Estimating the Error Term
With all of my attention devoted to the World Cup coverage in June, I passed over an interesting piece from the weekend edition (June 24) …
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Why I Want to Attend a Football/Soccer Match While I Am in the UK
It isn’t the game so much as the ambience.
Switching Divisions
Officials of NCAA Division II college programs were recently worried about having too many members. Now they are worried that too many are leaving D2. …
Sex, Hype, and Videotape in the Draft (Minus The Sex)
With the advent of the internet, 24/7 sports channels, and the NFL Network, media coverage leading up to the NFL now rivals the playoffs. Here …
Game Theory, Mixed Strategies, and a D1 Playoff
If you are a fan of game theory (or even if you’re not), you probably loved last night’s BCS game of Boise State against Oklahoma. …
Down and Out in South Bend — Beyond Coaching
As the Fighting Irish slip from mediocre to bad, here is little data comparison of Charlie Weis and Ty Willingham (courtesy of my sports econ …
The Saints Go Marching On
While New Orleans festers, life in the NFL goes on. The NFL’s Official Website, while mentioning the problems and “heavy hearts” of the club, did …
To win or not to win
I want to take up Skip’s blog of August 2nd about the competitive balance of the Premier League whose new season started yesterday. Pretty much …
Record Naming Rights Deal Announced
Barclays, a British bank, has reportedly agreed to pay $400 million dollars over 20 years for the naming rights to the New York Nets’ new …