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Racism Behind Lack of NBA Interest?

The NBA's popularity vaulted during the 1980s and 1990s with Bird as MVP but also with Moses, Magic, Michael, Charles,

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Overstating King James’ Impact on the Cleveland Economy

Meghan Barr, an AP correspondent from Cleveland, needs a lesson in economics in this article about LeBron James. “James has

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Economic woes for the sports business in Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun had a front page article this morning devoted to the impact of the general economic decline on

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How We Develop Basketball Talent

Today’s WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman.  The book examines

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MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Watching NBA highlights last night on NBATV, I stumbled across this video story on the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics

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Sports Econ Musings

A Real-Time Economic Indicator from Sports World: One of my colleagues returned from Talladega, reporting that crowds for the Sprint

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If It’s Broke, Why Not Fix It?

While spending the fall semester on the West Coast, I attended the MPSF Water Polo championships. (MPSF stands for Mountain

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An Economist’s Quick Thoughts on the LeBron James Decision

LeBron James is catching a torrent of criticism over his decision to leave his “hometown team”, the Cleveland Cavaliers, for

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The Short Supply of Tall People is Getting Longer

From a past entry from Dave Berri’s Wages of Wins Journal: The statement about competitive balance reflects an argument offered

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Carmelo: Subtraction by Addition (So Far)

Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post doesn’t exactly offer a resounding endorsement of the February 21 NY Knicks acquisition

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Operating Losses in the NBA

From an article entitled “A  confidential report shows nearly half the NBA lost money last season.  Now what?” from ESPN.com:

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NBA Locks Out Referees

Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners

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