The World of Poker
Poker Is A Wonderful Sport Poker is fascinating to me for many different reasons. We know that poker brings about great opportunities to use our …
Taxing Slow Play
Time is valuable even for sports fans. The Masters is one of my favorite sports events (even if run by an all-male club) but watching …
Forget ‘Fab Four’, Men’s Tennis Still More Competitive
As the Australian Open approaches the business end, this year’s instalment has developed a palpable sense of familiarity of recent years about it. Each of …
New Journal: International Journal of Sport Policy
A colleague of mine on the editorial board of this new journal has alerted me to the impending debut of the International Journal of Sport …
Stadium Issues Everywhere
The Western Economics Association is meeting this week in Honolulu for its annual conference. Many contributors to The Sports Economist are on hand discussing such …
The Economic Impact of the 2008 Women’s Final Four
Here. “The Women’s Final Four has once again shown it is a proven winner on and off the court,” said Sue Donohoe, NCAA vice president …
Will cricket outpay soccer?
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is creating some interesting financial headlines. Today at foxsports.com.au and in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, the head of the …
Football Season Begins!…well, not quite yet
Last week the Argentine Football Association delayed the start of the season because most of the clubs are bankrupt- they owe wages to the players …
NCAA Conference Realignment Update
The other shoe has dropped. Friday night, the ACC had 12 members; by Sunday morning it had 14, completing the partial 2005 pillaging of the …
How We Develop Basketball Talent
Today’s WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman. The book examines the world of elite youth …