The Future of American Legion Baseball Due to Covid-19
My oldest son played American Legion baseball this summer. Â It was our first experience with it and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of …
Phil Miller
Free Stanley
I read about this group, Free Stanley, in this morning’s Wall Street Journal here (subscription req’d). Three Canadian hockey fans from Edmonton want the trustees …
The "Favre Effect"
The Favre effect is in full swing, and this short AP article gives some numbers to things I alluded to in my post below. The …
"Technological Doping"? – The Speedo LZR
Swimming has its version of the aluminum bat, an improvement in capital design that makes “labor” very productive, at least in an absolute sense. Maybe …
A New Stadium Brings Tourism?
Business owners around the St. Louis area that cater to tourists are feeling a bit of a squeeze this summer. There’s a bevy of reasons …
Progressive Field Becomes Winter Sports Field
The Cleveland Indians are getting ready to open a skating track and 10-lane snow tubing hill at Progressive Field during the offseason. …Senior director of …
Record Low All Star Game TV Rating
Major League Baseball’s All-Star game has earned its lowest-ever television rating. The National League’s 3-1 victory Tuesday night on Fox earned a 7.5 fast national …
The Handwringing Has Begun
Recently I wrote: As Skip notes, surely there will be much hand-wringing and tut-tutting about the size of the contract – messed up university priorities …
Switching Divisions, Again
The NCAA and officials from the remaining D2 schools are worried about the loss of schools in D2. Back in January, I had this post …
Outside Opportunities
It looks like the NHL season is going to be cancelled. Players are being urged to find another league to play in to keep up …