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Fantasies & Externalities

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 …

Winter of Discontent

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 …

One Carry — One Yard

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 …

Untying the Tied Good

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 …

Parity vs. Dominance in MLS

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 …

Unfair Labor Practices

The NHL has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Here is an ESPN.com story. Here’s a Washington Post story. …

Red Knights smell blood

Following on from Skip’s post a couple of weeks ago, the group of would-be Manchester United owners who call themselves the Red Knights have retained …