sports
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May 10, 2007
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Jonathan Rowe
A controversial study showing bias among NBA referees raises questions about economists' research methodology, with surprising consequences for the commons.
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April 12, 2007
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Kathryn Milun
The pressure and professionalization of big-time sports hits Little League baseball, with troubling side effects.
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January 3, 2007
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David Bollier
In Utah, an NBA arena is named after a questionable toxic waste disposal firm. The trouble with auctioning public assets to the highest bidder.
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September 28, 2006
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David Bollier
The product-placement invasion intensifies. Ads pop up everywhere from soccer jerseys to your favorite TV show.
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August 10, 2006
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Jonathan Rowe
Who owns the batting average of David Ortiz? Baseball is a grand slam example of a commons.
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February 7, 2006
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Jonathan Rowe
In San Francisco, activists want to fight to stop the creeping corporatization of everything by renaming their ballpark for Willie Mays.
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January 19, 2006
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Jonathan Rowe
Who owns a batting average? Major League Baseball wants fantasy league fans to pay for using baseball statistics.
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October 24, 2005
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admin
Scientific research shows we are hard-wired for cooperation and empathy as much as for competition and aggression.
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July 20, 2005
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Jonathan Rowe
Questions for our time: Why do people drive to the gym, then walk on a treadmill? And have kids lost the ability for unstructured play?
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June 16, 2005
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Jonathan Rowe
In praise of Bill Russell – basketball star and sports hero in every sense of the word.
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