This week on Only A Game, Danica’s first win discussed, and celebrated. An update on the spring seasons of the winter games, an exploration of the events involved in eventing, and a discussion on Pat Jordan’s collected sports writing with…Pat Jordan.

Truly good sports writing gets past box scores and statistics, by bringing together the sports world with the real world.  Throughout his career, Pat Jordan’s has tried to do just this, taking the games that we watch and the players that we root for and putting them in context.  Bill Littlefield reviews Jordan’s new book, The [...]

Fourteen years after the giants of open wheel racing divorced, they are merging back together. Only A Game’s Charlie Schroeder recently attended the final race of the Champ Car Series in California.  Check out some of Charlie’s photos from the event here.

To sports fans, the life of professional athletes often appears to be full of glitz and glamour, but devoid of concerns.  However, Bill Littlefield knows that the perfect picture that shines through into millions of living rooms in high definition doesn’t tell the whole story.  Bill dreams up a few not too far-fetched scenarios to remind those envious of the [...]

This week on Only A Game, a conversation with Philadelphia Phillies catcher Chris Coste, who became a Major League rookie at 33. Also, a New York museum pays tribute to Native American baseball players and a preview of the NBA Playoffs.

Minor League Baseball isn’t about the glamour or money that the Majors are.  Team busses and long road trips are the reward for hard work, and only a percentage of players make the jump from "A" Ball to the show.  All this makes Chris Coste’s journey to the pros even less feasible.  Coste’s new book, The [...]

An old saying recited to young athletes time and time again is that cheaters never prosper.  According to the decision by the International Olympics Committee to revoke the gold medals of the relay-mates of admitted steroid user Marion Jones, neither do their teams. What if such a standard, penalizing entire teams for the poor behavior of an individual, were applied to some [...]

This week on “Only A Game,” a look at the recent Olympic protests and what they could mean for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. Also, how a sibling rivalry spilled over into sneaker wars, and the Detroit Tigers’ 138 million dollar roster: toothless, fangless and feckless?

A unique sports museum is set to open in Lower Manhattan in May.  Check out some of Karen Given’s photos from the new Sports Museum of America.

The Olympic Torch is supposed to symbolize high ideals of international cooperation and competition.  However, protests aimed at the torch have put an issue of international discord in the spotlight.  The protests may be uncomfortable to watch, but as Bill Littlefield comments, there is no better place than the Olympics to remind the world of what truly matters.