This Week's Show 11/15/2008
Posted by erica at 11/13/08 · 1:18 PM

This week on Only A Game, as NASCAR prepares to garage the cars, we visit a NASCAR garage. Also, a book about the days when NFL players were Gaints, even though they’re bigger now, and a memorial for the pro wrestler who changed his name to "Killer."
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Posted by erica at 11/13/08 · 2:16 PM
Only A Game’s Michelle Seaton pays her respects to pro wrestler Walter "Killer" Kowalski at his Memorial Wrestling Show in Malden, MA. Click here for more photos from the "Killer" event.
Posted by Bill at 11/13/08 · 12:57 PM
In his new book, Giants Among Men: How Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants Made New York a Football Town and Changed the NFL, author Jack Cavanaugh captures the essence of Giants football in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Bill Littlefield comments on this fun and entertaining read.
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Posted by Bill at 11/13/08 · 12:56 PM
In professional sports, the purpose of a player’s union is to protect the interests of it’s athletes. However, this is not always the case. Bill Littlefield comments on the class action lawsuit filed by retired NFL players against their own union, the National Football League Players Association.
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Posted by erica at 11/06/08 · 1:39 PM
Only A Game’s Ken Shulman reports from an exhibition cricket match at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Ironically, the Longwood Cricket Club hasn’t hosted a cricket match in 75 years. Fortunately for these cricketeers, the wait is over. Click here to see more pictures from the exhibition match.
Posted by Bill at 11/06/08 · 12:58 PM
What does your favorite athlete say about you? Bill Littlefield compares the favorite athletes of Senators John McCain and soon-to-be President Barack Obama and what their choices might say about them.
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