From Russia with Love?
American soccer fans are not the only ones who should be bemoaning the US’ elimination from the 2018 World Cup at the hands of Trinidad …
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Profile of Tom Hicks
In the Dallas Morning News, Gary Jacobson and Brandon Case describe the next unfolding chapter in the business life of one of sports’ most controversial …
The NFL Evaluates Kickers Incorrectly
Aaron Schatz – of Football Outsiders fame – has penned an interesting Keeping Score column in today’s New York Times. The column makes a simple, …
NAASE sessions at the 2016 MVEA’s
Michael Davis, Nick Watanabe, and I are organizing North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) sessions at this fall’s Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) annual …
Reggie Roby has Passed
From Collegesports.com: Reggie Roby, an all-American punter at the University of Iowa and a 16-year veteran of the National Football League, passed away Tuesday at …
World Cup Tourist Numbers
The South African Tourism and Migration Report for June 2010 was published today, and facinating reading it makes. Table 3 shows that 721,311 tourists entered …
Cubsidies: The Cubbies Want in on the Subsidy Action
The ownership of the Chicago cubs want to restore Wrigley Field and, surprise, surprise, surprise, they want public funding. Â Here’s Phil Rogers of the Chicago …
Hockey’s (Purportedly) Extremely Hard Salary Cap
Tonight, as I was driving home, I listened to Sportsnet’s discussion of the “hard” salary cap. The participants all agreed that the contract has a …
College Coach Rents
Andrew Zimbalist has a column in the most recent (1/16/2006) Sports Business Journal on the salaries of college coaches, especially those in football and men’s …
Live Strong, Name Strong
Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City have just announced that they have “sold” the naming rights to their new soccer specific stadium …