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In its written response to a Congressional inquiry over its tax-exempt status, the NCAA reveals that it spends more than twice as much per male …
In its written response to a Congressional inquiry over its tax-exempt status, the NCAA reveals that it spends more than twice as much per male …
Alan Milstein, guest-blogging over at The Sports Law Blog, puts the smackdown on the NFL draft. Oh those NFL schedule makers. How do they do …
One of the hallmarks of union activity is resisting capital for labor substitution. To keep wages high, it’s important to limit the ability of employers …
With 90 percent of the season yet to be played, not much should be made of any team’s start. Still, Yankee-haters like me can hope! …
Two years ago Michael Lewis published Moneyball, the story of the improbable success of the Oakland A’s. For sports economists this book sparked much discussion …
For me as with most fans and observers, the Dodgers-Red Sox trade that brought Gonzalez, Crawford, and Beckett west created an initial wow factor especially …
Today is the day that we celebrate the birth of the United States that was symbolized with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. From …
I am at the Southern Economic Association meetings in Washington this weekend. JC Bradbury put together five North American Association of Sports Economists sessions for …
From the Toronto Globe and Mail: Vancouver — Increasing venue costs — often the curse of the modern Olympics — have hit the 2010 Winter …
Lost in the recent media blitz over the Floyd Landis case was an interesting and largely overlooked dimension to the doping controversy: the widespread granting …
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