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Littlefield On Sports: World Cup And MLB All-Star Voting
ResumeWe cover World Cup soccer and the U.S. women’s defeat of Germany Tuesday night and the stuffing of the ballot box for Major League Baseball's All Star game.
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Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s Only A Game. He tweets at @OnlyAGameNPR.
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WBUR: U.S. Topples Top-Ranked Germany 2-0 To Reach World Cup Final
- "In a battle between a fantastic attack and a fantastic defense, the latter prevailed, as two penalty kicks — one made, one whiffed — and a late insurance goal gave the U.S. a 2-0 win over Germany and a berth in the Women's World Cup soccer final."
NPR: All-Star Games Are Worthless If The Players Are Not All-Stars
- "The good people of Kansas City have stuffed the ballot box, so instead of an All-Star game, it's going to be more of a royal pain. That's the problem when anyone fills out an Internet ballot, times 35: fans don't make serious judgments. They just vote for all-ordinary players on their favorite team."
This segment aired on July 1, 2015.