Today’s guest blogger is JC Bradbury. JC is an associate professor at Kennesaw State University. He is well-known for his website – Sabernomics – which combines the best of sabermetrics and economics. And of course, he is The Baseball Economist (which is both his title and the title of his …
In the April 23rd issue of Sports Illustrated is the following brief story (it appears on page 24): Title: The Wages of Win Subtitle: Breaking Story – Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness, NBA Titles Story: The last six NBA champions have had two things in common. They’ve played outstanding basketball, and …
Today’s guest blogger is Steve Walters. Apart from his day job as a professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland, Steve has served as a consultant to two MLB teams and writes occasional statistical analysis features for The Sporting News. He grew up in Salem, Massachusetts, remains a citizen …
Earlier this week Steve Kerr asked the following question: Who could have predicted the Sixers would win 29 of 57 games since trading Allen Iverson? Hmmmm….. I wonder. Last December 19th, when the trade was made, I offered my first impressions of the Iverson trade. Here is most of that …
Let’s say your team is a loser. If your team played in a European league that would be a problem. European sports leagues have a system of promotion and relegation, which means the losers each season get demoted into the sports minor leagues and the best of the minor leagues …
Drew Bledsoe, the first player taken in the 1993 draft, retired last week. According to Don Banks of SI.com, Bledsoe finishes his career fifth all-time in completions (3,839), seventh in passing yards (44,611) and 13th in touchdown passes (251). So these stats suggest he is one of the all-time greats. …
The playoffs start in just a few days and Jason Chandler – of NBA Babble and Win Score – has come up with a way to increase your viewing pleasure. Chandler has set up a fantasy basketball game for the playoffs based on Win Score. To the best of my …
It’s Friday the 13th so thoughts turn to luck (or the lack thereof). And that subject causes me to think about the Celtics. Back in the 1980s I watched the Pistons struggle to get by the Celtics. The call “there’s a steal by Bird” still makes me very unhappy. It …
This past Monday the Sports Law Blog asked the question: Why does tanking occur in the NBA but seemingly not in other leagues? The question basically presumes that the NBA’s losers will intentionally lose games towards the end of a season to enhance their draft position. What people wonder is …
The final edits for The Wages of Wins were completed soon after the 2006 Super Bowl. In fact, the paragraph describing that game in Chapter Nine was the last paragraph added to the book. In the weeks after the book was completed JC Bradbury – of Sabernomics and The Baseball …