This week on Only A Game, meet the travelling Harpers, the husband and wife coaching duo currently enjoying basketball bliss at NC State. Also, a college football roundup, and hut, hut, hike those garters up, ladies…it’s the Lingerie Football League.

If you heard a song played during this week’s Only A Game and just have to know what it was then this is the post for you.

Check out the new football craze sweeping the nation! That’s right, Only A Game’s Charlie Schroeder reports on the Lingerie Football League.

One of the most famous athletes of the 20th century, Sugar Ray Robinson is also one of the most complex. In his new book, Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, author Wil Haygood contends that Robinson belongs with many of the luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.

While some are giving thanks for the comfort and support of their families and friends, football fans in New England started celebrating Thanksgiving early, when the Patriots routed the New York Jets, 31-14 on Sunday. According to Bill, this was more than an ordinary win…for it gave fans evidence of genius restored.

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.