The present study contributes to and extends the literature on sport and social mobility by refining the computations for the odds of attaining professional athlete status in the U.S. Using 1980 U.S. census data, 1986 and 1987 team rosters, and 1986 ...
Most of the subjects covered have real teen interest, such as "Getting into an Ivy League College" or "Becoming a Professional Athlete," while "Being Poorly Endowed," about penis size, is sure to cause some snickering. The author does use some clunky one-liners that are bound to elicit ...
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Wagering on sports is one of the most popular forms of gambling, not least because of the near ubiquity of sports around the world. Although horse racing has traditionally been one of the sports most commonly associated with gambling, many professional sports around the world are today the focu...
One young person has a goal of becoming a brain surgeon. He has the intelligence and desire to accomplish that. The money it costs will be a great investment. He has no talent or interest in being a baseball player or to participate in any sport beyond high school. The odds on him bec...
This is an entertaining book that succeeds despite its author's missteps as a humorist. In presenting the odds of all manner of events both possible ("Dating a Supermodel") and improbable ("Becoming a Professional Athlete"), Baer (The Great Mutual Fund Trap) is clearly emulating the Worst...
Conversely, Pereira has gotten wobbled or hurt by punches in several of his contests; I might give the durability edge to Rountree. I'd have to favor Peiera, who has five-round experience, on cardio. Rountree has never seen the championship rounds in his professional c...
One (realistic) bold prediction:Hmm, we already predicted Shohei Ohtani to win the AL Cy Young Award, and doubling up is not allowed, so we'll stay away from deGrom (probably a wise decision). Let's instead go with Corey Seager and Marcus Semien b...
LIKE millions of little boys -- from one generation to another -- I grew up with the dream of becoming a professional athlete, specifically a baseball player. I loved the game (still ...