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| 1. | The feel-good story of last NFL season, the Saints now find themselves embroiled in a drug scandal. What drug is at the center of the supposed wrongdoing? | ||
| Methadone | |||
| Quaaludes | |||
| Paraflex | |||
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Vicodin | ||
| 2. | A member of the men's lacrosse team at this ACC school was charged with the murder of a member of the school's women's lacrosse team: | ||
| Duke | |||
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Virginia | ||
| Virginia Tech | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 3. | A DWI arrest led to the resignation of this school's men's basketball coach: | ||
| Pepperdine | |||
| Providence | |||
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Hofstra | ||
| Utah | |||
| 4. | Everyone who can be found on the list of current NBA coaches, please step forward. Not so fast, | ||
| Kiki Vandeweghe | |||
| Paul Westphal | |||
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Vinny Del Negro | ||
| Rick Carlisle | |||
| 5. | Welcome to the Major Leagues, Part I: Wilson Ramos, filling in for an injured Joe Mauer, became the first player since 1998 (and 21st in the modern era) to do what in his major league debut? | ||
| have 6 RBIs | |||
| hit two home runs | |||
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get four hits | ||
| hit three doubles | |||
| 6. | This Week In Tasered Fans, Part 1: Much hullabaloo was made this week over the use of a Taser by security at this ballpark to subdue a fan that ran onto the field: | ||
| Great American Ball Park | |||
| Petco Park | |||
| Citi Field | |||
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Citizens Bank Park | ||
| 7. | Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge was fined $25,000 by the NBA for attempting to distract Cleveland forward J.J. Hickson via what means as he attempted to shoot a free thrown? (He was unsuccessful.) | ||
| rapidly banging those annoying Thundersticks | |||
| stealing a cheerleader's pom-poms and waving them | |||
| using a laser pointer directed at Hickson | |||
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tossing a white towel into the air | ||
| 8. | OPJ mourns the loss of the Coors Light commercials that uses coach press conference soundbites, as they will no longer be the official beer of the NFL after the 2011 Super Bowl, instead replaced by: | ||
| Sam Adams | |||
| Miller Lite | |||
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Bud Light | ||
| O'Douls | |||
| 9. | Legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell passed away this week at the age of 92. For what team were his dulcet tones heard? | ||
| Chicago Cubs | |||
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Detroit Tigers | ||
| Boston Red Sox | |||
| New York Yankees | |||
| 10. | In Game 2 in their series against the Spurs, the Suns wore jerseys with what printed on the front? | ||
| American Suns | |||
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Los Suns | ||
| El Suns | |||
| Los Soles | |||
| 11. | Welcome to the Major Leagues, Part II: Not to be outdone by Minnesota, the Chicago Cubs had a smashing debut of their own by 20-year-old Starlin Castro. What did he do against the Reds on Friday, which happened to be a major league record for someone's first game? | ||
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have 6 RBIs | ||
| hit two home runs | |||
| get four hits | |||
| hit three doubles | |||
| 12. | Despite a disappointing season that ended in the NIT, this Big East coach was given a contract extension that keeps him around through 2014: | ||
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Connecticut | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| Georgetown | |||
| Syracuse | |||
| 13. | Lawrence Taylor found himself charged with rape following an incident in this state: | ||
| New Jersey | |||
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New York | ||
| Florida | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 14. | Expansion! This city was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise this week to begin play in 2012, bringing the league to 19 teams | ||
| Portland | |||
| Vancouver | |||
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Montreal | ||
| Seattle | |||
| 15. | This city experienced a strange and unusual phenomenon in the form of a rainout for the first time in a long time on Friday thanks to their new baseball stadium not being covered by a dome: | ||
| New York | |||
| Houston | |||
| Kansas City | |||
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Minnesota | ||
| 16. | A week after Sports Illustrated placed the Yankees' "Core Four" on its cover, which was the only of the quartet that was not injured the following week? | ||
| Rivera | |||
| Pettite | |||
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Jeter | ||
| Posada | |||
| 17. | This Week In Tasered Fans, Part II: A drunken fan who would not stop heckling Tiger Woods at the 11th hole of this golf tournament was Tasered and charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest: | ||
| Quail Hollow Championship | |||
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The Players Championship | ||
| Valero Texas Open | |||
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | |||
| 18. | This comedic actor made a comedic appearance at a Round Rock Express minor league baseball game as Venezuelan ex-con Rojo Johnson, bringing beer cans to the pitching mound and throwing one pitch juuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside before being ejected and starting a brawl: | ||
| Jack Black | |||
| Ben Stiller | |||
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Will Ferrell | ||
| Sasha Baron Cohen | |||
| 19. | We can only assume that someone scored on a wicked wrister in Detroit's only series win over the Sharks, in a game notable for its final score of: | ||
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7-1 | ||
| 6-0 | |||
| 8-2 | |||
| 7-4 | |||
| 20. | This week, an MLB pitcher became: | ||
| The youngest to pitch a complete game | |||
| The fastest to 150 wins | |||
| The first to record an unassisted triple play | |||
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The oldest to throw a shutout | ||
| 21. | As of end of play on Saturday, the latest player to hit for the cycle is a member of the: | ||
| Cubs | |||
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Brewers | ||
| Astros | |||
| Mariners | |||
| 22. | Allegation of drug policy violation dogged the NFL defender who was last season's | ||
| Sack leader | |||
| Defensive player of the year | |||
| AFC champion defensive captain | |||
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Rookie of the year | ||
| 23. | Lots and lots of left-handed turns resulted in this driver winning the two weekend races at Darlington - the first time in 17 years the sweep has been accomplished | ||
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Denny Hamlin | ||
| Jeff Gordon | |||
| Jimmie Johnson | |||
| Jeff Burton | |||
| 24. | Say hello to your 2009-10 NCAA men's volleyball champions: | ||
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Stanford | ||
| Nebraska | |||
| Hawaii | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
| 25. | This standout of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament pulled out of the NBA draft and will return to school next year: | ||
| Ali Farokhmanesh | |||
| Cole Aldrich | |||
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Jimmer Fredette | ||
| Gordon Hayward | |||
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