Les Snead on Risk, Decisions, and Football
After nearly 12 years as general manager for the L.A. Rams, Les Snead has learned…
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Ben Cohen on the Hot Hand
Journalist and author Ben Cohen talks about his book, The Hot Hand, with EconTalk host…
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Bill James on Baseball, Facts, and the Rules of the Game
Baseball stats guru and author Bill James talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the…
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Is Bill Belichick Just Lucky?
Before this last Super Bowl, a friend said to me that Bill Belichick, the coach…
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My son and I were at the Nationals-Dodgers game last night with 43,934 other people.…
Matthew Futterman on Players and the Business of Sports
Fifty years ago, many of the best players in the National Football League took jobs…
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Gary Belsky, co-author of On the Origins of Sports and former editor-in-chief of ESPN the…
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The Data in the Wells Report
I’m biased. I’m a Patriots fan. I wanted the Wells Report to exonerate the Patriots,…
David Epstein on the Sports Gene
David Epstein, writer for ProPublica and author of The Sports Gene, talks with EconTalk host…
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Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role of…
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