Women’s World Cup; Toothless Tigers; Bon Jovi Finds Soul; Jimmy O’Connell; Remembering Plimpton and More with Charlie Pierce; Commentary; Disc Golf

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Bill Littlefield muses on the lack of recognition received by female athletes.

Pat Borders; Post Season Predictions with Tim Kurkjian; Stop Pecking Around; Women’s World Cup Preview; Armenian Olympics; Letters; WUSA and more with Charlie Pierce; The Last Sure Thing

About 30 years ago, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in a tennis match. The match wasn’t close. It wasn’t exciting. But the result of that match may have had a greater impact than any other.

Bill Littlefield reflects on the end of the WUSA.

Vanderbilt’s Bold Move; Iranian Wrestlers; Nude Volleyball; The History of Squash; Senior Tennis Stars; Greek Baseball; Fantasy Post-Season and More with Charlie Pierce; Commentary; Carp Fishing

A look at what’s changed about baseball over the years, both for the game itself and for external forces affecting the game.

“Squash: a History of the Game,” a new book by James Zug, includes tales of the sport’s worthies and also its mutts and rebels.

One day we will all walk away from our games laughing, won’t we? Won’t we? Please?