Only A Game Senior Producer Gary Waleik offers his weekly thoughts on the music we use for the show. If “New England, the Patriots and We” is your favorite fight song, you might want to skip this one.
At Beijing in 2008, Henry Cejudo became the youngest American ever to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal. In his new book, American Victory: Wrestling, Dreams, and a Journey Toward Home, he narrates his remarkable story of determination and survival, and shares his version of the American Dream.
Over the past few weeks, numbers of coaches making lots of money at one university have moved on to make more money at other universities or in the professional ranks. For some reason, the annual shuffling of high profile coaches has commentator Bill Littlefield thinking of a low profile coach who was also something of a magician.
This week on Only A Game, a small golf course in Aceh, Indonesia reopens five years after the 2004 tsunami. Also, Mark McGwire gets all teary-eyed remembering that really great summer of ’98, and Charlie Pierce dissects the week’s sports news.
Chad Bouchard visited the Seulewah Golf Course in Aceh Province, Indonesia, which is still recovering from the 2004 tsunami. Listen to his report and see photos he took on the golf course.
Only A Game Senior Producer Gary Waleik writes about his music selections for this week’s program.
When it comes to U.S. basketball in the Olympics, it’s easy to focus on the glory days of the past two decades. But where did it all begin, and how did it get to this point? In turning back the clock in his new book, American Hoops: U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball From Berlin to Beijing, Carson Cunningham reveals that Team USA hasn’t always been a “dream team,” and that in its extensive history, the program has certainly come a long way.
On Monday, Mark McGwire acknowledged his steroid use while he was hitting all those home runs in the ‘90’s. Like the Mark McGwire who told a congressional committee almost five years ago that he wasn’t there to talk about the past, Bill Littlefield is focusing on the present and the future.
This week on Only A Game, a spin around the rink with US Ice Dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, who hope to capture Olympic gold in Vancouver. And, we’ll discuss which NFL teams will have winning hands on Wild Card Weekend. Join us.
The Gilbert Arenas / Javaris Crittenton incident has fueled a lot of a headlines … and opinions. In addition to the legal troubles both men might face, the NBA and the Washington Wizards are still sorting out the on-court ramifications for the players. After a wild week of news, Bill looks at the NBA locker room dispute in a larger context.




