Economists are used to the fact that government spending gets diverted towards strange special interests. But this example from the sports world is stunning: European Union funds meant to help ...

The NCAA has hit Penn State with harsh penalties as punishment for the Jerry Sandusky case.  Penn State is put on probation for 5 years, is banned from bowl games ...

Like most other fans of college sports, particularly the money sports of football and mens' basketball, I have grown accustomed to the sporadic scandals that seemingly pop up every year.  ...

Why now, six weeks before the start of the season?  That's the question on everyone's mind in the wake of the University of North Carolina's firing Butch Davis.  Some are ...

Was the former Italy & Cosmos great (&ABC studio analyst) Giorgio Chinaglia involved in mafia corruption? This is sad, if true: A notorious Italian organized crime gang tried to buy ...

I. Who's in Charge? The current turmoil at Penn State over a former football coach, child sexual abuse, and institutional failure reaffirms the central point of McCormick and Tollison's essay ...