Since The Trade, - Anthony Davis has been worth 0.6 wins above replacement (WAR) - Luka Doncic has been worth 7.2. And that's ignoring the playoffs as well as the projected future. espnanalytics.com/nba-net-ptsWAR

Dems: Touch football, right? Repubs: Yep. Absolutely. Dems: So your shoulder pads, helmets, and spikes are just protective, right? Repubs: Yep. Absolutely. Dems: Then good luck! And may best team win!

What he said. And what his quotes of others say. Good work here. www.extrapointsmb.com/p/forget-com...

Tariffs disrupting research

$4.19 where I live.

One can agree or not with the values “sellout”. But how can anyone explain the $millions payment? I guess it’s not a Trump “deal” without the lucre. (And I for one am watching for the predictable repeat blackmail.)

University of Michigan Sport Management is hiring for an open rank tenure-line position in sports economics. Contact: Richard Paulsen [email protected] Announcement apply.interfolio.com/176980

All *employers* want wages a secret. Power to reduce pay. Typical union response in pro sports was a survey shared with all players. If the CSC really cared about athletes it would take on this role. Not holding my breath. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

I think 2 things here: 1. The chance that Trump forces FIFA to move games out of Boston or other blue cities is now 0%. 2. The winner of the prize is pre-ordained in order to get the answer in part 1. Just total corruption (and for once I am not talking about FIFA!) apnews.com/article/fifa...

Got an email from someone interested in being a potential PhD advisee. Entirely AI written letter, complete with hallucinated citations. That’s a first.

Great stuff here. An element of accounting typically ignored by ADs wishing to cut a sport for… other reasons. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

Update on the rookies, looking at their season timelines of total Net Pts - Coward started great, but James has caught him - Knueppel had his best game yesterday - Edgecombe and Harper both positive and using 20+% of possessions Obviously plenty of noise in their development.

This is the Wins Above Replacement for 3-1 Denver thus far. - Gordon, Jokic, and Murray essentially tied with 0.8 each - Cam Johnson hasn't even been good yet. - In the past few years, Jokic doubled or even tripled the next best of his teammates in this metric. It's still early.

Under the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States". So, no Trump cannot run for VP .

According to Google AI I have coined the term "affective polarization" 😆

So yes, tons of local factors back in Montreal, but a deeply troubled economic state across MLB, DC’s own history, and the opportunity for the league to make a huge score in what would be a record sale to the Lerners all part of this, too

It was never about trade. It was always about “Do everything my way, put $ in my pocket, and love me.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

I'm hoping this might get me an invitation to the new ballroom www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

Pure luck would suggest 66% (79/120). Being off by 3 (79 v 76) is just over half a standard deviation, suggesting that there's nothing other than Random Variation at play after the first game. There's no momentum, there's no reverse-momentum. There is just chaos. Which is why we watch

Stop calling this efficiency. It’s simple cost cutting so that profits look higher for a quarter, before revenues fall. Do better @nytimes.com

75 winners to date, 72 of them white men ... which will be 73 after this ballot

Obscured by Wemby's magical performance, Stephon Castle had the third best game of his career last night, adding +5.8 net points despite going 5/10 from the line. It becomes his best game if he makes 7/10. espnanalytics.com/nba-box?id=2...

Well, the article clearly states that Republicans did their own blocking of Democrat fed worker pay bill. So why the one-sided headline? Do better @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Full employment for lawyers. www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

Because our NBA Power Index (BPI) uses player availability info, we report two different values for each team: playoff BPI and current BPI. The Lakers without LeBron, for example, have a playoff value of 2.7 and a current BPI of just 0.3. See here: www.espn.com/nba/bpi/_/vi...

Why are there still Pirates fans? defector.com/why-are-ther...

There's more than just Nielsen math explaining the NFL's viewership surge so far this season. frontofficesports.com/nfl-ratings-...

The earliest press article I have on “big $” ruining baseball is 1901, when the AL, NY especially, began competing with the NL. MLB seems to have done quite nicely for owners since then.

Um, there is a clear difference between selling what you have and borrowing at a rate of interest for current production, covered by future revenues. My UG sports finance students even know this. Sheesh. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

“Big” is in the eye of the beholder. If it isn’t a full revenue sharing payroll cap, then it isn’t as big as it can be. www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Islanders owner Jonathan Ledecky confirmed the forthcoming NHL expansion fee will be at least $2 billion. frontofficesports.com/nhl-expansio...

Uh oh. www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

So yesterday marked the beginning of the winter ball season. But it also was the first day of winter ball under a new agreement between the winter ball leagues, MLB and the MLBPA. How the new deal may lead to more affiliated players playing winter ball: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/new-...

If there's one main takeaway from me on @sportico.bsky.social's latest NBA valuations, it's this: The league is moving toward an NFL-style model. It's gotten closer to fixed costs, and the league-wide media distributions (now $143M) have grown into a significant revenue stream.

What's amazing (in a geeky way) is how the orange and light green curve have the same slope for a decent range. That means that his usage and efficiency corresponded to a constant average productivity in that range. That is not guaranteed at all. 2/2

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Real Madrid is seeking to boost its record $1.2 billion in revenue with a historic shift in the team's 123-year-old business model.

Increase a little bit? Who is he talking to?? Health care premiums are set to increase in Leader Thune's home state of South Dakota by TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE PERCENT (235%!!!) next year.

Why do media writers use “the federal government” when the clear subject is the current occupant of the White House and his cronies and toadies. While they are trying to be “the” fed gov, they aren’t. Granting them that title is an admission of defeat.

Even if Illinois Rep. Kam Buckner's transparency bill is just the opening of negotiations on the Bears stadium, it's a start — especially given how often sports projects get rushed through the approval process without much public oversight.

They will be less “bloated”. But bloated will remain as long as athletes remain restricted in acquiring the economic contribution they make to their teams. There’s still a non-negotiated cap and the CSC will still reduce compensation unilaterally. www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

This is a good read. www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Probably Quixotic, but I’ll root for it. (Thanks, Neil) www.fieldofschemes.com/2025/10/15/2...

The *defensive* relationship between productivity, usage, and efficiency is different because lower efficiency means fewer points allowed per possession (not higher, with offense). Usage is also more balanced, ranging from about 18% to 27% on a season basis.

Is #AI the century's third speculative bubble? Yes, say SIEPR's @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @weakinstrument.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com op-ed. They lay out the reasons and examine whether the fallout could be better or worse than the internet, housing bursts. Free link 👇 tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v

I think they do both. Because data generate general tendencies while specific situations subject to the variance. So I’ll pitch left against lefty *and* replace a pitcher by “feel”. www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

A member of the U.S. House of Representatives is raising questions about — and demanding answers from — the recently created College Sports Commission

U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., is raising questions about — and demanding answers and documents from — College Sports Commission concerning its procedures for approving athletes’ NIL deals with entities other than their schools: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

In the player-pay era, no school is embracing the NFL model more than Oklahoma. “What better place than a higher-education institution to say, ‘Let’s be honest. Let’s look at the facts and then let’s meet what’s in front of us.'" www.wsj.com/sports/footb...