March 3rd, 2010
On April 2, 2010, I will serve as a panelist at a Vermont Law School conference focused on the legality of age eligibility rules in sports. I will post conference details soon. Mike McCann will moderate the panel. Alan Milstein and Mike Zarren are the other panelists. I will likely share some of the empirical results from my dissertation entitled “Precocity in Sports and the Efficacy of Age Eligibility Rules.”
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March 3rd, 2010
On March 5, 2010, I will deliver a speech entitled “The Dark Side of Sports - Gambling, Bias, and Corruption” at Pacific Lutheran University’s Wang Center Symposium. Conference details here.
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February 27th, 2010
In news that should hardly surprise anyone, gymnastics officials have determined that a bronze medal-winning Chinese gymnast at the 2000 Olympics was underage at the time of competition.
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February 26th, 2010
I am looking forward to seeing what the resolution of this lawsuit is.
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February 18th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal ran a story today with a focus on some of the commercial and legal aspects stemming from the tragic accident involving the luge event at the Olympics. I was interviewed for the article. My commentary can be found in the penultimate paragraph.
UPDATE (2/22/10): Ashby Jones of the Wall Street Journal has a blog post about the luge tragedy here. In addition, Mike McCann of Vermont Law School and Sports Illustrated has a column here.
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February 16th, 2010
My review of Daniel Coyle’s The Talent Code is forthcoming in the Journal of Sports Sciences. A copy should be posted here soon. In the interim, please email me if you would like a copy.
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February 15th, 2010
If I had read this New York Times article on April 1, I would have guessed that it was an April Fools joke. Not the case. Apparently, a French judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of Floyd Landis, the bicyclist who was stripped of his title at the Tour de France several years ago after failing a drug test. The arrest warrant alleges that Landis tried to hack into a computer at the doping lab handling his drug test.
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February 9th, 2010
Pete Thamel of the New York Times provides an update on the litigation here.
UPDATE (2/15/10) - Tom Hoffarth’s witty op-ed about the case in the L.A. Daily News is here.
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February 9th, 2010
The 2010 edition of First and Goal’s “Top 50 Sports Business Blogs” can be found here.
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February 6th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has an intriguing article about a casino that looks like a huge room for day traders. The article reminded me of a fascinating paper by Steve Levitt investigating why gambling markets are organized differently than financial markets. Recommended reading!
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