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Sports Pork
Oink, oink. Sports pork is adequately represented in this list in my opinion: On Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors went to Capitol Hill to ask for a handout, or ... -
Houston Comets Fold
A sad sign of the times, I think. Richard Sandomir reports: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke cannot fathom it: the Houston Comets, the team she guided to the W.N.B.A.’s first four championships, were ... -
More news on the sports economy watch
Sunil Gulati, Columbia economist and president of US Soccer: Look, economic downturns have negative effects, full stop. For people to say sports is somehow recession proof, that's basically nonsense. Gong!! ... -
Sports & the economy
An informative AP wire story on current and past troubles in the market for stadium sponsors, with quotes from Depken & Zimbalist. Darren Rovell is watching the Jets' auction of ... -
Spillovers from finance into sports
From the Independent (U.K.): Sport feeling the pinch By Rich Jones, PAWednesday, 8 October 2008 Sport has become the latest victim of the credit crunch as a wave of financial ... -
Sports econ potpurri
NFL ticket prices are up this year, in some venues. The average price is 8% higher. But the bloom may be off the rose. Along with other bits of anecdotal ... -
The BCS and bowl matchups
Al Roth's foray into sports economics, "Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls" is pretty interesting (pdf). Roth is perhaps the foremost economist interested in the process ... -
NFL Team Valuations & the Corporate Stadium
Forbes has their annual valuation of NFL franchises up.*** Some of the interesting bits: --The average NFL team is valued at $1 billion, up 8% from last year and 66% ... -
Two good reads
Gregg Bell on the Sonics trial. The Sonics are making the argument that Seattle pols have been playing dirty pool, which would not be surprising. As I've said before, there ... -
Sport as a window on society
The Uefa Cup Final will be played today, between Glasgow Rangers and Zenit St. Petersburg, of Russia. The occasion reminds me of Frankin Foer's book, How Soccer Explains the World. ...
