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...sports economy. Will ticket purchases for 2009 drop? And will free agents command the same salaries? Legends like Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez, the prime catch in the free-agent market, will always break the bank. But don't expect those left-handed middle relievers to score the same ludicrous contracts as in recent years. "Player salaries are extremely sensitive to market conditions," says Stanford University economist Roger Noll. "These players are going to get paid less next year." During the post-9/11, post-tech-bubble downturn earlier this decade, for instance, median baseball salaries dropped...
Still, capitalism’s rough periods have allowed Marx to score points. Government Professor Richard Tuck, who leads the Marx-heavy theory course “Social Studies 10,” notes that, “in some interesting ways, people have been Marxists of a sort for about 100 years because as soon as a crisis like this happens, they immediately think to do something political to respond.” These days, capitalism is here “on sufferance as long as it delivers the goods”—a stark contrast...
...supposed to be a tough test for Harvard, who is ranked for the first time since the beginning of its fall season. Only outshooting Holy Cross by one, the Crimson simply took advantage of key opportunities to notch a resounding win. “When we got opportunities to score, we did,” Fucito said. “I think overall our defense played pretty well.” Fucito scored the only goal of the first half in the 24th minute, blasting the ball into the right side of the net past Crusader goalkeeper Thomas Booth. Junior...
...burst of energy in the first half when we drew ourselves a corner,” McGillivray said. “Our corner execution is getting better and better.” It took less than 90 seconds for the Eagles to answer and tie the score. BC gained possession at midfield and sent a long through ball ahead to Dirks. The senior received the pass with no one but Crimson goaltender Kylie Stone to beat. When Stone came out of the net to challenge her, Dirks simply drifted right and buried a shot into the near corner...
Harvard managed three more shots—one on net—but failed to bring the score any closer. The Eagles finished the game with a slight edge in shots, 13-10, and tied in penalty corners...