Danica Patrick Joins NASCAR
Danica Patrick is giving NASCAR a shot after her successful career as an IRL driver. After 9th, 7th, 6th, and 5th place finishes in points …
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Nature vs. Nurture in Coaching
From Friday’s Chronicle of Higher Ed daily emailing: Even though the number of women who participate in college athletics has risen dramatically since Title IX …
How Are Infants Like Adults?
With apologies to Levitt and Dubner for the “How are x’s like y’s” title, here’s an interesting case of ticket pricing from the Big 12 …
Winners and Losers in College Bowl Games
It’s well-known that in terms of accounting entries, many college athletic departments lose money. Some economists have questioned whether the expense and revenue entries are …
All for One and One for All in Minnesota
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding the new request for public funding for a new Vikings stadium: (New Vikings owner Zigi) Wilf’s announcement last week …
Bringing the Game Back – The Role of Prices
Responding to some of the doomers and gloomers who see the NBA going to hell in a handbasket, Dave Berri argues that the the association …
Bud Selig – The Most Socialist Baseball Commissioner?
Given this most recent salvo, I have begun to conclude that Bud Selig has been the most socialist baseball commissioner ever: While meeting with baseball …
“Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA”
Here’s a link to new working paper by Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy, and Roy Sasson. Â Here is the abstract. When agents face a risk of …
Necessary Condition for Success at Football
“Coyote blog” posts: You hear a lot of debate about what wins NFL Championships – is it offense, defense, the running game, the quarterback? Well, …
Capital Improvements in Sports
There’s a couple of articles that I ran across this morning about capital improvements in sports. The first, from the Kansas City Star, is a …