Glendale Bailing Out the Coyotes
In 2010, the city of Glendale, Arizona, found itself in the center of a financial storm as it quietly began subsidizing the money-losing Phoenix Coyotes, …
Thanksgiving Potpourri: A Blend of Sports, Economics, and Tradition
As you settle in to digest your Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing, it’s a perfect time to consider a couple of thought-provoking issues that have been …
More on the Economic Effects of the NHL Lockout
The general theme of this Bloomberg.com article is that because NHL hockey teams have not been playing, city-owned arenas and parking lots have been receiving …
How Much to Take a Dive?
How Much to Take a Dive? Andre Agassi’s legendary career has long been the stuff of tennis lore, with moments of sheer brilliance etched into …
Plays or Players?
During his trip to the Jacksonsville Jags’ camp, SI.com’s Don Banks elicited a couple of interesting quotes: From [QB Byron]Leftwich: “You can’t describe Carl’s system. …
Defense & Championships
This quote comes from Tom Coughlin in a recent NY Times article (registration required): I’m a believer that defense wins championships, … And I’m a …
Congratulations to the Rockies
While many pundits expound on the Mets’ phenomenal collapse and the Phillies’ race to the top of the NL East, few had paid much attention …
Corruption in college basketball – a result of not using the price system to allocate player talent
Like most other fans of college sports, particularly the money sports of football and mens’ basketball, I have grown accustomed to the sporadic scandals that …
Superconferences
From USA Today’s Campus Rivalry blog: Mike Slive, the conference’s commissioner, told the New York Times that he is prepared to react if the Big Ten adds …
Limiting Team Numbers in NASCAR
Frank Stephenson at Division of Labour alerts us to this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about possible changes to the number of cars an owner can run: …