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| 1. | First, a few notes from football. Meet the highest paid NFL kicker, ever. | ||
| David Akers | |||
| Mason Crosby | |||
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Sebastian Janikowski | ||
| Nate Kaeding | |||
| 2. | The Ravens sacrificed character for talent, as they signed this bad-news wide receiver this week: | ||
| Brandon Marshall | |||
| Anquan Boldin | |||
| Marvin Harrison | |||
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Donte Stallworth | ||
| 3. | Weeks of negotiating finally with several teams finally ended with Johnny Damon signing with: | ||
| The Yankees | |||
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The Tigers | ||
| The White Sox | |||
| The Marlins | |||
| 4. | Former Yankee ace Chien-Ming Wang signed with this National League team: | ||
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Washington | ||
| Atlanta | |||
| Chicago | |||
| Houston | |||
| 5. | Hi, we're the only top ten college basketball team below that didn't lose this week: | ||
| Villanova | |||
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Duke | ||
| Ohio St. | |||
| Georgetown | |||
| 6. | Appearing to be running away with the contest, Syracuse saw its _____ point lead cut to just _____ before escape with a 4 point win at Georgetown on Thursday: | ||
| 30 / 3 | |||
| 18 / 5 | |||
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23 / 1 | ||
| 28 / 3 | |||
| 7. | A judge from this country issued an arrest warrant for disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis: | ||
| United States | |||
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France | ||
| Spain | |||
| England | |||
| 8. | Our thoughts are with this NBA coach who was diagnosed with treatable neck and throat cancer: | ||
| Scott Skiles | |||
| Stan Van Gundy | |||
| Phil Jackson | |||
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George Karl | ||
| 9. | Hi, we're the New Jersey Nets, and we finally won our 5th game of the year this week. Curiously, 40% of our victories have come against a playoff-contending team. Who did we beat for the second time this year? | ||
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Charlotte Bobcats | ||
| Miami Heat | |||
| Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| Orlando Magic | |||
| 10. | The biggest name moved at the NBA trade deadline was Tracy McGrady, in a three team deal that did not involve this team: | ||
| Knicks | |||
| Kings | |||
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Celtics | ||
| Rockets | |||
| 11. | Carmelo Anthony scored 40 points on the road as Denver stopped Cleveland's _______ game winning streak: | ||
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13 | ||
| 18 | |||
| 11 | |||
| 17 | |||
| 12. | Oh, Oregon Ducks. In the news for all the wrong reasons this week. One of these, thankfully, we made up: | ||
| Running back LaMichael James was arrested on assault charges | |||
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Running back LeGarrette Blount was arrested on drug possession | ||
| Wide receiver Jamere Holland was booted off the team after a Facebook update | |||
| Linebacker Kristian Kiko Alonso was arrested on a DUI charge | |||
| 13. | OPJ remembers where they were when Tiger Woods spoke. Do you? Which of these excerpts was not part of his speech? | ||
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"Elin and I have come to an agreement to separate." | ||
| "I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know when that day will be." | |||
| "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in." | |||
| "I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated." | |||
| 14. | If the Accenture Match Play Championship was played at the Olympics, they would have played this country's national anthem when announcing the winner (and the runner-up, too): | ||
| Spain | |||
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England | ||
| United States | |||
| Columbia | |||
| 15. | This man drove very quickly through a bunch of left-hand turns in winning Sunday's Auto Club 500: | ||
| Tony Stewart | |||
| Jeff Burton | |||
| Kevin Harvick | |||
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Jimmie Johnson | ||
| 16. | Thanks in part to a gold medal for China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the Russians were completely left off the podium in this sport, in which they've taken the gold each Olympics since 1960: | ||
| Ice dancing | |||
| 2-man bobsled | |||
| 2-man luge | |||
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Pairs figure skating | ||
| 17. | There was no showboating for Lindsey Jacobellis this time as the snowboarder ended up with this medal: | ||
| gold | |||
| silver | |||
| bronze | |||
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she didn't medal | ||
| 18. | Apolo Anton Ohno became the United States' most decorated Winter Olympian ever by winning his ____ medal Saturday night: | ||
| 5th | |||
| 6th | |||
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7th | ||
| 8th | |||
| 19. | Goalie Ryan Miller had this many saves as the United States stunned Canada 5-3 in men's hockey at the Olympics: | ||
| 37 | |||
| 25 | |||
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42 | ||
| 45 | |||
| 20. | Each of these countries had won only one gold medal as of Friday, but the correct event is only listed for one of them: | ||
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Slovakia-Biathalon | ||
| Australia-Skeleton | |||
| Czech Republic-Snowboarding | |||
| Great Britain-Speed Skating | |||
| 21. | Sunday came word that US bronze medal snowboarder Scotty Lago fled the Olympic games unexpectedly. What happened to make Scotty high-tail it outta there? | ||
| He was named in a doping report | |||
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Racy pictures of him, a female fan, and his medal emerged on the internet | ||
| He was busted by Vancouver officials for driving while intoxicated | |||
| He had just signed a movie deal | |||
| 22. | Olympic It-Girl Lindsey Vonn at least partially lived up to the hype surrounding her skiing efforts, as she won: | ||
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Gold in the downhill and bronze in the Super-G | ||
| Silver in the Super-G and bronze in the combined | |||
| Gold in the combined and silver in the downhill | |||
| Silver in the downhill and gold in the Super-G | |||
| 23. | On the flipside, having been largely ignored by the media recently, Bode Miller busted out at Vancouver, winning (as of Sunday): | ||
| Two silvers and a bronze | |||
| A gold and a silver | |||
| Two golds and a bronze | |||
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A gold, a silver and a bronze | ||
| 24. | Which of these US athletes, as of Sunday, has won multiple medals? | ||
| Hannah Teter | |||
| J.R. Celski | |||
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Julia Mancuso | ||
| Chad Hedrick | |||
| 25. | Each of _______'s nine medals as of Sunday have come from disciplines involving _________: | ||
| Germany / skiing | |||
| Norway / skating | |||
| Switzerland / skiing | |||
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South Korea / skating | ||
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