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1.	The New Jersey Devils signed star player Ilya Kovalchuk to a new deal this week. What is the most notable feature of the contract?
		It's a 17 year deal, he's locked up until the 2026-2027 season
		It makes him the highest paid player in the NHL
		He earns $1 the final year of the contract
		He gets to ride the zamboni whenever he wants

2.	The Devils and Mr. Kovalchuk were happy with the contract, but the NHL was not. Why?
		Contracts may not extend 15 years
		The deal structure circumvented the league's salary cap
		He would be slated to make under the league minimum in the tail end of the contract.
		Zamboni riding by players is strictly verboten

3.	In the continued fallout from NCAA sanctions, which of the following was true this week concerning Reggie Bush's 2005 Hesiman trophy?
		Bush returned his copy of the Heisman
		USC returned the school's copy of the Heisman
		Both USC and Bush returned the Heisman
		Neither party returned the Heisman, so forget we said anything

4.	With USC sent to its room to think about what it's done, three of the following schools has also come under NCAA scrutiny. Which of the following was not called to the carpet this week?
		UNC
		Florida
		South Carolina
		Baylor

5.	The fortunes of which tennis bigshot for the upcoming U.S. Open took a bit hit this week when broken glass in a restaurant gashed his/her foot:
		Roger Federer
		Robin Soderling
		Serena Williams
		Maria Sharapova

6.	This player in the summer's NBA free agency bonanza had to issue an apology for including a reference to the World Trade Center in comments he made:
		LeBron James
		Dwyane Wade
		Chris Bosh
		Dan Gilbert

7.	This long-serving manager stated this week that he will visit the greener fields of retirement at the end of the season:
		Jim Leyland
		Lou Piniella
		Joe Torre
		Dusty Baker

8.	In other managerial news, the skipper of this division-leading team was given a three-year extension this week:
		Padres
		Yankees
		White Sox
		Rangers

9.	Which of the following athletes, who has dominated outside the major sports, announced his/her retirement this week?
		Shaun White
		Jennie Finch
		Lindsey Vonn
		Dave Mirra

10.	Prior to a 2-0 win over the Giants, which NL team amassed an 0-6 record following the All-Star game?
		Rockies
		Brewers
		Mets
		Dodgers

11.	Which MLB player, who eschewed wearing a cup, realized the unique pain of baseball smacking testicle this week?
		Carl Crawford
		David DeJesus
		Melvin Mora
		Torii Hunter

12.	Tuesday night saw a closer forced out of the game when a hitting coach, filling in for an ejected manager, turned back to the mound after leaving a conference, constituting, in the umpire's eyes, a second mound visit. We feel like we wrote this question using Baseball Mad Libs, but what team lost its closer earlier than expected?
		Dodgers
		Orioles
		Rays
		Angels

13.	As Tiger Woods' public persona and professional game have gone in the crapper in the last year, he still rakes in the money, topping the SI Fortunate 50 with $90 million in winnings and endorsements. Which of the following is not in the top 10?
		Peyton Manning
		Derek Jeter
		LeBron James
		Jeff Gordon
		*By way of explanation.....* Gordon came in at #29 with just over $21 million

14.	Please update your Sport/Not a Sport scorecards, as a judge ruled this week that this collegiate endeavor is decidedly in the Not column:
		Golf
		Crew
		Gymnastics
		Cheerleading

15.	For the third time this season, a player hit for the cycle. Who surrendered this achievement?
		Orioles
		Giants
		Cubs
		Marlins

16.	Which clubhouse is obviously disarray, as a fracas including punches, hair-pulling and kung fu fighting broke out in the dugout?
		Mariners
		Red Sox
		Rockies
		Royals

17.	An dude of incredible endurance hailing from this country is your 2010 Tour de France champion:
		Canada
		Switzerland
		Spain
		Belgium

18.	This driver's win in the Brickyard 400 gave his team's owner a victory in the Brickyard, Daytona 500 and Indy 500 this year:
		Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
		Jimmie Johnson
		Jamie McMurray
		Ryan Newman

19.	From the Better Late than Never file, we find that this MLB team's win in the 11th on Sunday was the fourth time during the week that the club won in walk-off fashion:
		Cardinals
		Marlins
		Reds
		Nationals

20.	Thanks to a Sunday trade, Dan Haren went from pitching for a team in the NL West to a team in which division?
		AL East
		NL East
		AL Central
		AL West

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