The Will to Make Tough, But Correct Decisions: Harbaugh and McCarthy
Related to the prior post on managerial decision making, Jim Harbaugh has finally won over almost all his critics for his decision to hand the …
Texas Following Notre Dame Template?
The seismic effects of the conference realignments on the NCAA landscapes presents so almost unlimited angles to cover.  Whether by design or stubbornness, the UT …
Realignment Economics
A few days back Phil provided a synopsis of the maneuvers behind the impending break-up of the Big 12 with Brad commenting yesterday on the …