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We have recently upgraded our website. To listen to shows that aired prior to February 16th, 2008, please visit the old Only A Game archives.
We have recently upgraded our website. To listen to shows that aired prior to February 16th, 2008, please visit the old Only A Game archives.
This week on Only A Game, the Portland Trailblazers expunge the "jail" prefix in their quest for the NBA’s Northwest Conference title. Also, college bowl and NFL wildcard weekend previews, and the best American sports writing of 2008. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2009/01/onlyagame_0103.mp3
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This week on Only A Game, the best stories of 2008!
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This week on Only A Game, the Arena Football League punts its 2009 season. Also, the big, bad, Bruins come out of a decades-long hibernation, and rambling holiday revelers bare almost all in sub-freezing temperatures for the ninth annual Santa Speedo Run. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/12/onlyagame_1220.mp3
This week on “Only A Game,” Penn State strives for further football glory, a ghost named Grange gallops again across various gridirons, courtesy of his biographer, and we solve all your seasonal gridlock with our annual “Only A Game” gift guide. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/12/onlyagame_1213.mp3Continue reading »
On Saturday, number-one ranked Alabama will take on the nation’s number two and number four college football teams, and they both happen to be Florida! We’ll have a preview of the SEC championship tilt. Also, an abbreviated golf season in the life of Tiger Woods. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/12/onlyagame_1206.mp3
This week on Only A Game, the story of the young, talented, and suddenly high-flying Atlanta Hawks. Also, how the synthetic surface called Snowflex is putting the schussing and sliding into snowless ski areas, and writer George Kimball tells the boxing tales of Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, and Duran.Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1129.mp3Continue reading »
This week on Only A Game, a 73 year old basketball player who takes young whippersnappers to school, Roane State senior point guard Ken Mink. Also, the saga of the #3 ranked Cal Poly Mustangs, owners of the coveted golden horseshoe.Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1122.mp3Continue reading »
This week on Only A Game, as NASCAR prepares to garage the cars, we visit a NASCAR garage. Also, a book about the days when NFL players were Gaints, even though they’re bigger now, and a memorial for the pro wrestler who changed his name to "Killer."Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1115.mp3
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This week on Only A Game, the Tennessee Titans hope to make their season the stuff of mythology. Also, cricketeers comandeer a Boston area tennis club, and a conversation with author Dave Fromm about his season of misadventures in Czech semi-pro basketball. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1108.mp3Continue reading »
This week on Only A Game, minor league sports gird for a weak economy. Also, an NBA season preview, and we witness a grisly competition involving brainless, soulless competitors hell-bent on the destruction of the human race. The NFL? No! It’s humans vs. zombies!Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1101.mp3Continue reading »
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