Economics of Coverups
The acts documented and alleged in the indictment against Jerry Sandusky are very disturbing to any reasonable person, especially to a parent. I don’t presume …
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USA, the Crash Davis of the World
Just a quick comment to note that when President Obama says the the U.S. has always been and always will be a Triple-A country, that …
They’ve Got a ticket to Ride and They Don’t Care
In recent years, the Premier League has become one of the most globally recognized and financially successful sports leagues in the world. Fans from every …
Is the NCAA too Big?
Here’s a lengthy excerpt from an interview with Missouri AD Mike Alden published in the Columbia Daily Tribune: Q: Should the NCAA take another look at …
Hockey Substitutes and Complements
I posted earlier about what hockey players and hockey teams are doing to while away the time away from NHL games. What are hockey fans …
Addicted to the Tour
I must confess an addiction to nightly coverage of men riding bikes for five hours. Before last summer, I would have dismissed the idea of …
End of the Transfer Fee?
In August 2006 Andrew Webster, a soccer player for the Scottish club Heart of Midlothian, signed a deal with Wigan in the English Premier League. …
The Big XII – A Two-Tiered League
Recently, I read an article that claimed the Big XII South Division might be the best conference in college football this year (I didn’t bookmark …
Politics and Budgets in NFL playing time?
Listening to the pregame radio broadcast of the Ravens-Steelers game tonight I heard radio announcers make an assertion I found hard to believe. I wonder …
They Stand, We Sit
From the WSJ (HT to my colleague Ishuan Li) comes a story about why world soccer fans prefer to stand and US sports fans sit. …