It costs one Cincinnati sports fan named Jack more than $1,600 a year to watch his city’s four sports teams play on TV. If he renews his subscriptions for another year, the price could exceed $2,000.

Sports make us "wistful," even if we’re U.S. Senators. It was the word Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) used when talking about his own career. "How many New Jersey high school football players of the ...