Support for Olympic Curlers (and other athletes?)
As I have watched the curling from the 2010 Olympics, I have heard several of the commentators tell us that so-and-so from such-and-such country is a full-time curler. S/he is ..."Own the Podium"? Why bother?
The 2010Winter Olympics will soon begin in Vancouvre, BC, and environs. In the media build-up that is taking place in Canada, we are beginning to hear more about a programme ...BraveRocks? Brave Lochs? Curling and Congestion in Scotland
Last week it looked as if the Royal Caledonia Curling Club (RCCC) would be able to host a Grand Match of curling on Lake of Monteith near Aberfoyle, Scotland. The ...Information, Reputation, and the Impact of College Athletics: My story about TCU
[Note: this was originally posted at EclectEcon, but Phil urged me to cross post it here. I've revised it slightly.] Way back in the days before people ranked economics departments ...Andre Dawson, Collusion, and the Hall of Fame
Andre Dawson was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame yesterday. Those of us who watched him when he played with Montreal Expos really enjoyed watching him. And there is no ...Baseball and the Economy: What Happened to TV Ratings?
Attendance at MLB games this past season was 6.9% lower than it had been the previous year. That is a HUGE drop. An intriguing question is, what happened? One possibility ...The NHL: Totals, Averages, and Marginals
From an article in the Trono Star, A secret NHL report detailing the ticket revenues of its 30 teams reveals [that]... The six Canadian teams account for 31 per cent ...Is Steroid Use in Baseball a Positive-Sum Game?
I don't like pitchers' duels in baseball. I like to see high-scoring games. Low-scoring games remind me too much of all the things I didn't like about pre-2005 hockey games ...What Is the Price Elasticity of Demand for NFL Network?
Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN knows. It's greater than one (in absolute value): The NFL's insistence on asking too much for its channel is yet another example of how often big ...Simultaneity and Identification: Creatine
In his latest weekly column (Nov 13, 2007, mostly about sports but also with a good dose of economics) at ESPN, Gregg Easterbrook writes, Economics note: As the sense that ...