The selection process of the most valuable player (MVP) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) was recently questioned as to whether African American players were treated unfairly based on their race. Using NBA voting data from the 1995-2005 seasons, two empirical models are developed to...

We investigate bias in the selection and seeding decisions of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. Using data on 910 teams associated with the ten tournaments from 1999 to 2008, we test for bias toward teams from seven 'major' conferences and six 'mid-major' conferences, as well as...

The authors investigate multiple biases in the individual weekly ballots submitted by the 65 voters in the Associated Press college football poll in 2007. Using censored Tobit modeling, they find evidence of bias toward teams (a) from the voter's state, (b) in conferences represented in the...