This week on Only A Game, the Milwaukee Brewers hop into the pennant race. Also, NBA stars join Palestinian and Israeli kids at summer camp, a college football season preview, and blasting from buoy to buoy on souped-up…or maybe bisqued-up…lobster boats.

The LPGA recently told players that they needed to learn English, or risk losing their right to compete.  While the move might seem necessary for a league that still needs to attract more fans and corporate sponsors, Bill Littlefield isn’t convinced.

If you build it, it will be expensive! This week on Only A Game, we’ll consider the enormous costs of the Beijing games. Also, John Powers previews the final weekend of the Olympic competition, and synchronized swimmers have their day on the big screen.

Michael Phelps winning gold medal number eight, Shawn Johnson’s triumph on the beam, Usain Bolt’s relaxed and record-breaking rendition of the one hundred meter dash…everybody has his or her own favorite Olympic moment. But according to Bill Littlefield, it’s also important to recognize the context against which those moments shine. 

Normally when authors research topics for books they are writing, they observe action from the sidelines. Not Stefan Fatsis. When preparing to write his book A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 173 Pound, 43 Year Old Sports Writer Plays in the NFL, Fatsis actually did play with the NFL. Sort of. The book follows his [...]

This week on Only A Game, a look at the sports culture of China, where public exercise has suffered as the country develops elite athletes. Also, a profile of Italian long-jumper Andrew Howe, and a little league season in the life of perennial Williamsport contender, Toms River New Jersey.

Like millions of people around the world, Bill Littlefield has been watching the Olympics and the news. In fact, he’s been watching both enough so that they have invaded his dreams.

The phrase "It’s only a game" probably doesn’t apply to the Tom’s River Little League team featured in Mark Kreidler’s new book, Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became A Little League Giant. Kreidler chronicles a season where 12 year old boys literally give all they have to be the best, and explains how they, [...]

This week on Only A Game, we’ll preview the 2008 Summer Olympics and share with you the sounds of Beijing. Also, the U.S. Women’s Softball team prepares for its Olympic swan song and a house full of Olympic-hopeful Judokas fight over refrigerator space and general cleanliness.

Only a few weeks before they face off against international teams in Beijing, the U.S. Women’s Softball team was recently in Connecticut playing a game against the Stratford Brakettes. Only A Game host Bill Littlefield was at the game and snapped a few pictures. Take a look.