Only a Game

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By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 17, 2007.
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The sporting season is heating up as the Boston Red Sox face the Cleveland Indians in the playoffs, the New England Patriots win game after game, and the new-look Boston Celtics cruise through their preseason games. Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s Only a Game, joins us to put it all into perspective. Littlefield has a new book out called “Only a Game”, a collection of essays and commentaries on the sports world, written in his entertaining and refreshing style.

Guest

  • Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s Only a Game since 1993, Writer-In-Residence at Curry College and author of several books

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I could not disagree more

I could not disagree more with the opinions being expressed by your show regarding mixed martial arts (Ultimate Fighting). Unlike boxing, MMA is an art form that is well regulated, and takes the safety of it's combatants very seriously. Unfortunately for it's detractors, MMA will be around for a long time. Boxing, pro hockey, and the WNBA will be gone long before MMA which is on the verge of a meteoric rise in popularity.

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