fixed the audio

“How do you penalize them for the game that hasn’t been played yet?” Well:

I thought Cabral was running to celebrate with bench, then with Bubista, then with his parents… He better put a ring on that finger now. Whoever he hugged is not his wife (yet).

VAR was never about fairness, but about means to controlling a football game. If with all this technology referees keep making mistakes over and over again, why have the technology anyways? It can tell a microscopic offside but cannot tell if a player touched the ball or not?!

Anyone who knows where Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the map (pun intended) would easily be able to predict the outcome of today’s game. There are 12 Bosnians and 10 US players on the pitch.

(1/n) Our paper with Tom Rhoads titled "Title IX Compliance Pressures and Institutional Adjustments in Intercollegiate Athletics: Evidence from the NCAA" has just been published online at the International Journal of Sport Finance: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

Jihyo, First Pitch Mechanics

Why are World Cup water (commercial) breaks in a NASCAR side-by-side style? It is not like we the viewers are missing anything. Or are we… “Oh what a sip of Gatorade by Lamine Yamal” would be interesting though.

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The 170 Fastest Pitches Thrown By A Starting MLB Pitcher So Far This Season

3rd UMBC Sports Economics Conference

NBA is rigged! when Spurs had 29 point lead the game should have been immediately stopped and Spurs declared winner. Instead officials decides to play "4th quarter?" and Knicks "somehow" score enough baskets to win. Fraud!

Most ABS Challenges By An MLB Hitter This Year: 30 Sal Stewart 😮 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 Gary Sanchez 18 17 Jose Caballero, Cam Smith 16 Ronald Acuña Jr.

To go with the soccernomics podcasts I've started a substack. Here's a link to my first post - with my World Cup forecasts stefanszymanski.substack.com/p/world-cup-...

remember you can't challenge a pitch made by a position player

As every standardized I’ve taken test has taught me, Ole Miss is going to win 9-5.

Sandy Leon is the Udonis Haslem of baseball.

Let me guess… Did someone start polymarket on a fan running onto the court in the #NBAFinals 3 minutes ago?

Ironically, Young Jr is the oldest Young in this photo.

this bases loaded ABS challenge missed by less than 1/500th of an inch and yes I'm serious

The new starting 5 for your favorite team.

Alexa, play Ζάρι by Μαρίνα Σάττι. #roadtoEASM2026

Ordered a Coke Zero on the plane to Puerto Rico using ceceo. Never felt so embarrassed in my life.

I’m concerned Amtrak doesn’t know where Kansas City is.

Blades Brown gives me a very strong Ty Gibbs vibe somehow and I cannot explain it. #PGA #NASCAR

Excited to announce The Soccernomics Podcast (@soccernomicspod), alongside @simonkuper.bsky.social and @amalhotra2. We'll be coming to you Tuesdays and Thursdays as we gear up towards, and through The World Cup. First episode out now. open.spotify.com/show/033eUgQ...

Jacob Misiorowski is the first big leaguer in history to strike out more than 40 batters in a span of 5 starts without allowing any extra-base hits (he had 46 Ks). It's completely ridiculous.

Kitayama ended up shooting a 63. Yo-yo rounds in professional golf need to be studied.

Kitayama shot 75 on Saturday so he can shoot 62 on Sunday. But seriously, that may have been strategic with how soft the greens are playing in the mornings. -4 through 6!

What happened to the city I love so much? (This is Madrid, Spain)

Spongebob is proud to be…

wut

gg wp.

There is also a mention that the bettor reached out to the two Fordham players guised as an “NIL agent.” What kind of NIL agent asks you to not score or turn the ball over?

Games Ahead/Behind Their Record Last Year (Through Same Number Of Games Played): +9 COL +8 +7 +6 ATL +5 PIT +4 CWS +3 CIN TB +2 BAL STL +1 MIA ATH NYY LAD MIL ARI SD 0 LAA WSH MIN CHC -1 CLE TEX TOR -2 -3 SEA DET KC BOS -4 -5 HOU SF -6 PHI -7 -8 -9 -10 NYM

Applied economists around the US are waiting for the post data to roll in.

Ben Rice decided to challenge this strike call.

There was not a single moment in this game that UConn was favored to win until 0.4 seconds left. Wow.

There must be a first mover disadvantage to using the ABS challenges. Data cannot roll in fast enough…

Whatever happened to:

Nectar of gods (70g of sugar qualifies for a nectar). @petegroothuis.bsky.social @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social

Corey Conners turned off the TV.

Uncanny resemblance?

Bam Adebayo taking 43 field goal attempts and 43 free throw attempts was not on my bingo card for this century. What is crazier is that he could have easily scored over 100.

3rd UMBC Sports Econ Conference Update 47 papers as we reach the submission deadline for the 3 day conference in June.

NAASE is organizing sessions for the SEA conference to be held in Houston, TX Nov 21-23, 2026. To submit a paper, please email Frank Stephenson (Berry College) by March 28: --Name, affiliation, and email for presenter and all coauthors --The paper's title and abstract. --Two JEL codes

Interesting presentation by Colleen Dibble and Grace Kazmierski-Davie on motivations to consume women’s and men’s NCAA basketball. Adds to the literature on early-season invitational tournament attendance and clarifies motivation to support women’s sports. #ASMA2026

Every sports economics researcher this morning: opening a dusty folder of regressions, all with null results.

59% of bets placed on tails is the single most powerful proof that betting markets can go awry. #SuperBowlLX

a guy last year threw 6 scoreless innings in a playoff game striking out 10 batters and also did this in that same game