Is Reliant Stadium Debt Really Junk?
The Houston Chronicle reports: The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority is short $5 million on a debt service payment for Reliant Stadium due this week, prompting it to dip into its ...Ban Holidays!
Among the sports-related economic nonsense that gets tossed about in the media are calculations of "lost productivity" associated with things like the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Here's the latest instance, ...How We Develop Basketball Talent
Today's WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman. The book examines the world of elite youth basketball in the U.S. I'm ...Kudos to Art Rolnick
Noted for the record: 1. The former VP of the Minneapolis Fed tells it like it is in a hearing on a new stadium for the Vikings: Thursday's discussion did ...The Other Side of the Equation
After reporting on Northeastern's decision to drop football last Sunday, today Shira Springer turns her attention to schools that are launching new programs. Here are some snips from the article: ...Punish the Referee?
Another broken leg in the EPL, this time to Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa, and the FA is -- according to more than one press report-- likely to take action against ...Football and University Priorities
At Northeastern, a private university in Boston, the college football model wasn't working very well. Expenses averaged $3.5 million, and attendance was just 1,600 fans per game from a student body ...Teams Leave Before the Debt Does
The Red Sox want spiffier spring training digs in Fort Myers, Florida, and the locals of Lee County will oblige. After "kicking the tires" of one or two alternative venues, ...Deals, Deals, Deals
The University of Colorado will join Nebraska and Utah as members of the Pac-10 in 2011 after negotiating a $6.863 million exit package with the Big 12. Nebraska is paying ...Muni Bond Watch Turns to Sports Facilities
In recent years a handful of top-level teams have gone through or flirted with bankruptcy. This is a global phenomenon, with a list including the Rangers in Texas, Portsmouth in ...