Pater Familias
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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