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A Gathering Storm?

A case currently before the US Supreme Court could have a huge impact on professional sports and sports fans in

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Head Shots: Part of the Game?

The anticipated move by the NFL to use suspensions to penalize (some)  and deter “head shots” to players has already

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The "Favre Effect"

The Favre effect is in full swing, and this short AP article gives some numbers to things I alluded to

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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

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4th Downs and Beyond: Coaches as Optimizers

Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett’s playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an

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The NFL to Member Teams: All Your Los Angeleses are Belong to Us

When the most recent print version of the Sports Business Journal arrived at Chez Miller, an above the fold headline

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Weekend Wrapup

Quite a weekend in sports economics… Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Vegas There was an interesting finish in the game between

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Revenue Sharing and Salary Caps: Will the NFL End Up Like the Big XII?

Many folks point to the NFL revenue sharing system and its salary cap as the determinants behind the more-or-less balanced

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Farewell to Bad Calls or Just Less Complaining?

Maybe I just enjoy defending the dead horse that keeps getting kicked or the indefensible (like Monday’s Night’s call against

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Implicit Bounties?

Dennis Coates’ post considered the serious nature of the Saints’ bounty system and  foreshadowed the stunning response by the league

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Games at Work on Super Bowl Officials

The Super Bowl officiating has generated a loud buzz of activity, much of it centered on the “no-call” of holding

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Coaches & Risk-Taking

Manning over Tebow.  Ok, that’s an easy choice in the short term.  Surprisingly from Tebow’s wins-losses, but not surprisingly from

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