An Olympic-Sized Disruption
The Olympics, like so many other sporting events, are often portrayed as a panacea to all that ails us economically. But the reality is quite …
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DH and Hit Batters
In 1997, Bill Shughart, Bob Tollison, and I published a piece in Economic Inquiry showing a statistically significant divergence of hit batters in the American …
In the Stadium Game, the A’s Want to Play Small Ball
Major League Baseball’s Oakland A’s are having trouble selling season tickets. According to this article, they lead the majors in walk-up ticket sales. It’s just …
More Goings on In the Bay Area
Like the NFL’s San Francisco 49’ers Skip wrote about, Oakland A’s officials are seriously – very, very seriously – considering a move to Fremont, California, …
Fit for a game, not for a franchise
Unlike the Saints, who seem happy to be in New Orleans and who Skip notes are selling tickets like hotcakes, the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets …
Indiana Through the Looking Glass
Just before Thanksgiving, the NCAA Infractions Committee handed down its judgment in the Kelvin Sampson/IU case — a 3-year probation on IU and significant restrictions …
More Teams in Boston and New York?
Michael Mandel argues that Major League Baseball should place a third team in New York and a second in Boston to improve competitive balance: It’s …
Keep Those Subsidies Flowing
The stadium game refers to the prisoners’ dilemma-type game played by cities in their quest to attract/keep sports teams, a subject frequently touched on here …
What’s a Name Worth?
Go to Amazon.com today and you can buy an official Nike “US Soccer” jersey on sale for $78.99. For a mere $35.00, the clothing manufacturer …
Predicting the Fall in the Spring
Like all sports fans, I want to know the future. I don’t want to wait around until October to see who will win the World …