Legalized Scalping
In our Radioeconomics discussion about the World Series this morning, King Banaian, Phil Miller, and I discussed ticket scalping at the outset. In an earlier …
In our Radioeconomics discussion about the World Series this morning, King Banaian, Phil Miller, and I discussed ticket scalping at the outset. In an earlier …
England fans reportedly booed Bayern Munich’s Owen Hargreaves as he entered the friendly against Hungary this week. With the inclusion of the very young and …
Here’s an article that I ran across in today’s Kansas City Star about a rule change regarding spearing – when a player lowers his head …
Ok, cooking isn’t a sport. Nonetheless, similar arguments to those typically used to justify stadium subsidies are now being cranked up by the city of …
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, …
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 University of Virginia is building a new basketball arena, the John Paul Jones Arena. Here is a movie of what the inside of the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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