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 …
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 …
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 …
Organizational Architecture of College Sports Behind the Scandals
Another college coach engages in reprehensible activities and the supervising athletic directors and university presidents do nothing until external investigations and public awareness force their …
Olympic Distance Running — Dominated Strategies?
In Thursday’s 800m final, David Rudisha set the track on fire with a new world record — the first ever under 1:41. He led from …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …