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Want To Avoid The Squeeze On Super Bowl Tickets? Wait And Hope

Balls aren’t the only things being squeezed ahead of this year’s Super Bowl. Ticket prices are, too. Over the past 10 days, ticket prices for Super Bowl XLIX have skyrocketed, from an average of $2,799 the day of the AFC Championship to $4,594 Wednesday — an increase of 64 percent. The culprit? A “short squeeze.” […]

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Want To Avoid The Squeeze On Super Bowl Tickets? Wait And Hope

Balls aren’t the only things being squeezed ahead of this year’s Super Bowl. Ticket prices are, too. Over the past 10 days, ticket prices for Super Bowl XLIX have skyrocketed, from an average of $2,799 the day of the AFC Championship to $4,594 Wednesday — an increase of 64 percent. The culprit? A “short squeeze.” […]

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Your Guide To Deflate-gate/Ballghazi-Related Statistical Analyses

The controversy surrounding “Ballghazi” or “Deflate-gate” (depending on your politics, I guess) has only intensified. Press conferences were given. Locker room attendants’ bathroom visits were analyzed. The Columbia University physics department was called in. And, in a series of posts that made the media rounds late last week, the Patriots’ ability to avoid fumbling was […]

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