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Littlefield: Boston's Bounty
On the brink of his final day as host of NPR’s Only A Game, Bill Littlefield was asked whether any other city would have been as appropriate a home for...
Littlefield: A Baseball Rivalry At Its Ripest
This weekend the Red Sox will play three games in New York against the Yankees. A quick look at the standings would tell anyone, including Bill Littlefield, that both teams...
Littlefield: After A Celtics Surprise, LeBron Carries On
The Celtics’ unlikely championship hopes ended on Sunday. Bill Littlefield feels the guy who brought those hopes crashing down is a good reason to keep watching basketball.
Littlefield: This March Has Lived Up To The Madness
From a victory for the 16th-seeded UMBC Retrievers to Loyola Chicago and Sister Jean to buzzer-beaters, this year's NCAA Tournament has been sufficiently mad.
Bill Littlefield's Message To NFL Fans: Hate The Pats, But Leave Me Out
As the Patriots prepare for another trip to the Super Bowl, football fans who live outside New England are preparing to root against them ... again. Bill Littlefield addresses the...
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Littlefield: One Sure Bet When It Comes To Sports Gambling
The Supreme Court will eventually rule in Christie v. NCAA whether some states should have the same sports gambling opportunities currently available in Nevada. No matter the outcome, Bill Littlefield...
Littlefield: From Ballpark To Bowling Alley, Mookie Betts Does It All
Mookie Betts is more than just a good ballplayer. He's also quite the bowler. Last week, he bowled a perfect game in the final qualifying round of the World Series...
Littlefield: Gregg Popovich Deserves Our Applause
Last week, President Trump wrongly claimed that previous presidents had not called the families of service members killed in action. This angered Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. After hearing the...
Littlefield: An Unemployed Quarterback And An Angry President
Last weekend the biggest stories from the NFL took place before the games started, as more than 200 players across the league took a knee or sat during the national...
Littlefield: What I Did On My Summer Vacation
This week on Only A Game, we’re telling stories on a theme. You might call it “What I did on my summer vacation." Bill Littlefield recalls a baseball memory from...
Littlefield On Ichiro: Paying Homage To An Elder In The Outfield
At 43, Ichiro Suzuki is the oldest player to start a Major League game in center field since 1900. Is it Suzuki's love of the game that allows him to...
Littlefield: A Lesson For Ballpark Security
On Wednesday night at an Atlanta Braves game, an adult fan reached out and grabbed a ball from the field of play and gave it to a young fan. But...
Littlefield: Seasons And Sports
Like lots of sports fans, Bill Littlefield has been paying particular attention to the NBA playoffs. But he thinks he’d enjoy the basketball season – and all the other seasons...
Poetry And Baseball: Revisiting 'Casey At The Bat'
Baseball season is in full swing -- Bill Littlefield gives his take on Ernest Lawrence Thayer's classic poem, "Casey at the Bat."
Littlefield: An Ode To The 'No Fun League'
Over the weekend, more than 30 former and current NFL players engaged in an arm-wrestling tournament in Las Vegas, future home of the Raiders. The participants could be fined by...
Littlefield: A Poem For March Madness
Bill Littlefield presents the myth of a couple whose lives were changed utterly and forever when they dipped into bracketology ...
Littlefield: The Sports Fan's February Lament
"For sports, as for a lot of things, this February...is a tough month," Bill Littlefield writes.
Littlefield: Athletes Should Be Free To Speak
Bill Littlefield sometimes hears from listeners who feel that athletes should stick to playing their games and that commentators and hosts should stick to talking about those games. This week,...
Awaiting Football's Greatest Show
Twelve NFL teams are playing for a chance to compete on the grand stage of the spectacle that has come to dominate sports in this country. Bill Littlefield doesn’t think...
Littlefield: Sports Hope For A New Year
Bill Littlefield looks forward to the sports feats yet to be accomplished in 2017.