Interesting story in the Watchdog column of the San Diego Union Tribune about a consultant, Conventions Sports & Leisure International, that has a “record of …

When I picked up my copy of the Chicago Tribune this morning, I had to check to see if it was April Fools Day. There …

Yesterday I posted that the Big XII is an unstable conference, but I thought it unlikely that it would dissolve.  Perhaps I was being optimistic, …

Also posted at WagesofWins.com The first round of the NBA playoffs ended on Saturday night. In eight first-round match-ups the team with the best regular …

Crossposted at SCSU Scholars. As noted by Joanne Jacobs, some student-athletes in Florida are using private high schools to skirt eligibility rules for college football. …

{Crossposted at SCSU Scholars.} …whenever you hear about business people and government officials getting together to discuss money. So word yesterday that Zygi Wilf and …

Tall men earn more than short men, according to a paper (subscription required) recently published in the Journal of Political Economy, a prominent economics journal. …

I’d like to connect two ideas – the sensitivity of pay to performance and the quality of the England soccer team. I have long argued …

From the NY Times: The New York Yankees are reportedly close to an agreement with city and state officials to build a new stadium. The …

I posted this over at Market Power but it has much relevance for The Sports Economist. From today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press: Anoka County is …