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Posted by erica at 11/06/08 · 1:39 PM

8Only A Game’s Ken Shulman reports from an exhibition cricket match at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Ironically, the Longwood Cricket Club hasn’t hosted a cricket match in 75 years. Fortunately for these cricketeers, the wait is over. Click here to see more pictures from the exhibition match.

Posted by Bill at 11/06/08 · 1:16 PM
Packers Titans FootballThis 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.mp3

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Posted by Bill at 11/06/08 · 12:57 PM

51en0edvmvl__sx126_pc41100_sh20_Bill Littlefield comments on author Dave Fromm’s cleverly written, Expatriate Games: My Season of Misadventures in Czech Semi-Pro Basketball , a personal account of Fromm’s experience playing semi- professional basketball in Prague. From dealing with the language barrier to trying to adapt to life in the Czech Republic, Expatriate Games, promises to be an entertaining read.   

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