Is home court advantage really about the ball? This article is about basketball, but I think it is an underrated element in football games, though many times the team on offense gets to use their own ball.
2. Brian Burke is not impressed by Bill Polian.
3. What components of a QB’s passer rating are most important for winning? Interceptions play an interesting role here, with there being evidence of it being possible to throw too many interceptions (obviously) and too few (by being too passive, and thus costing your team expected points and the game).
4. Bill Connelly on recruiting success breeding recruiting success.
5. The trouble with web traffic numbers. Also see the print WSJ, Slate, and Yahoo.
7. Dynamic ticket pricing and sabermetrician salaries.
8. Should the Senate abolish the filibuster? Key quote: “There is no pressure in the Senate itself to abolish the filibuster. The reason is that it benefits all Senators, not just those who expect to be in a minority, because it arms every Senator to demand concessions in exchange for voting for cloture.”
9. Five tips for writing non-fiction. I tend to agree with — and simultaneously to be bad at — generally all of these.
10. Georgia’s new DC talks defense. (H/t Blutarsky.)