Glendale Substitutes Hockey for Water?
Via Chris Tozzo comes this gem from Glendale, Az. Money earmarked for city services such as water and sewer now sits in an escrow account …
The kids are alright
It’s easy to think that baseball and cricket and football and soccer have nothing in common, but two stories from the past two days illustrate …
Call For Papers – IX Gijon Conference of Sports Economics “Neale Golden Anniversary”
Note: the deadline for abstract submission is Feb. 15, less than two weeks away. Here is the CFP: CALL FOR PAPERS IX GIJON CONFERENCE ON …
A College Lesson for the NBA?
Refreshingly, the NBA playoffs so far have escaped the 75-point clutch-and-grab purgatory of the past decade. Still, according the Nielsen data reported on Zapt2it, 3.3 …
Football and University Priorities
At Northeastern, a private university in Boston, the college football model wasn’t working very well. Expenses averaged $3.5 million, and attendance was just 1,600 fans per …
NCAA Competition
Gregg Doyle of CBS’ Sportsline writes The gap between the No. 1s and No. 16s continues to shrink, reaching an all-time low this season. In …
Final Four Economic Impact
Howdy, folks. Long time reader, first time poster. Anyway, I was in quoted in the Louisville Courier Journal last weekend regarding the economic impact of …
NHL and NHLPA Agree on a Salary Cap Formula
The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting that it has two separate sources telling them the NHL and the NHLPA have agreed to a salary …
The Flow of Information and the AP Poll
Jason Whitlock explains his rationale at voting the Missouri Tiger football squad at number 25 in the nation, upsetting some fans. My vote is a …
Is Steroid Use in Baseball a Positive-Sum Game?
I don’t like pitchers’ duels in baseball. I like to see high-scoring games. Low-scoring games remind me too much of all the things I didn’t …