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Economists Lise Vesterlund of the University of Pittsburgh and Muriel Niederle of Stanford University conducted a study in which they assembled 40 men and 40 women, gave them five minutes to add up as many two-digit numbers as they could, and paid them 50˘ for each correct answer. The subjects were not competing against one another but simply playing against the house. Later, the game was changed to a tournament in which the subjects were divided into teams of two men or two women each. Winning teams got $2 per computation; losers got nothing. Men and women performed equally...
...shootout loss to Northwestern away from being undefeated and a top five team. The Nittany Lions, for their part, are one last-second Wolverines touchdown away from being in the same spot.These two teams are so similar that it’s strange to see a double-digit spread. Take the points in this one.Final Score: Penn State 24, Wisconsin 21Michigan State (-5.5) at PurdueThis spread is completely screwed up.The Spartans have the best offense in the nation, and the Boilermakers have one of the nation’s worst. Purdue has lost six-straight games...
...moments, but we were really inconsistent.”The Crimson nursed a narrow lead throughout much of the first frame, until the Bears tied it up at 11 thanks to a kill from Brown middle hitter Julie Mandolini-Trummel, one of five Bears with double digit kills.But the Crimson came back fighting with three straight kills, sending it on its way to 17 kills on .220 hitting for the frame.Blotky helped the cause with seven of her game-high 21 digs.“All week in practice, [Blotky] definitely stepped it up,” Cebron said...
With Penn on the horizon, don’t expect Yale to alter its course, as the Bulldogs will probably sleepwalk into and out of Bethlehem, picking up a double-digit defeat along...
...This will probably be the only time in quite a while where picking the Big Red to cover a double-digit spread is a good idea, so take Cornell and proudly spot the Hoyas the touchdown and field goal...