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, …
Thanksgiving Potpourri: A Blend of Sports, Economics, and Tradition
As you settle in to digest your Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing, it’s a perfect time to consider a couple of thought-provoking issues that have been …
More on the Economic Effects of the NHL Lockout
The general theme of this Bloomberg.com article is that because NHL hockey teams have not been playing, city-owned arenas and parking lots have been receiving …