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1.	This retired quarterback is expected to be one of the contestants on the new season of Dancing With the Stars:
		Brett Favre
		Kurt Warner
		Troy Aikman
		Boomer Esiason

2.	We're sure that it's all smooth sailing ahead for Albert Haynesworth, as the big guy finally passes his conditioning test on ________ this week:
		Wednesday
		Saturday
		Friday
		Thursday

3.	As the debate about NLF hazing pointlessly continued this week, a teammate delivered unto the Broncos' Tim Tebow a new hairdo that most closely resembles which of the following?





4.	"I don't see them as a major player anymore, really," Who made this newsmaking statement this week, and which team was the subject?
		New York Jets coach about the Patriots no longer being an elite team
		Tony Stewart about Hendricks Motor Sports drivers contending for the Sprint Cup
		The Big 10 commissioner, about Notre Dame no longer being in conference expansion plans
		Tampa Bay Rays manager about the Red Sox not having a shot at the postseason

5.	Pivotal to winning the Stanley Cup, the Chicago Blackhawks parted ways with which of its players this week?
		Dustin Byfuglien
		Antii Niemi
		Patrick Kane
		Jonathan Toews

6.	Which pitcher tied his franchise's single-season victory record this week?
		Ubaldo Jimenez
		James Shields
		John Lannan
		Barry Zito

7.	After a long delay, the inevitable finally happened and Alex Rodriguez hit the 600th home run of his career. Which team was victimized?
		Oakland
		Boston
		Toronto
		Tampa Bay

8.	OPJ thinks fondly back to the days when Shaq was a fresh-faced rookie. OPJ is old. Anyway, the veteran reached signed a contract with this team:
		Orlando
		Miami
		Cleveland
		Boston

9.	The Detroit Lions secured the services of Mr. Ndamukong Suh by way of a contract worth ________, ________ coming in the form of guaranteed money
		$70 million / $35 million
		$65 million / $28 million
		$68 millioin / $40 million
		$73 million / $45 million

10.	A few days after Suh signed, ________ became the final first round draft choice to agree to terms with his team:
		Russell Okung
		C.J. Spiller
		Tyson Alualu
		Kyle Wilson

11.	A torn pec will sideline this NFL defensive standout for up to five months:
		Darren Sharper
		Elvis Dumervil
		Patrick Willis
		Jared Allen

12.	"I challenge u to a boxing match, live at espn studios, show the world if u can bak up the tuff talk." We would love to see the outspoken sports start who issued the above challenge to knock Jim Rome into next week:
		Charles Barkley
		Curt Schilling
		Ozzie Guillen
		Shaquille O'Neal

13.	These two high-profile football schools agreed this week to a four game series beginning in 2015:
		Michigan-LSU
		Penn State-Miami
		Nebraska-Stanford
		Texas-Notre Dame

14.	Kevin Youkilis became roughly the 28th Red Sox to spend time on the injury list this year. What body part will force Youk to miss the remainder of the season?
		Thumb
		Elbow
		Foot
		Knee

15.	A sporting official named Bill Leavy admitted he made blew a call that impacted this recent sporting event:
		Armando Galaragga's near-perfect game
		Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals
		Super Bowl XL
		Game 7 of the 2009 NHL Finals

16.	Which of the following is not a description of a NFL player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday?
		A Denver Broncos running back
		The all-time NFL touchdown leader
		A Washington offensive lineman
		The leader in non-offensive touchdowns
		*By way of explanation.....* The final option describes Deion Sanders, who has not been inducted yet

17.	Meanwhile, this broadcaster received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television award:
		Bob Costas
		Howard Cosell
		Chris Berman
		Steve Sabol

18.	And Sunday night brought the Hall of Fame game, contested between teams from these two divisions:
		NFC East and AFC North
		NFC East and AFC East
		NFC South and AFC West
		NFC West and AFC North

19.	The Coaches' Poll named this team to the top of its preseason poll?
		Florida
		Ohio State
		Boise State
		Alabama

20.	What was the verdict in the Karen Sypher-Rick "15 seconds" Pitino?
		Sypher was not guilty of extortion
		Sypher was guilty extortion
		Pitino was not guilty of sexual assault
		Pitino was guilty of sexual assault

21.	A controversial call in the bottom of the ninth on a line drive down the third base line cost this team a victory on Thursday night:
		Mets
		Orioles
		Cardinals
		Marlins

22.	Hooray, New York Knicks fans! Rejoice, as Isiah Thomas is returning to the team in this capacity:
		Vice President
		Consultant
		Coach
		General Manager

23.	If you played four rounds of golf this weekend and did better than ____ strokes over par, you could say you played better than Tiger Woods this weekend:
		16
		17
		18
		19

24.	Which school was forced to deny allegations of payments upwards of $200K to basketball recruit Anthony Davis?
		Georgetown
		Kentucky
		UNC
		Washington

25.	Not content with already leading the majors, this team went out and smacked eight more home runs on Saturday:
		Toronto
		Boston
		New York Yankees
		Milwaukee