Shedding Light on Ice Hockey Blackouts
Miller-McCune magazine highlights current research that merits a raised eyebrow or a painful grin.
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Suspense and Sports Television
The prolific sports scholar Allen Guttmann suggests that the careful recording of stats is one of several defining…
Baseball’s Best Teams Are … 2009 Edition
Math professor Bruce Bukiet uses his copyrighted system to predict which Major League Baseball teams will win the most games in the 2009 season.
The NFL Should Be More Like NASCAR
In a manifesto for sports fans, two professors call for more merit and less monopoly.
Group Members’ Insecurity Can Foster Being a Jerk
If you arrogantly proclaim, 'We're No. 1,' it's probably because you know darn well you're not.
Baseball Whiffs When Setting Salaries
As one team after another gets eliminated in the baseball playoffs, no doubt many fans are grousing that…
Surprising Season Throws Baseball Guru a Curve
While most of math professor Bruce Bukiet's divisional-winner picks failed to come home, he says his system can still score.
Men Dominate Olympics TV Coverage
A new analysis of NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage shows male athletes receive more air time than women, but…
The Sugar High Jump
The results of a new study point to placebos as the perfect performance-enhancing drug: Athletes performed better on a high-jump test after unknowingly 'doping' with sugar pills.