Latest Show: Free Throw Record, Homeless Super Bowl Alum, Nobel Prize And Hoops

March Madness is here, and brackets will be busted by shots from the free throw line. This week on Only A Game, the story of a free throw attempt that didn't have any NCAA tournament implications. It mattered a great deal more. Also, the story of a Super Bowl alum who was living under a bridge and the photographer who found him. And, the tale of two Nobel Prize-winning scientists who bonded through sports. Join us!

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A Free Throw Record That 'Deserves' To Stay Unbroken

Free throws can often mean the difference between a win and loss. But at the University of Iowa, one recent free throw attempt had much higher stakes.

3 Stories: College Walk-Ons, Loving Duke, Cousins' Contract

Charlotte Wilder of SB Nation and The Ringer's Kevin Clark join Bill Littlefield.

The Image One Photographer Hopes Will Bring A Former Super Bowler Home

Jackie Wallace played in two Super Bowls before he disappeared. Then a Times-Picayune photographer stumbled upon Wallace on the streets of New Orleans, which sparked a friendship that's spanned over 25 years.

Charlie Pierce: The Week In Sports

Bill Littlefield and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce discuss whether sitting Presidents should fill out brackets. Also, NBC's ill-advised decision to recruit a celebrity hockey analyst. And is Friar Dom the creepiest college mascot?

The Pickup Basketball Game That Led To A Nobel Prize

In the mid-70s, two sports-obsessed geneticists came to Brandeis university. Forty years later, their scientific partnership resulted in a Nobel Prize.