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
Economic Impact
NBA
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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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player development
Soccer
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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NFL; statistics
statistical innovation
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
labor markets
MLB
NASCAR
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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
incetives
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nhl
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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salaries
salary cap
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
Competitive Balance
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noll scully
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
General
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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
NBA
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:
labor
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referees
NBA Locks Out Referees
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners
LeBron James
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sportsmanship
Economics of Sportsmanship
Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski blasted LeBron James for his behavior after the Magic series and his “explanation” of it the