poetry'Duke Rhymes With Puke': One Family's NCAA Poetry SmackdownTremaine Monshizadeh and her grandma Audrey Versteeg had very different feelings about the Duke men's basketball team. So they trash talked via poem. ResumeOnly A Game07:16Mar 20, 2020Super Bowl Haiku XXVIOnly A Game's beloved tradition continues. ResumeOnly A Game06:13Jan 31, 2020How One WNBA Player Found Her Purpose In PoetryImani McGee-Stafford is a center for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. She says poetry helped save her life.ResumeOnly A Game12:51Dec 21, 2018The Story Of A Poet's Obsession With The NBA's D'Angelo RussellPoet Mikko Harvey is obsessed with Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell. "I google him constantly," Harvey says. "It's the weirdest thing I do."ResumeOnly A Game09:53Sep 21, 2018O' Indy 500: Poetry Returns For 100th AnniversaryOn the 100th running of the Indy 500, a tradition lost to the Great Depression returns. Bill Littlefield traces the history of poetry -- yes, poetry -- at the race.ResumeOnly A Game05:07May 28, 2016Advertisement'Casey At The Bat' — Revisiting The Mudville Nine And DeWolf HopperIf you say “poetry” and “baseball” to lots of people, they will think of Ernest Thayer's doggerel "Casey at the Bat." As players gather at spring training, Bill Littlefield takes...ResumeOnly A Game06:46Feb 27, 2016The Sports Fan's February Lament"For sports, as for a lot of things, this February...is a tough month," Bill Littlefield writes. ResumeOnly A Game03:00Feb 11, 2015The Poetry Of Sports With Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert PinskyFor our 20th anniversary show, former U.S. Poet Laureate and long-time friend of Only A Game Robert Pinsky joined Bill Littlefield to discuss the connections between sports and poetry.ResumeOnly A Game04:34May 17, 2014Super Bowl Haiku XXSuper Bowl Weekend would be incomplete without OAG's Super Bowl Haiku!ResumeOnly A Game05:56Feb 1, 2014An Ode To The NFL Coaches Fired On MondayWe've come to expect NFL teams who missed the playoffs to jettison their head coaches this time of year. But five in one day? Bill Littlefield offers a verse to...ResumeOnly A Game01:58Jan 1, 2014A Journey Into The Grand CanyonNPR contributor Elissa Ely shares a story from a hike into the Grand Canyon.ResumeOnly A Game03:00Apr 13, 2013Football's Hot StoveBill Littlefield laments baseball's fall from glory and football's growing popularity.ResumeOnly A Game01:54Mar 13, 2013Super Bowl Haiku XIX, Part IIAs Super Bowl XLVII kicks off in New Orleans, we finish off our 19th annual Only A Game Super Bowl haiku.ResumeOnly A Game03:55Feb 2, 2013Super Bowl Haiku XIX, Part IIt's Super Bowl weekend, which means it's also time for the 19th annual Only A Game Super Bowl haiku.ResumeOnly A Game02:15Feb 2, 2013Wimbledon Hires A PoetAn organization that promotes poetry in the U.K., Poetry Trust, hired Matt Harvey as the first official Wimbledon Championship poet. Bill talks with Matt Harvey, whose poems go down easier...Only A GameAug 27, 2011Too Many Games?The NHL Playoffs are underway and the NBA Playoffs begin on Saturday. Major League Baseball’s season is in full swing, and Major League Soccer’s season has begun as well. If...Only A GameApr 15, 2010
'Duke Rhymes With Puke': One Family's NCAA Poetry SmackdownTremaine Monshizadeh and her grandma Audrey Versteeg had very different feelings about the Duke men's basketball team. So they trash talked via poem. ResumeOnly A Game07:16Mar 20, 2020
How One WNBA Player Found Her Purpose In PoetryImani McGee-Stafford is a center for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. She says poetry helped save her life.ResumeOnly A Game12:51Dec 21, 2018
The Story Of A Poet's Obsession With The NBA's D'Angelo RussellPoet Mikko Harvey is obsessed with Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell. "I google him constantly," Harvey says. "It's the weirdest thing I do."ResumeOnly A Game09:53Sep 21, 2018
O' Indy 500: Poetry Returns For 100th AnniversaryOn the 100th running of the Indy 500, a tradition lost to the Great Depression returns. Bill Littlefield traces the history of poetry -- yes, poetry -- at the race.ResumeOnly A Game05:07May 28, 2016
'Casey At The Bat' — Revisiting The Mudville Nine And DeWolf HopperIf you say “poetry” and “baseball” to lots of people, they will think of Ernest Thayer's doggerel "Casey at the Bat." As players gather at spring training, Bill Littlefield takes...ResumeOnly A Game06:46Feb 27, 2016
The Sports Fan's February Lament"For sports, as for a lot of things, this February...is a tough month," Bill Littlefield writes. ResumeOnly A Game03:00Feb 11, 2015
The Poetry Of Sports With Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert PinskyFor our 20th anniversary show, former U.S. Poet Laureate and long-time friend of Only A Game Robert Pinsky joined Bill Littlefield to discuss the connections between sports and poetry.ResumeOnly A Game04:34May 17, 2014
Super Bowl Haiku XXSuper Bowl Weekend would be incomplete without OAG's Super Bowl Haiku!ResumeOnly A Game05:56Feb 1, 2014
An Ode To The NFL Coaches Fired On MondayWe've come to expect NFL teams who missed the playoffs to jettison their head coaches this time of year. But five in one day? Bill Littlefield offers a verse to...ResumeOnly A Game01:58Jan 1, 2014
A Journey Into The Grand CanyonNPR contributor Elissa Ely shares a story from a hike into the Grand Canyon.ResumeOnly A Game03:00Apr 13, 2013
Football's Hot StoveBill Littlefield laments baseball's fall from glory and football's growing popularity.ResumeOnly A Game01:54Mar 13, 2013
Super Bowl Haiku XIX, Part IIAs Super Bowl XLVII kicks off in New Orleans, we finish off our 19th annual Only A Game Super Bowl haiku.ResumeOnly A Game03:55Feb 2, 2013
Super Bowl Haiku XIX, Part IIt's Super Bowl weekend, which means it's also time for the 19th annual Only A Game Super Bowl haiku.ResumeOnly A Game02:15Feb 2, 2013
Wimbledon Hires A PoetAn organization that promotes poetry in the U.K., Poetry Trust, hired Matt Harvey as the first official Wimbledon Championship poet. Bill talks with Matt Harvey, whose poems go down easier...Only A GameAug 27, 2011
Too Many Games?The NHL Playoffs are underway and the NBA Playoffs begin on Saturday. Major League Baseball’s season is in full swing, and Major League Soccer’s season has begun as well. If...Only A GameApr 15, 2010