The buildup, the dip
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This week on Only A Game, our 16th Annual installment of gridiron, er, poetry. Also, a big game preview, and bringing together bikes and beer in Boston.

281 cyclists participated in last weekend’s Harpoon Indoor Time Trial, a stationary bike race that simulates an eight-mile course. Only A Game’s Doug Tribou visited the Harpoon Brewery in South Boston to take in the event. Listen to Doug’s report and check out the photos he took during the races.

Only A Game’s Michelle Seaton visited the North American Cycle Courier Championships in Boston, and brought back these photos.

This week on Only A Game, the David Beckham experiment: boom or bust? Also, a Tour de France update, and the story of the Veteran’s Cup. It’s a soccer tournament for players over the age of 30, and over 40, 50, 60, 70 and yes, even over 80.

This week on “Only A Game,” an Independence Day conversation about an American named Armstrong, bicycling in France. We’ll update the tennis from Jolly England, and we’ll have a fishing story about a Greek. But he’s fishing in New York, and he’s pretty independent.

Can seventeen million Frenchmen be wrong? About playing petanque, I mean? This week on Only A Game, we’ll find out. Also, ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian will tell us what’s up with the Tampa Bay Rays, which is pretty much everything, and who’s the best of the worst in the National League West.

As this year’s Tour de France is well underway across the Atlantic, spectators are still no doubt wary about the ongoing doping scandal that has marred the event. Johan Bruyneel’s new book, We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind a Record-Setting Eight Tour de France Victories, addresses that [...]

Followers of the Tour De France say it’s time to take back the tour. We’ll have the straight dope this week on Only A Game. Also, semi-pro soccer players go up against the pros at the Lamar Hunt Open, and casting and cranking with the anglers of the women’s bassmaster tour.

Horse racing under the microscope after Eight Belles’ breakdown at the Kentucky Derby. This week on Only A Game, the anticipation and apprehension leading up to this weekend’s Preakness. Also, the cyclists of Team Slipstream promise to race cleanly, but can they deliver?