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About Only A Game
Only A Game is radio for the serious sports fan and the steadfast sports avoider. The program puts sports in perspective with intelligent analysis, insightful interviews, and a keen sense humor.
Host Bill Littlefield wrote his first com- mentary for WBUR in 1984, and shortly thereafter his work began airing on NPR's Morning Edition. Littlefield has hosted Only A Game since its inception in 1993.
The program is produced at WBUR in Boston and is distributed by NPR.
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Recent items from the WBUR Only A Game podcastMay 18, 2013 - San Antonio Spurs Are A Model Of Consistency; Family Sues NHL After Hockey Player's Death; Budgets And Box Scores: Funding Sports In Public Schools; Beckham's Contributions Impossible To Ignore; 'The DiMaggio Brothers' Goes Beyond Baseball; Sports News Of The Week With Charlie Pierce; Derrick Rose: The Fallout From Sitting Out; A Derby Of The Sexes;
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May 15, 2013 - University of New Hampshire shot putter Cameron Lyle's athletic career ended a few weeks sooner than he'd originally planned. Lyle had the chance to save a stranger's life and he set sports aside to do it.. Bill Littlefield shares his views on a touching story.
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May 11, 2013 - Oklahoma City Continues Without Westbrook; Seventh-Seeded Senators Set For Second Round; College Baseball's Northern Teams Seek Break From Bad Weather; Chris Webber's 'Excommunication' Ends; D-III Men's Basketball Championship Steps Onto The Court With D-I; 'My Greek Drama': Winning The 2004 Olympics; Sports News Of The Week With Charlie Pierce; Buffett Adds 5K Race To Shareholders' Meeting; Dozens Of Gerbils Compete For Best In Show;
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May 09, 2013 - LeBron James has once again been voted the NBA's Most Valuable Player. But not unanimously. Against his better judgment, Bill Littlefield has been thinking about that.
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May 05, 2013 - The Story Behind The Jason Collins Story; 'You Can Play' Promotes Acceptance In Pro Sports; Defending Champion Kings Fall Behind 2-0; Mine That Bird Races To The Big Screen; Honoring Bud Fowler, An African-American Baseball Pioneer; Early Baseball Film Discovered On Georgia Plantation; Charlie Pierce: The Week In Sports; Commentary: Sharing The Road; 'The Summer Of Beer And Whiskey': An MLB Franchise's Boozy Beginnings;
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May 01, 2013 - NBA free agent Jason Collins is the first athlete in one of the four major male pro sports to acknowledge that he is gay. Bill Littlefield comments on what Collins' announcement says about the world he came out to.
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Apr 27, 2013 - 49ers Select New Technology For NFL Draft; Marathon Bomber: Re-Visiting Sports Records; After Drought, Maple Leafs Return To Playoffs; England Braces For German (Soccer) Invasion; Mike Piazza Readies For Ballet Debut; A Record Chill At Coors Field; Charlie Pierce: The Week In Sports; Adjusting To Life Out Of The Water; "Wild In The Streets" Documents A Historic (And Unusual) Competition;
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Apr 25, 2013 - Baseball is no longer the National Pastime, at least as measured by number of TV viewers per game. But according to Bill Littlefield, it still offers spectators an opportunity to participate that football and basketball can't match.
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Apr 20, 2013 - Boston Marathon Bombings: A Reporter's View; Reactions And Remembrances After Boston Attack; In Wake Of Boston Tragedy, London Marathon Set For Sunday; NBA Playoffs Preview With Henry Abbott; Theo Epstein Hopes To Break Another Curse; Hugh Alexander: 'Baseball's Last Great Scout'; Charlie Pierce On The Boston Marathon And More; School Sanctioned Skateboard League Gains Air; 'Your Show Helps Me Get Through The Hard Times';
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