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Show rundown for 7/15/2006
ResumeWNBA Midseason Report
Midway through the WNBA season, there are some questions that need answering. Only A Game's Clay Kallam adresses the All-Star Game's impromptu dunk contest, Lisa Leslie's milestone, and the best team ever named after a casino.
World Cup Fever
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The month-long futbol fiesta is finished, and Americans watched the games in surprising numbers. But does that mean that big-time success is just around the corner for Major League Soccer? Bill Littlefield speaks with MLS commissioner Don Garber and others.
Yellow Floyd
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Floyd Landis is the overall leader of the Tour de France, and is a heavy favorite to win it all. Landis is a new and exciting rider for Americans to rally behind, especially given his injured state and stoic performances. Daniel Coyle of the New York Times joins us on the line to discuss the "it" guy of US cycling.
"I Golfed Across Mongolia"
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One day in the spring of 2003, Andre Tolme teed up a golf ball in eastern Mongolia and hit it vaguely westward.
Charlie Pierce
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Bill and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce discuss: the AL does it again; Big Ben chimes in on moto crash; and oh yeah, some head-butting too.
Winning One's Marbles
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Most kids these days are interested in video games and television and are leaving traditional past-times in the past. For a few elite flickers at the National Marble Championships, though, the game of marbles is as intense and challenging as any. Ron Schachter reports from the NMC in Wildwood, New Jersey.
This program aired on July 15, 2006.