Labor Day Thoughts
Today is Labor Day and I am clearly working (but only a little bit). Malcolm Gladwell posted a comment on his blog entitled “Abolish the …
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The Economists Were Right? Say it Ain’t So, Joe!
Tucked away in this article about the potential economic impact of 2008 Demcratic National Convention planned for Denver is this startling admission about the 2005 …
2012 Olympics Cost Over-Runs
Just in case you thought that sports related cost over-runs only happened in the US, or Greece, a recent report from the UK indicates that …
Favre Rumors Move Futures Markets
Guest Post by Andy Weinbach and Rodney Paul August 3rd reports of Favre’s imminent retirement may have been exaggerated, but they did move the NFL …
NHL and NHLPA to resume talks!
According to this breaking news, the NHL and the NHLPA will resume talks on Wednesday. NHLPA president Trevor Linden made the request Monday, asking for …
It’s Still Good to be the Cupcake
The demand for cupcakes keeps increasing and, along with it, the payout from playing a road game at a major college football program. From the …
Closers v. Firemen
Tom Verducci (SI.com) offers a long overdue assessment of present day “closers” versus bygone”firemen” relievers such HOF inductee Goose Gossage. First, Gossage, Sutter, and similar …
Some Observations on the Differences between N. American Sports and Soccer/Football in England
An anonymous reader and I have corresponded considerably over the past month or two about the economics of North American professional sports, as compared with …
Running Nonsense
This is more Sports Statistician than Sports Economist, but, shooting down sports “folk wisdom” of the talking heads is one of my hobbies. Cold, Hard, …
New Twist on Stadium Subsidies
Developers in Cincinnati are getting a subsidy to build a housing and shopping project, called “The Banks”, along Cincinnati’s waterfront . The project has not …