Sports
My Road to the Final Four
By Lloyd Graff I entered my cave over the weekend. Just me and my 60” TV. I watched 100 hours of college basketball if you include channel surfing and DVRing. I have [...]
Are Onside Kicks Risky?
By Lloyd Graff Sunday’s Super Bowl hinged on the recovery of a surprise onside kick by the New Orleans Saints at the beginning of the second half. Saints coach Sean [...]
Stephan Marbury’s Full Court Press On China
By Noah Graff One American is doing a full court press to balance the U.S. trade deficit with China. Stephon Marbury, one of the NBA’s all time greatest bums and [...]
The Unemployed Bowling Champion
For Tom Smallwood the possibility of a strike was part of life. He worked at Saginaw Steering for GM. He got the bad news that he was being laid off [...]
Gaming Milton Bradley
Have you ever lost out on a big contract when your price and service were clearly better than the competition, but the buyer had a grudge against your old management? [...]
Dealing with Pressure
By Lloyd Graff Joey Votto is a great young hitter who plays first base for the Cincinnati Reds. Many students of baseball think he will eventually win a batting championship. [...]
An Olympics of Competing Machines
Dartmouth economics professor Andrew Bernard has come up with a mathematical system to predict the medal standings of the Olympics. He has tested his formula on the Olympic games dating [...]
A Liesure Precision Instrument
Today we inform you of a new, innovative, precision instrument which can help you when you’re off the job – the Rossa Monza Spider putter from Taylor Made. “Even when [...]
Eco-Cycles!
The Isle of Man TT is among the oldest and famous races in motorsports. Azhar Hussain, an eco-conscious motorcycle fanatic, hopes to turn the race into what he calls the [...]
Question: Who deserves a bigger punishment, Vick or Haas?
Gene Haas cheated the U.S. government out of millions of dollars because of a grudge over a patent depute. Michael Vick tortured and killed dogs. They both are going to [...]