This week on Only A Game, we endeavor to answer a most vexing question regarding the sexes: Why aren’t there more sports that pit women against men? Also, the New Jersey Devils rise from hockey purgatory, plus SI’s Peter King on the NFL, and a story of a sports hero who disappeared.

The Milwaukee Bucks have found a possible solution to their attendance woes…have a star player purchase season tickets for enthusiastic fans! This week on Only A Game, Andrew Bogut’s attempt to fill the home arena. Also, the best tales of the Stanley Cup, and Bill talks with Kelly Kulick, the first woman to win a PBA Tour title.

Per NHL tradition, every player on the team that wins the Stanley Cup gets to take the trophy home, regardless of where they live. Needless to say, this custom has sent the Cup on a number of adventures, the best of which Kevin Allen captures in his new book Then Wayne Said to Mario: The Best Stanley Cup Stories Ever Told.

These aren’t exactly the top stories from the world of sports … but they are some of the more unusual. Learn why the Stanley Cup is racking up frequent flier miles. And after all the bad blood in Tennessee, one Knoxville resident is proposing an “honor” for recently departed Vols football coach Lane Kiffin.

This week on Only A Game, a spin around the rink with US Ice Dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, who hope to capture Olympic gold in Vancouver. And, we’ll discuss which NFL teams will have winning hands on Wild Card Weekend. Join us.

We’re ringing in 2010 with a fully loaded show! Bill and Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com will discuss the college football bowls. Plus, the touching story of basketball prodigy Elena Delle Donne choosing Delaware over the mighty UConn; an NFL playoff preview with Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports; and the phenomenon of outdoor hockey!

Only A Game’s Doug Tribou took his camera down to Fenway Park for the NHL’s 3rd Annual Winter Classic. See Doug’s photos and listen to his story about the phenomenon of outdoor hockey.

This week on Only A Game, we celebrate a half century of mask making and some of the goalies who have benefitted from that craft. Also, generations of women come together on the hardwood, and a history of the Spartak Moscow soccer team.

Will he goad the NFL, propose marriage or change his name yet again? This week on Only A Game, Karen Given fills-in for Bill and talks with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver and provocateur Chad Ochocinco. Also, college basketball with Pat Forde and Indonesian bull racing.

This week on Only A Game, the on-again/off-again winter migration plans of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes. Also, the latest divisional series baseball news, and a look at the best sports movies, unless they’re the worst.