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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
 




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