The NCAA instituted new rules to speed up football games, including starting the game clock when the kicker’s foot strikes the ball on a kickoff. …

Andrew Zimbalist answers questions on the economics of sports over at the Freakonomics blog. Here’s a small bit on his answer to whether cities should …

Just a couple of items to keep you occupied while waiting for the US-Ghana WC match on Saturday: Congress is officially taking an interest in …

The wranglings over English Premier League clubs is now beginning to sound like a script from Dallas. Here is a quote from tonight’s London Evening …

The Supreme Court refused to take up MLB’s and MLBPA’s challenge to the use of players’ names on a fantasy site. Here is the AP …

I ran across this article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In it, the Pittsburgh Pirates owner and the San Diego Padres owners take shots at …

I heard recently about the compensation scheme to be used by the United Football League. I haven’t seen any posts on this topic, so excuse …

A week before the Super Bowl, The Dallas Morning News’ Tim Cowlishaw identified McNabb’s running as the possible wild card in Philadelphia’s hand – a …

The NFL’s Washington Redskins have announced they will now accept any Mastercard to pay for tickets to their games, as Eric McErlain quotes from the …

In an interesting recent interview, former U.S. Soccer national team coach Bruce Arena talks about competitive balance in Major League Soccer. While we sports economists …