Sophisticated Simple — The Secret of Jim Harbaugh’s Success?
Back in October, Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver explored the factors behind the turnaround of the San Francisco 49ers in “Harbaugh’s Formula of Success Hard to …
Prospects of Stealing Second
Surfing the net the other day, I ran across a working paper concerning the decision to steal second base by Ashgar Zardkoohi, an economist in …
Counterfeit Tickets a Problem at Missouri
As someone who supports legal ticket scalping, I find this disappointing but not surprising. Following the football game against Georgia last weekend, University of Missouri …
World Cup Bid 2018/2022
Stephen J. Dubner blogged about a report I wrote about the 2018/2022 World Cup bid a group of Americans has put together. I read comments …
Book Review: 200 MPH Billboard
The last time I paid attention to stock car racing, Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty were names and I’d never heard of the acronym NASCAR. …
Estimates of MLB’s “Stadium Effect”
A quick follow-up to Take Me Out to the (New) Ballpark. I appreciate the comments and I find the shared experiences and emotions from teams/stadiums …
Private Ownership in Australian Rugby?
Will the rugby union ‘elite’ overcome their history and start selling equity in rugby union Super 14 franchises in Australia? 15 years ago the sport …
Goons & Civil Suits: What Are the Damages?
Temple University basketball coach, John Chaney, ordered one of his bench players to engage in rough play during a game against St. Joseph’s. John Chaney …
Bias and "Arm Abuse" in NCAA Baseball
This post has two subjects: bias in the NCAA selection process and the “abusing” of pitchers by NCAA baseball coaches. Skip brought up the notion …
A Better Football Poll?
The BCS has finally made its appearance and we now “know” that Ohio State is the number one team in the land. Okay, we really …