What is it Worth to a City to Host the MLB All-Star Game?
Major League Baseball has announced that San Fransisco will host the 2007 All-star game. It is likely to bring lots of visitors to San Fransisco, …
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The Merchant of Venice and World Series Tickets
The prices for tickets to World Series games in Chicago have once again been set well below the market clearing prices. The nominal prices are …
The Coaching Search
The University of Virginia is building a new basketball arena, the John Paul Jones Arena. Here is a movie of what the inside of the …
Olympic-sized Crowds at the Theater?
Apparently, London’s theaters (or shall I say, “theatres”) are expecting fewer patrons to follow the yellow brick road next summer when the Olympics are in …
The Media and Probability Distributions
ESPN replayed a little bit of Billy Donovan’s post-game press conference Sunday night. In response to an off-camera question that seemed to be about the …
Club versus country
Unlike the major leagues, league clubs in soccer (and in most other sports) belong to national federations that in turn belong to continental and world …
Clemens Signs for $18m.
Co-blogger Phil Miller posted earlier that because Clemens and the Houston Astros were so far apart in their arbitration offers, it was likely they would …
Pro Cycling Bombshell?
The New York Times reports that Floyd Landis has “come clean” about his past use of performance enhancing drugs. He admits to doping (using EPO, …
Bungs, Taps and sporting crime
The BBC has once again exposed the shocking criminality of English soccer. First, they have secretly filmed interviews with player agents stating that they have …
LeBron “Stumbling on Losses”
Is LeBron James secretly involved in the marketing of the Dave Berri and Martin Schmidt book, Stumbling on Wins? Only a week after Forbes showcases …