Football vs. Football
While the United States is focused this week on the Super Bowl, a report released today by the consulting firm Initiative states that soccer’s Champions’ …
Nebraska Fires Bo Pelini
Nebraska has fired its head football coach Bo Pelini after 7 years as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Â Despite a 9-3 record, this is …
Arena subsidies in small towns: Update
In regards to my recent post on arena subsidies in smaller cities, Skip points out that it’s not only taxpayers who took a bath on arena …
How Archery Has Become A Great Sport To Try
Traditionally, the practice of using bows and arrows was primarily for hunting and warfare. During the late Paleolithic period, early Egyptians used arrowheads made from …
UEFA’s Definition of "Fair Play"
ESPN Soccernet recently reported UEFA’s passage of a new “financial fair play” standard to go in effect in 2013. Stefan Symanski raised the alert back …
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is moving to ESPN while Sunday night football is moving to NBC. ABC will not have any NFL broadcasts. NBC needs a …
Kansas City Royals Increase Ticket Prices
It looks like the Royals are betting on stadium renovations to boost the demand for tickets. The Royals rolled out a new ticket-price structure Friday …
The "New" Economics of the LPGA
GolfWorld’s Ron Sirak has an interesting article on the LPGA. Endorsement money has begun to flow in to the top players: When Meg Mallon won …
Wrestling with the cricket crisis
Cricket is played at the highest level by ten “test match” nations – India, Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, …
Betting Pools and Expected Values
How a betting pool is structured will affect how people bet [i.e., to belabor the obvious, people respond to incentives]. Here is an example from …