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The Sports Economists are Coming
[tag sports, economists, peer review, academia] From The Wages of Wins Journal. Even though this blog generally deals with sports metrics, this post has a particularly insightful perspective on how knowledge creation, research, and peer review function at an academic … Continue reading
Using Sports to Paint a Bigger Picture: Continuing the Story
It’s one of the few blogs I read. It mixes my passion for sports with my desire to challenge conventional thinking (or rather, investigating where convention gets us into trouble). As a teacher I’m constantly wondering how I can apply … Continue reading
NYTimes: At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side
The basketball mill. I’m appalled by he graduation rates, but with so much money riding on these players it’s no wonder they’re allowed to get by constrained by low academic standards in the one side and by the pipe dreams … Continue reading
