The announcement this week that the Premier League had raised £625 million (almost $1250 million at today’s exchange rate) from the sale overseas broadcast rights …

On August 7 Dave Berri posted, “A Simple Test for Those Ranking College Football Teams.” On pre-season Division IA football rankings, he says: “My sense …

I was delighted when Skip Sauer invited Phil Miller at Market Power and me to join him here at The Sports Economist blog. I have …

Craig Newmark wonders why first-round NFL draftee holdouts follow this strategy if they end up, on average, worse off: Gregg Easterbrook argues that first-round NFL …

Arkansas QB Matt Jones has astonished NFL scouts and reporters by running sub 4.4 40s, vertical jumping 40 inches, standing broad jumpng over 10 feet, …

Too little, too much.  That’s what happens when a manager narrowly and artificially constrains his decision options.  A couple of weeks ago, I discussed how …

From the New York Times (registration required): For more than 30 years, major college football teams have been labeled Division I-A by the National Collegiate …

Surfing the net the other day, I ran across a working paper concerning the decision to steal second base by Ashgar Zardkoohi, an economist in …

As someone who supports legal ticket scalping, I find this disappointing but not surprising. Following the football game against Georgia last weekend, University of Missouri …

Will the rugby union ‘elite’ overcome their history and start selling equity in rugby union Super 14 franchises in Australia? 15 years ago the sport …