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This week on Only A Game, minor league sports gird for a weak economy. Also, an NBA season preview, and we witness a grisly competition involving brainless, soulless competitors hell-bent on the destruction of the human race. The NFL? No! It’s humans vs. zombies!Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1101.mp3Continue reading »
Bill Littlefield has a few suggestions for the MLB and the player’s union so that maybe next year’s World Series won’t be played in freezing rain and snow…maybe.
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This week on Only A Game, Tampa fans bask in the fall classic’s beneficent Rays. Also, Batman and Robin go batty for crazy golf, and a conversation with Chuck Culpepper, author of Bloody Confused: A Clueless American Seeks Solace in English Soccer. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/10/onlyagame_1025.mp3Continue reading »
The young Tampa Bay Rays are more than capable of taking the 2008 World Series crown, and Bill Littlefield tells us why some sports fans want to see the Rays’ Cinderella story come true.
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This 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 Continue reading »
Anything can happen in the MLB post-season and this year is no exception. Bill Littlefield tells us what lessons could be learned from this fall’s unpredictable MLB playoffs.
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In his new book, Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories, author Gary Smith brings us a personal collection of his favorite sports stories originally featured in Sports Illustrated magazine. From stories on soccer star Mia Hamm to fiery pitcher Mark Fidrych, Smith’s energetic and memorable writing makes Going Deep worth the read. Bill Littlefield comments.
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The 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.mp3Continue reading »
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 »
Chicago has secured the National League’s best record, but will they celebrate their first world series win in a century? Also, racing aboard the Schooner American Eagle, and a conversation with Michael Rosenberg, author of War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/09/onlyagame_0927.mp3
