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1.	Oakland's Dallas Braden had himself a pretty good Mother's Day, throwing just the _____ perfect game in modern MLB history:
		23rd
		16th
		19th
		28thh

2.	Prior to his gem, Braden was best known this season getting into a confrontation with this slugger:
		Alex Rodriguez
		David Ortiz
		Joe Mauer
		Carlos Pena

3.	Tiger Woods had a forgettable week. His comeback on the course was derailed when he withdrew from The Players Championship, with which was originally suspected to be a:
		Quad injury
		Stress fracture
		Bulging disc
		Torn rotator cuff

4.	Team Tiger got a little thinner this week. Which member of Woods' entourage is no longer on the payroll of Eldrick?
		Hank Haney
		Romeo Posar
		Steve Williams
		Butch Harmon

5.	Which was not true of the fifth game in the Celtics-Cavaliers series?
		LeBron James had zero field goals in the first half
		It was Cleveland's worst home playoff loss
		It was Boston's largest road playoff win
		Cleveland coach Mike Brown was ejected

6.	Fortunately, Boston-Cleveland brought a bit of drama to the second round of the NBA playoffs. In the three other series, the teams that lost the series won a combined total of _______ games
		0
		3
		4
		1

7.	Thanks to an errant elbow from Tim Duncan, this member of the Suns kind of looked like a space alien with a swollen shut right eye after Phoenix swept San Antonio out of the playoffs
		Amare Stoudemire
		Steve Nash
		Grant Hill
		Channing Frye

8.	This NBA playoff team, whose season ended on a bit of a sour note despite making it to the postseason, has fired its coach:
		Altanta
		Oklahoma City
		Denver
		Portland

9.	Even before the conference championship games begin, a coach was already looking for a psychological advantage. Which coach alleged that his opponent's star player carries the ball?
		Orlando's Stan van Gundy
		Boston's Doc Rivers
		Phoenix's Alvin Gentry
		Los Angeles's Phil Jackson

10.	A $19 million monument to Cars That Go Fast opened this week as NASCAR unveiled its Hall of Fame in this city:
		Daytona Beach
		Charlotte
		Darlington
		Dover

11.	The NBA approved the sale of the Not-Long-For New Jersey Nets to a billionaire from this country:
		Brazil
		Russia
		Sweden
		Italy

12.	Summoned to pinch-hit on Tuesday, Old Man Griffey was unavailable to play, as he (allegedly):
		Couldn't find his helmet
		Was asleep
		Refused to enter the game
		Sprained his wrist warming up

13.	Also caught snoozing during a baseball game was this announcer:
		Keith Hernandez
		Michael Kay
		Joe Morgan
		Vin Scully

14.	This week, which of these renown boxers won a seat in his home country's congress?
		Wladimir Klitschko
		Juan Manuel Marquez
		Manny Pacquiao
		Miguel Cotto

15.	Citing security concerns stemming from an economic concurrent economic summit, MLB honchos decided to move a interleague game scheduled to have been played in this city:
		Detroit
		Toronto
		St. Louis
		Washington, DC

16.	After been publicly outed for using drugs, Brian Cushing couldn't possibly have won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award when it went to a revote, right? Right??
		Right, the award went to Clay Matthews
		Right, the award went to Jairus Byrd
		Right, the award went to Brian Orakpo
		Wrong

17.	The drug that Cushing tested positive was apparently the same drug that this baseball player had used in recent years:
		Manny Ramirez
		David Ortiz
		Shawne Merriman
		Jason Giamibi

18.	Hopefully someone bought a beer for the baseball player who went 5-for-5, including an extra-inning, walk-off home run. This achievement was recorded during the week for a player on the roster of:
		The Astros
		The Rockies
		The Mariners
		The Rangers

19.	Via the bullpen coach and some contraband binoculars, this team was accused of stealing signs in a game against the Rockies:
		Dodgers
		Mets
		Phillies
		Giants

20.	Riots ensued in this city following its playoff series victory this week:
		Boston
		Phoenix
		San Jose
		Montreal

21.	Debates over sportsmanship followed the disqualification of a female high school pole vaulter, when the opposing team coach noticed that she wore a _________ during her meet-clinching jump:
		Tattoo
		Banned uniform number
		Friendship bracelet
		Hearing aid

22.	It should come as no surprise that this college basketball coach, who doesn't exactly have a track record of strong loyalty, reportedly entertained offers of jumping to the NBA this week
		John Thompson III
		Rick Pitino
		Bill Self
		John Calipari

23.	OPJ bemoans the fact that it has still never seen a Triple Crown in its lifetime, as this horse won the Preakness Stakes:
		Super Saver
		First Dude
		Jackson Bend
		Looking At Lucky

24.	Because Super Saver did not win the Preakness, it's now been this many years since the last Triple Crown winner:
		32
		31
		30
		29

25.	While the NHL playoffs in the Western Conference have largely gone to form, the Eastern Conference keeps approaching ludicrous speed. Add up the seed numbers of the teams that will contend for the conference championship, and you get this number:
		10
		8
		12
		15

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