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Posted by Bill at 03/17/10 · 2:54 PM

This week brought the news that Tiger Woods will return to the pro golf tour next month at the Masters Tournament in Augusta. Bill Littlefield is among those curious about how a man who’s become notorious for all the wrong reasons will fare when he returns to the golf course.

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Posted by Bill at 03/11/10 · 6:44 PM

College basketball bubble teams find out their fate on Sunday and Monday when the brackets are announced for the NCAA tournament. But, Only A Game’s Bill Littlefield’s favorite basketball moment has already come and gone.

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Posted by Bill at 03/04/10 · 6:22 PM

Major League Soccer gets its season underway on March 25. If all goes according to plan, the opener will pit the league’s new club, the Philadelphia Union, against last year’s expansion team, Seattle Sounders FC. But according to Bill Littlefield, there is some suspense regarding whether these clubs and the 14 other teams that comprise MLS will begin playing on time this spring.

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Posted by Tyler at 02/26/10 · 5:57 PM

In the 1980 Winter Olympics, the U.S. Hockey Team defeated the Soviet Union in an upset still known as the Miracle on Ice. All the same, Dave Silk, who played for the Americans, has never been comfortable with that title. He shares his thoughts on “the miracle thing” and how he’d like the game to be remembered.

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Posted by Bill at 02/25/10 · 6:19 PM

Figure skating, snowboarding, and ski jumping are just a few of the sports where judges can determine the outcome of the event. Some have argued that sports like football and basketball are more pure because they’re not so subjective. Bill Littlefield thinks those fans should think again.

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Posted by Bill at 02/24/10 · 3:57 PM

The Winter Olympics present millions of people with the opportunity to pay rapt attention to figure skating and bobsledding, not to mention luge, skeleton, cross-country skiing, and biathlon. All, of course, are sports…or are they? Bill Littlefield hopes you won’t accuse him of skating around that question.

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Posted by Bill at 02/17/10 · 8:09 PM

Highlight has followed highlight as the Winter Olympics have progressed. Millions of people are tuning in each night for the spectacle, Bill Littlefield among them…though he has begun to wonder if that’s such a good idea.

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Posted by Bill at 02/11/10 · 6:15 PM

The Winter Olympics get underway Friday in Vancouver. Bill Littlefield is already prepared to discuss some of the athletes who will be coming out in the black whether or not they win gold.

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Posted by Bill at 02/05/10 · 5:45 PM

It’s been a long two-week break between the NFL’s Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, and Bill Littlefield has grown tired of waiting. He shares his thoughts on the buildup to the big game, and recalls a few forgettable interviews from media week.

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Posted by Bill at 02/04/10 · 6:16 PM

As Super Bowl Sunday nears, there has been a lot of discussion of a commercial scheduled to air on that commercial day of days. The ad features Heisman Trophy-winning, University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, and it is sponsored by Focus on the Family, an organization that opposes abortion. Objections to the commercial notwithstanding, commentator Bill Littlefield is not convinced that it is likely to constitute anything new.

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