Cricket is a game of many forms. At the international level, there is Test Cricket (5 days, theoretically 450 overs for the match and two …

The Lex column of the Financial Times today carried a cute comparison of the resurgence of the Tigers and the restructuring going on at GM …

Skip addressed the sad end to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro last week. While reading an article in last Sunday’s New York Times by Gina Rarick …

Have you ever wanted tickets to a big game your favorite team was playing in, but couldn’t afford scalper’s prices? A new web-based service, The …

NBA commissioner David Stern is putting the screws to Seattle in his attempts to get the community to provide taxpayer subsidies that are lucrative enough …

In his latest posting, James Reese invited Phil Miller and me to discuss some topics of mutual interest for his economics podcast. Here is his …

Skip’s post on Tuesday along with the NBA ref scandal brings to the front differences in league management of their referees. All referees-umps will make …

Companies have long been able to insure their most valuable assets against loss. In sports this means that teams can take out insurance policies that …

Two recent publications may be of interest to readers of The Sports Economist. 1. The journal Economic Analysis and Policy (2009, vol. 39(2)), has a …