Tag: Basketball
March Madness: With gambling legal in eight states, who really wins?
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
March means springtime, but also breathless headlines of Cinderellas, busted brackets and buzzer beaters.
This year, it’ll also include talk of...
Women are better than men at the free throw line
Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University
As basketball season comes into full swing, consider another competition – the one between the blue and pink...
The case for boosting WNBA player salaries
Nancy Lough, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
As someone who has studied the WNBA for years, I’ve been excited to witness, over the course of...
I’m an economist riding a bike across America, defying what the...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
It’s summer, a time when many people who might have spent the winter hibernating get outside and start...
The math behind the perfect free throw
Larry M. Silverberg, North Carolina State University
Some 20 years ago, my colleague Dr. Chau Tran and I developed a way to simulate the trajectories...
Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the...
Brad Humphreys, West Virginia University
The NCAA men’s basketball championship, better known as March Madness, raises big bucks even if the players aren’t paid.
In...
The man responsible for making March Madness the moneymaking bonanza it...
Rick Eckstein, Villanova University
In a legendary “South Park” episode lampooning the NCAA, the character Eric Cartman asks a university president if he can purchase...
What is March Madness – and the nonprofit that manages the...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The annual college basketball spectacle known as March Madness has arrived.
Millions of people will tune in to...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
