Jamie and Frank McCourt have spent the past two years fighting over their most valuable possession, the Los Angeles Dodgers. While divorce court proceedings have revealed the McCourt’s lavish lifestyles, including a hairdresser on a $100,000 a year retainer, the Dodgers are being run by Major League Baseball. This week, the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy as Frank McCourt tries to avoid losing his team altogether. To Bill Littlefield, these events seem worth of rhyme.

Only A Game Senior Producer Gary Waleik offers his thoughts on the music featured in this week’s show.

Golf balls were ricocheting across the rugged mountains of New Mexico, as the Elfego Baca shootout—a one-hole, six-hour, three-mile-long golfing ordeal—teed off for the fifty-first straight year. Only A Game’s Ron Schachter reports on the adventurous golfers who play among rattlesnakes, rocky terrain and treacherous heat.

Bill Littlefield wishes he had the naming rights to the new Winnipeg hockey team.

Bill Littlefield talks to Charlie Pierce about the timely drafting of the Morris twins. Also, a discussion of the Florida Marlins’ decision to name 80 year old Jack McKeon as their new manager, and Charlie introduces the child, and the NBA player, with the most interesting names in the world.

In his book Cuban Star Adrian Burgos Jr. tells Pompez’ story, and highlights the complex and fascinating life that Alex Pompez lived.

The evolution of replay technology and high-tech television graphics has made sports more accurate … and generated piles of new statistical information. And as Only A Game’s Doug Tribou reports there’s even more to come.

In the largest ruling of its kind, a federal judge has awarded St. Louis Rams linebacker David Vobora $5.4 million in his suit against a supplement manufacturer whose product was tainted with steroids. Vobora was suspended by the NFL for four games in 2009 after a positive test. He says the court case has restored his reputation, but Only A Game’s Karen Given explores whether that’s possible for Vobora and other athletes who’ve inadvertently run afoul of anti-doping measures.

ESPN’s Roger Bennett joins Bill Littlefield to discuss his expectations for the upcoming Women’s World Cup. Bennett has high hopes for the United States, as he praises the American team’s “mix of experience and youth.” The German women have taken the last two Cups and will be playing on their home turf, so Bennett likes their chances to repeat. Bill also asks Bennett for his predictions for Saturday’s Gold Cup between the United States and Mexico.

After four years of anticipation, the Women’s World Cup is back. Female soccer players from all over the globe will be competing, as host Germany attempts to retain its championship status. Bill Littlefield writes about the importance of the upcoming tournament and wonders why the promise of the 1999 Women’s World Cup has not yet been fulfilled.