This week only Only A Game, Tiger Woods tries once again to get back on track at the U.S. Open. Plus, international diplomats look to settle their differences on the soccer field, the latest on the real World Cup, and some classic cars on display.

Africans have been celebrating in the streets for weeks, and now they’re really excited! This week on Only A Game, soccer fans from the South, North, East and West brace for the beginning of the 2010 World Cup.

This week on Only A Game, a report from England on the National squad’s latest preparations to follow up their impressive 1966 World Cup victory. Also, the nationwide decline of thoroughbred racing, and why the Celtics and Lakers just can’t leave each other alone.

The Orlando Magic have scratched, clawed, and occasionally elbowed their way to two straight wins after trailing their series against Boston Celtics three games to none. While this improbable change in the series terrifies Boston fans still wounded from watching the Bruins blow a similarly insurmountable lead, Bill is thoroughly enjoying the action.

The Bruins may have found future stars this year in left wing Milan Lucic and goaltender Tuukka Rask, but that won’t console fans still steaming over the team’s failure to put away the Phildelphia Flyers after building a 3-0 series lead. Meanwhile, the advancing age and creaky limbs of the Celtics stars are a distant memory with the C’s halfway to the NBA Finals. Bill provides his commentary on the all or nothing attitude in Boston.

This week on Only A Game, the Tampa Bay Rays lose the “Devil” and gain respectability. Also, John Feinstein talks about “Living On The Black”, his new chronicle of Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine’s 2007 major league season, and we’ll wrap up the NBA Finals.

The Celtics’ recent victory brought the long awaited NBA Championship title back to Boston after 22 long years. Bill Littlefield looks fondly at the series that returned the magic to the city, and welcomes the return of that feeling that was so familiar all those years ago.

Big Brown rhymes with Triple Crown. This week on Only A Game, a preview of the Belmont Stakes. Also, Kevin Hench breaks down the latest Celtics/Lakers epic NBA finals tilt, and the stickball tournament that bekons several generations to the streets of the Bronx.

Tonight in Boston, the Celtics will host the Los Angeles Lakers in game one of the NBA finals. While there has been lots of talk of past Celtics-Lakers confrontations, Bill Littlefield is reluctant to buy into it.

This week on Only A Game, a conversation with Philadelphia Phillies catcher Chris Coste, who became a Major League rookie at 33. Also, a New York museum pays tribute to Native American baseball players and a preview of the NBA Playoffs.