Baseball Players vs. Bankers
Today in his blog, Paul Krugman blasts President Obama for comparing banking executive pay to baseball players’ earnings. In a recent interview Obama stated, while …
League-Union News in Other Sports
The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of June. David Stern (NBA commissioner) and the union head, Billy Hunter, are making concilliatory gestures …
New York PILOT Decision, Part II
I was in Washington DC last Thursday testifying in a hearing that is part of the ongoing investigation by the House Committee on Government Reform, …
Estimating the Error Term
With all of my attention devoted to the World Cup coverage in June, I passed over an interesting piece from the weekend edition (June 24) …
Why I Want to Attend a Football/Soccer Match While I Am in the UK
It isn’t the game so much as the ambience.
Champions League Final
Tonight (this afternoon in North America) is the final of the Champions League. The match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan will take place in …
Taxing Away the Stars
From today’s FT.com: Britain is driving away international sports stars and missing opportunities to host lucrative sporting events because of a tax practice that nets …
Switching Divisions
Officials of NCAA Division II college programs were recently worried about having too many members. Now they are worried that too many are leaving D2. …
How To Be Succesful As a Tech Based Startup in The Gaming Industry
Even those who are not into gaming are aware of the gaming industry’s status as a multi-billion dollar sector. After all, how could someone ignore …
Sex, Hype, and Videotape in the Draft (Minus The Sex)
With the advent of the internet, 24/7 sports channels, and the NFL Network, media coverage leading up to the NFL now rivals the playoffs. Here …