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McFadden Finds His Match
Yahoo! Sports' Michael Silver chronicles the emergence of Darren McFadden into the elite of NFL running backs over the past two seasons. While his success might seem highly probable given ... -
NFL Retirees & the CBA
We've posted on this before, long ago: too many former NFL players spend their retirement years with varying degrees of physical discomfort, disability, and crippling injuries. It amazes me that ... -
NBA on NHL Path, Not NFL
John Chick from Canada's CBC sports nailed the NBA lockout situation: The impetus for the lockout was the owners deciding the league's current financial system was unsustainable. Bettman wanted a ... -
The economic wisdom of Ray Lewis (updated)
No, the title is not a typo. In this interview for ESPN, Lewis claims that, "one of the consequences of a lost NFL season will be an increase in crime...'Do ... -
Draft Economics
Chad Finn ( Touching All the Bases blog via Boston Globe) encourages readers, Don't Rush to Judge Patriots Draft "The generally negative reaction to Belichick's approach to the draft among ... -
Super Bowl Betting Recap
The results are in, and Super Bowl XLV was not super for Vegas sports books. The Packers were a three point favorite in the game, and the line didn't move ... -
NFL Even MORE Competitively Balanced than We Thought
With the NFL regular season having reached its (customarily gripping) climax moments ago, sports economists will take note, as usual, of the within-season competitive balance measures, based on the end-of-season ... -
Profile of Roger Goodell
Jon Saraceno has written a profile of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in USAToday. The article is both interesting and timely, given Goodell's role in the upcoming collective bargaining negotiations. My ... -
Fan Finance
A novel means of financing has been proposed by an investment banker and Buffalo Bills fan, Steven Brady. The idea is to finance an anticipated purchase of the team from ... -
Young-McNabb, Fisher-Shanahan, and Media Inconsistency
Most NFL writers trashed Vince Young's after his shoulder-pad throwing, walking out on Jeff Fisher blowup on Sunday. The grilling ranged from moderate such as SI.com's Peter King And though ...
