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Sowell on MLB

Thomas Sowell offers some strong views in light of the Mitchell report on Real Clear Politics — Steroid in Baseball: Say It Ain’t So. Here …

Freakonomics vs. Moneyball

On page 10 of the October 2nd issue of Business Week is a brief article by Peter Coy (not available online) entitled “Freakonomics vs. Moneyball.” …

I Gotta Pick the Pats

I agree with Mitch Albom here. The Pats have just completely shut down the number one offense, they shredded the number one defense, and are …

Arena malarky in my backyard

Baltimore city and Maryland state officials announced this week the intention to build a new 18,500 seat arena on the site of the existing First …

Congratulations to Skip!

Skip Sauer, our illustrious leader and the founder of thesporteconomist.com, has been elected as president of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE). NAASE …

NFL Teams Too Clever By One-Half?

In their bestselling book on applications of game theory (Thinking Strategically), Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff  add a personal account of game theory gone wrong.  …