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Posted by Doug at 12/11/08 · 5:41 PM
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.mp3

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Posted by Bill at 12/11/08 · 4:42 PM

Red Grange was a dominant college football player and the first true star of the National Football League. In his book, The Galloping Ghost: An American Football Legend, Gary Andrew Poole profiles the man who was an American icon long before the NFL was the place where players went to become stars. Bill Littlefield shares his observations on the book.

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Posted by Bill at 10/16/08 · 12:58 PM
Thunder Warriors BasketballThis week on Only A Game, the NBA’s Thunder rumbles into Oklahoma City at supersonic speed. Also, the latest Major League Baseball post-season news, and a conversation with Gary Smith, author of Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/10/onlyagame_1018.mp3

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Posted by erica at 10/09/08 · 11:36 AM
Phillies Brewers BaseballThe league championship series have arrived. This week on Only A Game, a baseball postseason update. Also, Jose Feliciano remembers his controversial national anthem performance at the 1968 World Series, and we meet a team of athletes who are literally strong as oxen.Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/10/onlyagame_1011.mp3

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Posted by Karen at 09/25/08 · 12:15 PM

51w1vwynfcl__sx126_pc41100_sh20_In his new book, War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest, Michael Rosenberg describes how the intense rivalry between Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes and Michigan coach Bo Schembechler during the sixties and seventies reached far beyond the football field. Only A Game’s Karen Given comments.

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