Betting on an Economic Impact
According to an article at ESPN.com, “MGM Mirage Inc.’s chief executive does not want the NBA All-Star Game to return to Las Vegas, saying Thursday …
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Banks are Pressuring NHL Owners to Settle
Darren Rovell, of ESPN.com, reported on Canada’s Sportsnet Thursday evening (though I cannot find this on the ESPN website) that many NHL owners who own …
The Superbowl: an even split?
As I am writing this, Tradesports.com has the contract for New England minus 6.5 points selling at about 53.5 -54.5 cents. I gather this means …
NAASE sessions at the 2017 MVEA’s
Michael Davis, Nick Watanabe, and I are organizing North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) sessions at this fall’s Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) annual …
The Purpose of College Athletics
King Banaian already commented on this issue, but I thought I would toss in my two cents. Myles Brand argued in a letter to Congress …
Race, Preferences, and the NFL
A new paper by Aldrich, et al., “Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence from Nielsen Ratings,” has been distributed electronically by B.E.Press. The paper is …
Moneyball & Efficiency
I’ve quickly noticed that the title, Moneyball, incites strong emotions. In spite of this, I’ll risk a venture into some of the issues intersecting with …
Kinesiology and Curling
In curling, what if you could come up with some way for sweepers to improve their sweeping techniques and efficiency by 1%? Would that be …
MLB Awards–It’s A NY-Boston World
I don’t want to turn the Sports Economist into just another sabermetrics site, but the recent award announcements in MLB point out the state of …
Colonial Suffers from PGA Success
Golf gets very little “clock time” on the Sports Economist, so here goes. The Dallas Morning News’ Kevin Sherrington writes today about the growing irrelevance …