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| 1. | The Cleveland Cavaliers remain without a head coach. The Cavs spent most of the week courting a highly regarded coach from this conference: | ||
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Big 10 | ||
| Big East | |||
| ACC | |||
| SEC | |||
| 2. | World Cup play began on Friday as host South Africa played: | ||
| Greece | |||
| Argentina | |||
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Mexico | ||
| Uruguay | |||
| 3. | Who scored a gift goal for the US in the highly anticipated World Cup opener against England? | ||
| Landon Donovan | |||
| Stuart Holden | |||
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Clint Dempsey | ||
| Jozy Altidore | |||
| 4. | The opening two days of World Cup action largely featured ties. Which was the first team to record a win? | ||
| France | |||
| Argentina | |||
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South Korea | ||
| Nigeria | |||
| 5. | Which was not a stat applicable to Stephen Strasburg's fist MLB game gem against the Pirates? | ||
| Zero walks | |||
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15 batters struck out | ||
| 2 runs in 7 innings | |||
| Fanned the last 7 batters he faced | |||
| 6. | Washington continued its unusually stellar week by selecting Bryce Harper first overall in the draft. Where did Harper play college baseball? | ||
| Cal State Fullerton | |||
| Miami | |||
| Tulsa | |||
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He didn't | ||
| 7. | Also taken in the draft was the son of this former MLBer, selected eighth overall by the Astros: | ||
| Joe Carter | |||
| Pedro Astacio | |||
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Delion Deshields | ||
| Kenny Lofton | |||
| 8. | Let us all now point and laugh at former Notre Dame/current Seattle Seahawks player Golden Tate as he was busted for breaking into this type of establishment: | ||
| Record store | |||
| Movie theater | |||
| Comic book store | |||
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Donut shop | ||
| 9. | Say hey to your 2010 NCAA softball champions, the: | ||
| Gators | |||
| Sooners | |||
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Bruins | ||
| Wildcats | |||
| 10. | Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli had a bad week. Why? | ||
| He learned he would not be up for Heisman consideration | |||
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He was kicked off the team | ||
| His apartment was broken into | |||
| He broke into a donut shop -- no, that would be downright foolish | |||
| 11. | This former NBA player, most currently working as a broadcaster, has agreed to coach the Nets: | ||
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Avery Johnson | ||
| Jalen Rose | |||
| Greg Anthony | |||
| Tim Legler | |||
| 12. | As the Stanley Cup wound down, a Chicago newspaper bastardized the name of this unpopular Flyer: | ||
| Riley Cote | |||
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Chris Pronger | ||
| Michael Leighton | |||
| Brian Boucher | |||
| 13. | The Cup was decided on a goal by: | ||
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Patrick Kane | ||
| Bryan Bickell | |||
| Jonathan Towes | |||
| Dustin Byfuglien | |||
| 14. | The Cup returned to Chicago after this many years: | ||
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49 | ||
| 55 | |||
| 37 | |||
| 45 | |||
| 15. | Which weekend inter-league matchup featured teams from the same city? | ||
| Mets and Yankees | |||
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Cubs and White Sox | ||
| Angels and Dodgers | |||
| None of the above | |||
| 16. | Some would say that karma finally caught up to USC, as the Trojans received a postseason ban of this many years: | ||
| 4 years | |||
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2 years | ||
| 5 years | |||
| No ban | |||
| 17. | Along with football, these other two USC sports were sanctioned: | ||
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Men's basketball and women's tennis | ||
| Mens' basketball and women's track | |||
| Softball and men's track | |||
| Men's and women's basketball | |||
| 18. | Which pitcher was obliterated in an inter-league game this weekend, allowing nine runs on nine hits in just over an inning? | ||
| Roy Oswalt | |||
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Jamie Moyer | ||
| Justin Verlander | |||
| Jared Weaver | |||
| 19. | The apparent dissolution of the Big 12 will be one of the fascinating sports stories of the year. Which was the first Big 12 team to leave to join the Pac 10? | ||
| Oklahoma State | |||
| Texas Tech | |||
| Oklahoma | |||
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Colorado | ||
| 20. | By the weekend, the Big 12 had lost another team to which other conference? | ||
| SEC | |||
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Big 10 | ||
| Missouri Valley | |||
| Conference USA | |||
| 21. | In other realignment news, a highly ranked team outside the Big 12 moved from ___________ to the __________: | ||
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WAC to Mountain West | ||
| Mountain West to WAC | |||
| WAC to Conference USA | |||
| Conference USA to Mountain West | |||
| 22. | The fourth game of the NBA finals saw Boston's bench outscore their Lakers counterparts by a score of: | ||
| 23-9 | |||
| 28-5 | |||
| 30-20 | |||
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36-18 | ||
| 23. | The Lakers, meanwhile, saw this starter play only 12 minutes, all in the first half: | ||
| Pau Gasol | |||
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Andrew Bynum | ||
| Lamar Odom | |||
| Derek Fisher | |||
| 24. | 16 year-old Abby Sunderland's attempt to sail solo around the world ended this week when: | ||
| She completed her trip | |||
| She pulled into a port and announced she was prematurely ended her trip | |||
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Her mast broke and she was rescued | ||
| Was lost at sea | |||
| 25. | Along with Colorado, this BCS school was sanctioned for low scores on the Academic Progress Rate: | ||
| Michigan | |||
| Alabama | |||
| Florida State | |||
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Syracuse | ||
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