Home Plate Collisions — Baseball or Rugby?
Warning: Readers who think about sports rules and practices solely as “that’s the way it has been so that’s the way it should be” probably …
The Unconventional Marketing Techniques of Online Betting
The online betting industry has slowly emerged as one of the most successful business segments of the virtual world. It is for good reasons as …
Striking Out in DC?
The stadium for the Washington Nationals cost over $600 million, most of it in public funding. A key selling point was economic development of the …
Perverse Incentives in College Football
So, suppose you were the University of Nevada playing Boise St. last Saturday… Your 8-3 record has already locked up a bowl appearance regardless of …
What Are We? Chopped Liver?
A recent article, “New Approaches to Ranking Economics Journals” by Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Pingkang Yu, ranks economics journals in terms of their impact on …
Farewell to Bad Calls or Just Less Complaining?
Maybe I just enjoy defending the dead horse that keeps getting kicked or the indefensible (like Monday’s Night’s call against the Packers), but here goes …
Cycles in Conference Dominance
A recent USA Today column tackled the question, why is AFC dominating the NFC? This year, the AFC won an unprecedented 70% of the inter-conference …
Vick, Peer Effects & Self-Destruction
Yahoo! Sports Michael Silver lets former NFL running back and ex-con Bam Morris offer some strong advice to Michael Vick: “I hope Mike sees that …
From Russia with Love?
American soccer fans are not the only ones who should be bemoaning the US’ elimination from the 2018 World Cup at the hands of Trinidad …
Profile of Tom Hicks
In the Dallas Morning News, Gary Jacobson and Brandon Case describe the next unfolding chapter in the business life of one of sports’ most controversial …