England win Ashes
The England cricket team beat Australia 2-1 in the five match series that has been going on for the last two months, the final game …
PEDs and Quality of Competition
In a recent TSE post, Brian writes: The league’s testing procedure (“analytic evidence”) uncovered only 13 users from 2009 to the present. Yet, now there …
Anomalies: Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting
In terms of betting, the Super Bowl is one of the most popular events in the world. Sports books, as well as trading markets like …
$1 Billion for the New Orleans Saints
It has been widely reported (see this link and the original SI story) that a Canadian consortium, presumably based in Toronto, offered $1b for the …
The Perils of Revenue Sharing
This report from ESPN highlights one of the incentive problems associated with revenue sharing. According to leaked financial documents, the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite (or perhaps …
Phoenix Marketing Firm Expands to Include a Creative Edge in Their Services
Worried about starting a new business when there is so much competition? Have no fear…digital branding is here! To stand out in any …
Live Podcast on Thursday 10/13/05
This Thursday (10/13/05), John Palmer and I will be joining King Banaian of SCSU Scholars in a live podcast via James Reese’s Radioeconomics.com. The podcast …
Sports and the Economy Watch
How is the sports business faring in the Great Recession? Here are two contrasting stories out today. First, a study sponsored by the Los Angeles …
Hammers’ Saga
It was announced this morning that West Ham, the English Premier League club has been acquired for £85 million by a consortium of Icelandic businessmen …
NFL Pro Bowl changes
I just read “How to make the Pro Bowl relevant”. My first reaction to the title was “relevant to what?”. Apparently there is some discussion …