This week on Only A Game, we celebrate a half century of mask making and some of the goalies who have benefitted from that craft. Also, generations of women come together on the hardwood, and a history of the Spartak Moscow soccer team.

Love the music on this week’s show? Hate it? Here’s why it made the cut.

At Rock the Ages, a three-on-three women’s basketball tournament, women from all different generations play basketball to raise money for a Massachusetts High School’s Girls’ Basketball program. Only A Game’s Karen Given took in this year’s tournament.

It’s safe to say that many ordinary Russians needed at least a figurative escape from the U.S.S.R. under Stalin’s oppressive regime. In his new book, Spartak Moscow, author Robert Edelman contends that for many, that escape was soccer.

On Sunday, Major League Soccer will determine their champion, when the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake face each other in Seattle. According to Bill, the league is delighted with the presence of at least one of the teams in the championship game.

Will he goad the NFL, propose marriage or change his name yet again? This week on Only A Game, Karen Given fills-in for Bill and talks with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver and provocateur Chad Ochocinco. Also, college basketball with Pat Forde and Indonesian bull racing.

You knew this was a sports show. Bet you didn’t expect little nuggets about the Dead Kennedys. Read on, if you dare!

In a test of manhood centuries old, young Indonesian boys race teams of bulls in a quest for fame and glory on the tiny island of Madura. Only A Game’s Chad Bouchard was there.