The NHL is thumping its chest over an excellent season for business.  Says Commissioner Gary Bettman, ""By whatever method of measurement you want to use -- be it ratings, revenues, ...

This BBC story has a number of figures on the costs and revenues of staging this year's World Cup in South Africa.  Among them (in British pounds): FIFA's expected revenue:  ...

Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see "home-cooking" in the Men's 500m short-track race, where a Canadian judge made a marginal call to disqualify ...

News reports in England imply that Portsmouth Football Club of the English Premier League, perhaps the richest league in world soccer, is within days of bankruptcy. Like an LA condo ...

A couple of weeks ago, my undergraduate seminar engaged in a discussion of Michael Allen Gillespie's excellent essay "Players and Spectators:  Sports and Ethical Training in the American University".  As ...

From today's FT.com: Britain is driving away international sports stars and missing opportunities to host lucrative sporting events because of a tax practice that nets the exchequer a paltry £7m ...

Cartoonist Ruben Bolling riffs on President Obama's recent comparison of bonuses for bankers and baseball players "who are making more than that and don’t get to the World Series." It's ...

2-2 vs. Slovenia, and whew!  That was the most thrilling tie in American history.  We're still alive!! As for the commentary, Ian Darke's performance in the booth validated ESPN's decision to ...

Sports facilities play a prominent role in Steven Malanga's article in today's WSJ, "America's Municipal Debt Racket."  Neither Malanga nor I make the claim that spending on sports facilities is ...

I think hosting the World Cup in South Africa may be too large a burden for a smallish developing country:  population 49 million, with per capita income $10,000.  With $6 billion invested ...