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On Monday evening, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke to the issue of New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress, whom Goodell had suspended for the remainder of the regular season after Burress shot himself in the leg with a gun for which he had no New York City license. Plaxico Burress was in a night club at the time. Commissioner Goodell said players should stay away from places where they’d feel unsafe without guns. Bill Littlefield finds the advice sensible, but hardly original.
This week on Only A Game, as NASCAR prepares to garage the cars, we visit a NASCAR garage. Also, a book about the days when NFL players were Gaints, even though they’re bigger now, and a memorial for the pro wrestler who changed his name to "Killer."Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/11/onlyagame_1115.mp3
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In his new book, Giants Among Men: How Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants Made New York a Football Town and Changed the NFL, author Jack Cavanaugh captures the essence of Giants football in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Bill Littlefield comments on this fun and entertaining read.
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It’s time to test the Pierce postulate: "The Super Bowl is good!" This week on Only A Game, analysis from Phoenix, a look at all the anti-Super Bowl activities for nonbelievers, and some good 17 syllable fun with Super Bowl Haiku XIV.
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