Latest Show: 'Dust Bowl Girls,' A Baseball Beaning, Golf Shorts

Out of Oklahoma during the Great Depression, a champion women's basketball team emerged. This week on Only A Game, Bill Littlefield tells the story of the "Dust Bowl Girls." Also, a family outing to a minor league baseball game took a terrible turn when a line drive hit a 6-year-old fan. And a Sports Illustrated senior writer tells the story of a basketball coach's lesson that took 13 years to sink in. Plus, shorts on the golf course? A fierce debate. Join us!

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After Foul Ball Accident, Young Fan Turns Away From Baseball

Six-year-old James David was sitting in the first row at a Charlotte Knights game when a line drive foul ball hit him in the head. James' parents, Kristy and Eddie, tell the story of the accident and the rules change they hope their story will inspire, In Their Own Words.

3 Stories: NFL Combine Ban, Welcoming Atlanta United, Shorts On The Links

Is the NFL doing the right thing by banning Joe Mixon from the combine? Can Atlanta United maintain its popularity? And should shorts be allowed during PGA events? Jason Gay and Will Leitch join Bill Littlefield.

Remembering Curt Tong — The Coach Who Cut (And Taught) Tim Layden

Before he started writing for Sports Illustrated, Tim Layden was a sophomore on the Williams basketball team. He was coached by a man named Curt Tong, who passed away in January. Layden tells the story of a lesson from Coach Tong that took 13 years to sink in.

Charlie Pierce: The Week In Sports

Bill Littlefield and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce discuss what Kevin Durant's knee injury means for the Golden State Warriors, Colin Kaepernick's revised career and political plans, and a raging bowling controversy involving Newfoundlanders and pants.

40 Years Before Title IX, A Rural Oklahoma Team Elevated Women's Basketball

The setting: Oklahoma during the Great Depression. The protagonists: a coach who had wanted to be a preacher and a group of talented basketball players. Bill Littelfield and Lydia Reeder tell the story of the "Dust Bowl Girls."