This week on Only A Game we’ll examine the new athlete-driven initiative to study the long-term effects of concussions. Also, meet the teenage pro soccer player whose path to Chivas U.S.A. began with a stop on a reality T.V. show, and all the latest Major League Baseball Playoff developments. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/10/onlyagame_1004.mp3 Continue reading »
From drug busts to team stabbings, author Jeff Pearlman reveals the insanity behind the 1990’s reign of the Dallas Cowboys in his new book, Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty. While Pearlman describes the team’s tremendous success on the field, it is his description of the team’s antics away from the stadium that keep the readers attention. Bill Littlefield comments on the glorified boys from Dallas.
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For the past 14 years, Only A Game has celebrated the Super Bowl in verses consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. But, Bill Littlefield asks, could another measure do just as well as the haiku?
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Sometimes the New York-Boston sports rivalry gets out of hand. But, sometimes, says Bill Littlefield, it serves to add entertainment to what otherwise might be dull match-ups.
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