13Apr/11
The Rooney Rule’s Effect on African-American Coaching Candidates
By KFFL Staff | Categories: NFL
This month's edition of The Journal of Sports Economics has a study on the Rooney Rule and the hiring and firing of African-American coaches in the NFL over the last 21 years, entitled "Has the NFL's Rooney Rule Efforts "Leveled the Field" For African American Head Coach Candidates?" (h/t to Phil Birnbaum of Sabermetric Research). [...]
13Apr/11
Fantasy baseball: Travis Hafner, Josh Beckett and more finally paying off
By Tim Heaney | Categories: Rounding the Bases,Snap Judgment
As his bat speed deteriorated over the years, Haf became fantasy poison. Much of his pull-happy approach had disappeared, replaced by opposite-field rainbows and injuries to his shoulder. That DH-only eligibility doesn't help, either.
