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 …
Phoenix Coyotes Declare Bankruptcy
The Phoenix Coyotes (the old Winnipeg Jets) have declared bankruptcy. From the Arizona Republic (HT Warren Meyer): Less than an hour before the National Hockey …
The NFL Evaluates Kickers Incorrectly
Aaron Schatz – of Football Outsiders fame – has penned an interesting Keeping Score column in today’s New York Times. The column makes a simple, …
NAASE sessions at the 2016 MVEA’s
Michael Davis, Nick Watanabe, and I are organizing North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) sessions at this fall’s Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) annual …
What if Nobody Scores?
In the 1982 ACC Championship Game between UNC and UVA, Dean Smith shifts to his “four corners” attack with 13 minutes to go and leading …
Reggie Roby has Passed
From Collegesports.com: Reggie Roby, an all-American punter at the University of Iowa and a 16-year veteran of the National Football League, passed away Tuesday at …
Sunday Beer Sales at the Ballpark
E. Frank Stephenson at DOL writes on an attempt to allow Sunday beer sales at minor league baseball games in Georgia: The legislative kerfuffle over …