Football

75 posts

January 2019

• RANDOMIZING PITCH SEQUENCES. 2019-01-05

February 2017

• ARMAGEDDON FOOTBALL—-AN AUCTION TO SEE WHO GETS THE BALL FIRST IN OVERTIME IN THE SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-16
• WAS WINNING THE COIN FLIP THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAY IN THE 2017 SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-15

January 2017

• ECONOMIC ANALYSES OF WORKING THE REFEREES. 2017-01-24
• EVIDENCE THAT YELLING AT REFEREES WORKS. 2017-01-23

October 2016

• “UNTIL YOU JUST POUND THEM INTO THE TURF….UNTIL THEIR HEAD HURTS”. 2016-10-29

February 2016

• HENRY VIII AND FOOTBALL HEAD INJURIES. 2016-02-04

January 2016

• REDUCING CONCUSSIONS BY TACKLING THE WAY RUGBY PLAYERS DO. 2016-01-16
• THE SPIKE AND FOOTBALL CONCUSSIONS. 2016-01-15
• NOT TAKING CONCUSSIONS SERIOUSLY. 2016-01-14 · 1 comment

April 2015

• A WAY TO MAKE BASEBALL HIGH SCORING LIKE FOOTBALL. 2015-04-13

March 2015

• THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES. 2015-03-02

February 2015

• ATHLETES LEARNING FROM HOW OTHER ANIMALS DO IT. 2015-02-20
• PATTERNS IN ROCK PAPER SCISSORS AND IN FOOTBALL. 2015-02-06
• SECOND GUESSING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2015-02-05

January 2015

• VINCE LOMBARDI, THE TEACHER. 2015-01-11
• LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE. 2015-01-10
• THE ICE BOWL AND POKER. 2015-01-09
• ANOTHER ICE BOWL? 2015-01-08
• NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME. 2015-01-07
• FOOTBALL OFFICIALS REVERSING THEMSELVES. 2015-01-06

December 2014

• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? 2014-12-05

November 2014

• NORTHWESTERN VERSUS NOTRE DAME. 2014-11-16

April 2014

• POSITIONING AGAINST INDIVIDUAL BATTERS. 2014-04-02

March 2014

• BASEBALL’S NEW COMPLEX DEFENSES. 2014-03-30

February 2014

• BAD LIP READING. 2014-02-24

January 2014

• THE SUPER BOWL HAS TO KEEP THE REGULAR SEASON RULES. 2014-01-31
• FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TODAY: WILL THE REFEREES PERMIT PASS INTERFERENCE FOULS ON ALMOST EVERY PLAY? 2014-01-11 · 1 comment

September 2013

• HOW IMPORTANT IS STRENGTHENING A WEAKNESS? 2013-09-12

May 2013

• WHAT HOCKEY GETS RIGHT ABOUT DANGEROUS PLAYS. 2013-05-08

February 2013

• HOW I READ THE NEWS. 2013-02-27

January 2013

• SUNK COSTS—THE CASE OF MARK SANCHEZ. 2013-01-23

December 2012

• BRONKO NAGURSKI REVISITED. 2012-12-09

October 2012

• CABRERA OR TROUT?—IT’S STILL BASEBALL SEASON (COMMENT). 2012-10-04 · 12 comments
• ARE THE REGULAR REFEREES AS BAD AS THE REPLACEMENT REFEREES? 2012-10-02 · 1 comment

January 2012

• FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? 2012-01-25 · 3 comments
• A KIPLING LIMERICK. 2012-01-15 · 1 comment

November 2011

• TWINS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER. 2011-11-30
• WERE LEATHER HELMETS BETTER? 2011-11-25
• WHY YOU CAN’T SEE THE WHOLE FOOTBALL GAME. 2011-11-13 · 1 comment

April 2011

• DEFENSE MAKES FOR “UGLY GAMES.” 2011-04-05

March 2011

• THE PERSISTENCE OF THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE. 2011-03-05

February 2011

• GO PACKERS! 2011-02-06 · 2 comments
• WAGERING WITH MASTERPIECES. 2011-02-03
• CAILLEBOTTE AND RENOIR. 2011-02-03

January 2011

• WHITE SOX IN BASEBALL, PACKERS IN FOOTBALL (COMMENT). 2011-01-26
• THE PACKERS AND FAMILY HISTORY. 2011-01-21 · 3 comments
• MIDWESTERN POLITENESS BACK IN THE DAY. 2011-01-16

December 2010

• THE ICE BOWL. 2010-12-31
• RUNNING INTO A TREE. 2010-12-28
• KIDS, DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME. 2010-12-27

November 2010

• PLAYING AROUND OBSTACLES. 2010-11-28
• BRONKO NAGURSKI AND THE WALL. 2010-11-27
• “SUCKERS WALK.” 2010-11-26
• ECONOMIC REGULATION AND HELMET HITS. 2010-11-06

October 2010

• ENACTING A RULE AND NOT ENFORCING IT. 2010-10-20
• WHY FANS AND PLAYERS LIKE DANGEROUS PLAY. 2010-10-20 · 1 comment
• A TORT THEORY ARGUMENT FOR AN AUTOMATIC EJECTION AFTER AN ILLEGAL HIT. 2010-10-19 · 4 comments
• IS THE NFL SERIOUS ABOUT REDUCING CONCUSSIONS? 2010-10-19

June 2010

• LOUD STADIUMS. 2010-06-23

April 2010

• REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF UMPIRES. 2010-04-10 · 3 comments

November 2009

• AN ARGUMENT FOR MAKING REFEREE REVIEWS PUBLIC IN SOCCER. 2009-11-22

September 2009

• NOT RUNNING UP 100 POINTS ON YOUR OPPONENT. 2009-09-20
• RUNNING UP 100 POINTS ON YOUR OPPONENT. 2009-09-18

August 2009

• BALLET TRAINING FOR ATHLETES. 2009-08-19

March 2009

• SCAMS: FLOOD PREPARATION. 2009-03-28
• IT’S NOT ONLY MADOFF: ATHLETES AND INVESTMENT SCAMS. 2009-03-28 · 1 comment

January 2009

• IT’S THE FIELD, NOT THE CHAINS (COMMENT). 2009-01-15
• LOCATING THE CHAINS (REVISITED). 2009-01-01

December 2008

• LOCATING THE CHAINS. 2008-12-27 · 1 comment

October 2008

• ARE TWINS BETTER IN SOME SPORTS THAN IN OTHERS? 2008-10-27

January 2008

• HOW MY FATHER CAME TO SING IN A BOYS CHOIR. 2008-01-09 · 2 comments
• MY FATHER AND CURLY LAMBEAU. 2008-01-08 · 1 comment

December 2007

• AN ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MAKING REFEREE EVALUATIONS PUBLIC. 2007-12-21 · 2 comments

February 2007

• USING THE HELMET AS A WEAPON. 2007-02-02 · 1 comment