Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan. I am an economist whose research is focused on the business and economics of sports, as well as their culture and history. I write books to reach a wider audience than is feasible through the peer-reviewed academic papers that have been the mainstay of my career. I also write occasionally for the Soccernomics blog and tweet from time to time from @ssz. (source: Amazon)
Books
National Pastime
How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer
2005
The Comparative Economics of Sport
2010
Soccernomics (2026 World Cup Edition)
Why European Men and American Women Usually Win―and American Men Don’t
2026
Crickonomics
The Anatomy of Modern Cricket
2022
Fans of the World, Unite!
A (Capitalist) Manifesto for Sports Consumers
2008
It's Football, Not Soccer (And Vice Versa)
On the History, Emotion, and Ideology Behind One of the Internet's Most Ferocious Debates
2018
City of Champions
A History of Triumph and Defeat in Detroit
2020
Playbooks and Checkbooks
An Introduction to the Economics of Modern Sports
2009
Money and Soccer
A Soccernomics Guide
2015
