Texas A&M Stays in “Varsity’s” Shadow
“The eyes of Texas are upon you”, that’s the song they sing so well Sounds like hell, so good bye to Texas University We’re going …
Harsh Punishments, but No Death Penalty, for Penn State
The NCAA has hit Penn State with harsh penalties as punishment for the Jerry Sandusky case. Penn State is put on probation for 5 years, …
Applying the Prisoners’ Dilemma:New Sweeping Technology in Curling
Alan Adamson’s most recent posting at Curling about the selection of the British Olympic curling team was followed up in a comment that The Brits, …
Tips to Ensure Your Retail Store is Built for Success
In this day and age of corporate competitiveness, small businesses have a harder time staying afloat than ever before. Whether you are running an online …
The Media and Sports Royalty
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari’s remarks concerning Duke’s flopping, USA Today, Huffington, … Coach K’s responded, but his reply subtly tells Calipari’s …
Will we be blamed for future strikes?
The NHL lock-out of 2004-05 was the seventh labor dispute in the past 25 years to cost North American fans access to the games they …
College Coaches Running up the Score: Responding to Incentives
From Pat Forde at ESPN: Oklahoma ran it up last and loudest, scoring 45 fourth-quarter points in its past two games against Oklahoma State and …
The Length of College Football Games
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal tackled the issue of game lengths in major college football. One morning last week, a plane left …
Aggressive & Passive Responses to Doping
A Yahoo! Sports headline and associated summary regarding the Tour on Monday headline reads, Sastre Wins Doping-Scarred Tour de France. Setting aside moral philosophy, I …
Glendale Bailing Out the Coyotes
In 2010, the city of Glendale, Arizona, found itself in the center of a financial storm as it quietly began subsidizing the money-losing Phoenix Coyotes, …