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An Inside Look At The Premier League's most profitable team
We recently examined some research by sports journalist Adam Drury who reported on Premier League betting data to chart each football team's weekly progress during the previous 2018/2019 season. Adam ... -
The Barcelona School
Most readers are aware that Barcelona are now the best soccer club in the world, and that they, more than most, rely on their youth system to develop talent for the ... -
Two pieces worth noting
Both are from the newly sports-minded WSJ. First, in recent years, English teams have been getting the upper hand over their Italian counterparts, a reversal from prior decades. Why is ... -
Risky Girls?
This news article in Popular Science caught my eye: “Girl soccer players are five times more likely to return to the game after a concussion than boys”. "After parsing through ... -
Brazil Bleg
Bitter football enemies Argentina and Brazil (combined 7-time World Champions) square-off yet again in a friendly next Wednesday. The match is in (of all places) Doha – since the match ... -
Make or Buy?
Barcelona or Real Madrid? Barcelona makes them. Real Madrid buys them. It's a matter of degree of course, but I think the distinction holds. Rob Hughes reports, in anticipation of ... -
The Impact Of Managerial Change On Performance: The Role Of Team Heterogeneity
“When a key responsibility of a manager is to allocate more or less attractive tasks, subordinates have an incentive to work hard and demonstrate their talents. As a new manager ... -
Including the World in the World Cup
Chuck Blazer, an American and North America's representive to the FIFA executive committee has blasted the committee's decision to not award North America's soccer confederation, CONCACAF, an additional slot at ... -
Not a Good Performance Evaluation
The AP headline is: "US soccer pres: We failed to meet expectations." There's not much else in the story, apart from a statement that Sunil Gulati "will likely meet with ... -
Economic impact of Euro 2008
Hosting Euro 2008 is holding down crowds at the venerable Vienna Opera, "the oldest theatrical institution with an unbroken record of performing in the German-speaking world." At Monday's performance of ... -
Does Soccer Have a Chance to Ever Become a Major Sport in North America?
After spending some time in England last summer, and planning to return this summer, I have spent much more time than I ever imagined watching soccer, both live and on ... -
Marcotti: piedi in bocca
Gabriele Marcotti at SI today: Many years ago I was taught about the invisible hand and free markets and how, by definition, something was worth whatever someone was willing to ...
