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The Baltimore Sun reports that the Maryland Stadium Authority has authorized $100,000 for a study of the financial viability of building a stadium for the purpose of attracting DC United ...Rockies Ticket Prices
From the Denver Post: In the movie, "Max," John Cusack, in the title role, was asked why the paintings in his art gallery were so expensive. "So people will buy ...Fan protests
Here in Baltimore, a local radio personality organized a protest against the Orioles' inability to be competitive. Nestor Aparicio, owner of a sports talk radio station and one of its ...More Stadium Games in Minnesota
With all the attention being given the Twins and their receipt of approval from Hennepin County officials to go ahead with their plans, don't forget that the Vikings want to ...Too Many Chiefs
The English National Team bears out a longstanding maxim --team production does not equate to the sum of individual production. The U.S. Olympic basketball squad provided recent testimony to this ...Indian Premier League Cricket - Player Auction
Cricket is a game of many forms. At the international level, there is Test Cricket (5 days, theoretically 450 overs for the match and two innings per team), One Day ...The revival in Detroit's fortunes
The Lex column of the Financial Times today carried a cute comparison of the resurgence of the Tigers and the restructuring going on at GM and Ford. It raised the ...Prisoner's Dilemma at the Racetrack
Skip addressed the sad end to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro last week. While reading an article in last Sunday's New York Times by Gina Rarick about the differences beween thoroughbred ...Olympic Athletes -- Real Life Avengers
The Olympics hooked me from my earliest memories of Bill Toomey, Lee Evans, and Jim Hines in Mexico City in 1968. The Super Bowl, The Tour de France, the ...An Options Market for Sports Tickets
Have you ever wanted tickets to a big game your favorite team was playing in, but couldn't afford scalper's prices? A new web-based service, The Ticket Reserve, has a solution ...Fear and loathing in Seattle
NBA commissioner David Stern is putting the screws to Seattle in his attempts to get the community to provide taxpayer subsidies that are lucrative enough to keep the team from ...Economics Podcast Discussion betweenPhil Miller and John Palmer
In his latest posting, James Reese invited Phil Miller and me to discuss some topics of mutual interest for his economics podcast. Here is his summary: John Palmer and Phil ...
