Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2018-09-13

Books mentioned on 349. How Sports Became Us

· With David Epstein, John Urschel, Takeru Kobayashi, Jennifer Egan, Dana Gioia, Mark Cuban, Michaela Schifrin, Lance Armstrong, Doug Peterson, Dan Patrick, Kim Ang, Daryl Morey, Lawrence Epstein, Jed York, Carrie Walsh Jennings, Bob Tewksbury, Simone Manuel, Mark Teixeira, Lauren Murphy, Brandon McCarthy, Stephanie Labay, Damaris Smith, Jimmy Garoppolo, J.J. Redick, Andrew Orsadi, David Lowe, DeMora Smith, Dominique Foxworth, Victor Matheson, John Thorne, Martha Newsom · Listen

Dollar-wise, the sports industry is surprisingly small, about the same size as the cardboard-box industry. So why does it make so much noise?

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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted

Passing The Sports Gene

“That's David Epstein, a science journalist and author of The Sports Gene.”

Stephen Dubner 349. How Sports Became Us 2018-09-13

Plugged The Economics of Sports

“I'm also the author of the Economics of Sports, 6th edition, which is, I think, the top sports economics textbook in the world.”

Speaker 349. How Sports Became Us 2018-09-13