Med School or the NFL?An Exercise in Opportunity Costs
Jean-Philippe Darche was in medical school when his agent called him to let him know he’d been signed as a long snapper by the Toronto …
Jean-Philippe Darche was in medical school when his agent called him to let him know he’d been signed as a long snapper by the Toronto …
An interesting angle coming out of the Palmeiro case is the question of the internal politics at work. The AP’s Tim Dahlberg writes, You have …
From ESPN: Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax extension Tuesday to fund $121.6 million in improvements to a downtown arena and build a practice …
Here is a list of recent signings by NHL players to play in other leagues. The International Ice Hockey Federation says 370 NHLers have signed …
Let’s face it. A life in sports is exhilarating and fun, but we all know that it is challenging and exhausting at the same time. …
The US dollar has depreciated significantly against other currencies over the past several years. Currency depreciation has a differential effect on an economy. For example, …
The public debate about a new arena for the Oilers has been going on for some time up here. Last weekend, the local paper, the …
It seems that almost everything is shocking these days. Yahoo’s main page always seems to have a headline screaming about some actress’s shocking dress or …
The Baltimore Orioles announced ticket prices for the 2010 season. Games against the Yankees and Red Sox will have higher prices than those against other …
Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett’s playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an analytics based blog on the …
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