Will he goad the NFL, propose marriage or change his name yet again? This week on Only A Game, Karen Given fills-in for Bill and talks with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver and provocateur Chad Ochocinco. Also, college basketball with Pat Forde and Indonesian bull racing.
Just like the wide receiver’s work on the field, Chad Ochocinco’s new autobiography is entertaining. But, Karen Given discovers, it’s certainly not teeming with literary merit.
You knew this was a sports show. Bet you didn’t expect little nuggets about the Dead Kennedys. Read on, if you dare!
In a test of manhood centuries old, young Indonesian boys race teams of bulls in a quest for fame and glory on the tiny island of Madura. Only A Game’s Chad Bouchard was there.
This week on Only A Game, will the Duke Blue Devils finally earn respectability? Hint: we’re not talking about their basketball teams. Also, remembering Sheboygan’s one and only NBA season 50 years ago, and ESPN columnist Bill Simmons joins me to geek out on basketball stats. And oh yeah, New York celebrates the Yankees’ 27th World Series title.
Can you argue for days about the relative virtues of Bill Walton and Dave Cowens? Are you more interested in reforming the Basketball Hall of Fame than the country’s healthcare system? Then Bill Simmons’ The Book of Basketball might just be your bible.
Love the music you heard on this week’s show? Hate it? Here’s why you heard what you heard.
The NFL’s head-honchos would have you believe that anything can happen on any given Sunday. But many fans of teams in the bottom-half of the league have already left their teams for dead. Bill asks, “Where’s the parity we hear so much about?”




