This week on Only A Game, a cultural history of Montreal Canadiens great Maurice Richard. Also, a pennant race update, and you’re invited to chortle, chuckle, howl and bellow along with the Only A Game staff as we attend a laughter yoga class.

Check out the Only A Game team as they try out the funniest workout you’ve every seen.

Each week Only A Game’s Senior Producer Gary Waleik selects the music played on the show. Check out why you hear what you heard.

While many athletes today count themselves among the world’s most famous people, Montreal Canadiens fans almost deified hometown hero Maurice “The Rocket” Richard. In his book, The Rocket: A Cultural History of Maurice Richard, author Benoit Melancon examines Richard’s significance beyond the ice.

Lots of colleges and universities have established athletic halls of fame. An upcoming induction at one of them appeals to Bill for several reasons.

This week on Only A Game, a look back at the 1968 Summer Olympics with SI Senior Writer Richard Hoffer. Also, the Los Angeles Angels try to regain their 2002 form, and…Here ye, Here Ye!…a competition featuring Town Criers.

Hear ye! Hear ye! The town crier, long an image of old-time America and days gone by, was alive and well at a living history event in tiny Hillsborough, New Hampshire. The town hosted its first-ever competition for town criers and Only A Game’s Avishay Artsy was there.

Only A Game’s Senior Producer Gary Waleik runs through this week’s songs and offers some notes and observations.

Though every Olympiad is full of drama and excitment, there is no denying that the 1968 Mexico City games were special. In his book, Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, author Richard Hoffer examines just what made the ‘68 games exceptional.

The most thoroughly discussed event in the recently-completed U.S Open Tennis Tournament was the tirade which Serena Williams directed at the linesperson who penalized her for a foot fault, while Williams was losing to Kim Clijsters in the women’s final. As far as commentator Bill Littlefield is concerned, the question now is how Williams will endeavor to rehabilitate her image following the episode.