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Nth Verse, Same as the First
The St. Louis Rams want public money to build a new stadium to replace the Edward Jones Dome. Cue the requisite speculation regarding LA: To leave St. Louis, Kroenke would ... -
Morocco lost the Cup of Nations over irrational fears about Ebola
(Co-authored by Ann Sheehy, Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross.) The Africa Cup of Nations, the continent’s mini-World Cup, is played every two years by the national teams of ... -
"The City That Said No to Baseball"
In 1998, the Brewers left their old stadium in Chandler, Arizona, for Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix. Was that a blow to the economic development of Chandler? Not exactly, as ... -
The Cleveland Browns' Strategy: Write This Down
Interesting story in today's WSJ (ungated). The subtitle is "Why Cleveland Prefers Pen and Paper to Technology; 'To Write Is to Learn'." The idea is that active learning trumps passive ... -
Judge Wilken's Decision in the O'Bannon Case...
in favor of the claim of the plaintiff, Ed O'Bannon. Her determination is that NCAA rules (again) are in violation of antitrust law. Here is the conclusion from her 99 ... -
Call for Papers for Missouri Valley Economics Association
Michael Davis of Missouri University of Science and Technology and I are arranging North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) - affiliated sports economics sessions at the Missouri Valley Economic Association ... -
Brazil and tourism during the 2014 World Cup
According to a statement by Aloisio Mercadante, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff, "We lost the trophy, but Brazil won the World Cup. He said that according to figures released this ... -
The Worst Economic Impact Estimate Ever? (Well, maybe not...)
UPDATE: Maybe the title should be changed to "worst reporting about economic impact ever". Bloomberg reported yesterday that Ed FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County Executive, said that LeBron's return would boost ... -
The Strike Zone as a Probability Density Function
The strike zone in baseball is supposed to be the area above the plate and between the batter's armpits and knees. Seems simple enough, but John Palmer suggests that it ... -
Introduction to Neymar
This week's WSJ Magazine has an entertaining story by Jason Gay on "Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, the 22-year-old prince of Brazilian soccer." He'll be bigger than Beckham if Brazil ...
