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This week on Only A Game, the Arena Football League punts its 2009 season. Also, the big, bad, Bruins come out of a decades-long hibernation, and rambling holiday revelers bare almost all in sub-freezing temperatures for the ninth annual Santa Speedo Run. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/12/onlyagame_1220.mp3
Only A Game’s Karen Given travels to UMass Amherst and discovers the grisly truth behind Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ), a modified version of tag popular on college campuses nationwide. Click here to see more HvZ action.
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 »
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 »
Only A Game’s Karen Given recently traveled to Hastings on the southern coast of England for the World Crazy Golf Championships to explore the sport of crazy golf, the U.K.’s version of mini-golf. Click here to see more pictures from the wacky tournament.
Only A Game’s Karen Given explores the sport of pickleball during her trip to the National Senior Games Championship Festival in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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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 summer Only A Game’s Ron Schachter discovered the art of pig racing during a trip to Janesville, Wisconsin. Take a look at these photos to learn more about the sport and see what happens when you put four pigs and one Oreo cookie on racing track.
This week on Only A Game, the Tampa Bay Rays attempt to hold on to a shot at the postseason. Also, the struggling sport of harness racing trots along with help from the slots, rolling with American lawn bowlers, and a conversation with a soccer dad preparing the nest for emptiness. Audio for http://www.bu.edu/wbur/storage/2008/09/onlyagame_0913.mp3Continue reading »
