I Gotta Pick the Pats

I agree with Mitch Albom here. The Pats have just completely shut down the number one offense, they shredded the number one defense, and are …

Arena malarky in my backyard

Baltimore city and Maryland state officials announced this week the intention to build a new 18,500 seat arena on the site of the existing First …

Congratulations to Skip!

Skip Sauer, our illustrious leader and the founder of thesporteconomist.com, has been elected as president of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE). NAASE …

NFL Teams Too Clever By One-Half?

In their bestselling book on applications of game theory (Thinking Strategically), Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff  add a personal account of game theory gone wrong.  …

Public Employee Database Collection

People have increasingly made life easier for researchers by utilizing the internet.  This morning, North Carolina State’s Craig Newmark linked to two sites that will …