A great tradition of American business is to create demand when consumers are really not asking for anything. Nowhere is this more evident than
Tag: Sports
The team with the most money lost today: Cardinals vs Dodgers–a political parable
Unaccustomed as I am to writing about sports, I beg for indulgence just this once. I’m still breathless from this evening’s amazing come-from-behind win
This loser has every right to be sore
[by Arthur Lieber] If every rule has an exception, thent “no one likes a sore loser” has Stephen Coburn as its exception. This Wilfred
Mark Cuban chooses thought and reflection over piling on
I recently saw a revival of the great line that came out of the movie, Forest Gump. “Stupid is as stupid does.” The phrase
Walking on the thin line of racism
One of the lines that sets off an alarm in me is when someone says, “I’m not a racist.” The major lesson that I
Atlanta’s new stadium: Boost or boondoggle?
Football and God rarely clash in the South. But the neighborhood surrounding the future $1 billion new Falcons’ stadium may be forced to lose
Go do your homework while I watch the game
“Do as I say, not as I do.” Do you remember that expression? It’s stuck in my memory from childhood days. Lately it has been
Should sports be a college major?
As a student at a Big 10 school, I hear many rumors about athletes and sports. “Most athletes are in the business school because
Let’s put math and geography ahead of football
I’ve always been amused by the term “scholar-athlete.” Many players on college sports teams are accomplished athletes who are “scholars” in the sense that
A different perspective on perspective
We’ve heard it said before that in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. But what happens when in the land