Does Using Chopsticks Help One Become a Better Golfer?
From the Asiapundit: Korean female golfers continue to excel in the Lady’s Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In fact out of the top 30 female professional …
Internalizing Fan Externalities
The out-of-control fan problem has concerned me for quite a while. Taking two teenage daughters along to many sporting events is about the equivalent of …
Al Roth on the BCS
Here’s Al Roth at Market Design: College football doesn’t host playoffs. The “championship” game matches the two highest ranked teams at the end of the …
UFC Goes Bigtime
Football, baseball, basketball, hockey — the four “major” pro sports. Ok, NASCAR must be included and may have even be in second slot in overall …
Fan Message Boards and College Program Naughtiness
Fan message boards, like the Tigerboard for Mizzou Tiger fans and their rivals’ fans, are places where far-flunged fans can exchange information and fling barbs, …
Classroom Example Using Recent Vikings News
I read the following posted by John Whitehead over at the Environmental Economics blog. Some TSE readers may find it to be a useful discussion …
The Twins get in the game, too
On top of the Vikings story I told two days ago, we find out now that a judge in Minneapolis has let the Twins baseball …
The Role of Consolation Play-offs
In football (soccer) news, the AFC Asian Cup Final takes place Saturday with three-time Asian champions Japan and confederation newcomers Australia vying for not only the title, …
Misunderstanding the MRP of College Coaches
Reader Trent sent me this column by Greg Easterbrook on all the attention (and cash) heaped on college football coaches. There are other bloggable points …
Cubs May Scalp Own Tickets: Court Ruling
To add to John’s excellent post on ticket scalping and its following (also excellent) discussion, I link to this Chicago Sun-Times article on a ticket …