On Monday, Mark McGwire acknowledged his steroid use while he was hitting all those home runs in the ‘90’s. Like the Mark McGwire who told a congressional committee almost five years ago that he wasn’t there to talk about the past, Bill Littlefield is focusing on the present and the future.

This week on Only A Game, Lou Holtz comes out of retirement to coach on a Japanese gridiron. Also, remembering Jeff Blatnick’s unlikely 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medal, and a conversation with the author of a new book about golfer Michelle Wie.

As the Yankees settle into their new stadium, nearby schools have lamented the loss of their old sports digs. This week on Only A Game, broken promises over replacement parks on the site of old Yankee stadium. Also, a cricket tour of Eastern Europe.

News that Rafael Palmeiro had flunked a steroid test and been suspended for ten days provoked a number of curious comparisons.

In these days of exceptionally uninformed and inflamed discussion of steroids in baseball, this is an essential book.

An equally convincing case can be made for starting with the high school coaches who encourage football players to get bigger and stronger as quickly as they can.