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The signing of Carlos Delgado to a 4-year $52 million contract has raised some eyebrows. According to this article in the Miami Herald, with last …
The signing of Carlos Delgado to a 4-year $52 million contract has raised some eyebrows. According to this article in the Miami Herald, with last …
Here in Maryland we are in what seems to be a never-ending battle over the merits of allowing slot machines into the state. The original …
A recent high school playoff basketball game has kindled a shot clock debate in Minnesota.  Shakopee and Hopkins, both part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, were …
A while back, I offered a”beer bet” on pre-season Top 25 College Football picks, following up on a post by Dave Berri. Six took me …
The NBA rolled out its 2007-08 product this week with its typical promotion. Although continuing to do well in many markets from a live gate …
Mark Rosentraub, author of  Major League Losers: The Real Cost Of Sports And Who’s Paying For It has changed his tune a bit lately.  Yesterday …
On Yahoo! Charles Robinson writes about life in the NFL: … as cold as it may sound, those moves are exactly why the Patriots have …
Doc, who’s spending the next few months teaching students econ in a castle in England has a great post on the difference between English football …
The NBA imposed a minimum age requirement for draftees in 2006. Now high schoolers are jumping to Europe rather than play against the “inferior competition” …
Relative bargaining power is a negotiator’s willingness and ability to accept a dispute. In actual negotiations, one negotiator never knows how much bargaining power his …
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