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| 1. | The Big Ten was widely and correctly mocked this week when it announced as the names for its newly aligned conferences: | ||
| Burners and Flyers | |||
| Bos and Woodies | |||
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Leaders and Legends | ||
| Scholars and Athletes | |||
| 2. | _____ years and $______ million were enough to secure the services of Cliff Lee for the Phillies: | ||
| 6 / 100 | |||
| 5 / 140 | |||
| 6 / 135 | |||
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5 / 120 | ||
| 3. | Meanwhile, baseball mourned the death of which Hall of Famer at the age of 92 ? | ||
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Bob Feller | ||
| Sandy Koufax | |||
| Bob Gibson | |||
| Joe McCarthy | |||
| 4. | If you're cheering for Zack Greinke next year, you either have him on your fantasy team or are a fan of the: | ||
| Royals | |||
| Padres | |||
| Rockies | |||
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Brewers | ||
| 5. | The Jets suspended Sal Alosi, suddenly the most notorious strength and conditioning coach in the NFL, for which infraction? | ||
| Prescribing performance enhancing drugs to his players | |||
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Ordering a wall built during punt coverage | ||
| For tampering with official equipment on the sidelines? | |||
| Telling Johnny to sweep the leg | |||
| 6. | The remarkably stable roster of the Los Angeles Lakers was shaken up a bit this week when which player was traded to New Jersey? | ||
| Ron Artest | |||
| Lamar Odom | |||
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Sasha Vujacic | ||
| Luke Walton | |||
| 7. | A flurry of transaction brought each of the following to the Orlando Magic this week, except for: | ||
| Jason Richardson | |||
| Gilbert Arenas | |||
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Richard Hamilton | ||
| Hedo Turkoglu | |||
| 8. | The 97-game bowl season got off to a start on Saturday with a 52-24 victory BYU over UTEP in a bowl named after which state? | ||
| California | |||
| Texas | |||
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New Mexico | ||
| Delaware | |||
| 9. | Meanwhile, Northern Illinois romped to a 40-17 over Fresno State in a rather ironically named: | ||
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Humanitarian Bowl | ||
| Competitive Bowl | |||
| Suspense Bowl | |||
| Achievement Bowl | |||
| 10. | UConn women secured their 88th win in a row, tying UCLA mens' consecutive win streak, by going through which school like a hot knife through butter on Sunday? | ||
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Ohio State | ||
| Miami | |||
| Michigan | |||
| UCLA | |||
| 11. | Oakland and Charlotte handed back-to-back losses to this previously unbeaten men's basketball team this week: | ||
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Tennessee | ||
| Kansas State | |||
| Duke | |||
| Connecticut | |||
| 12. | Hyped frosh Josh Selby made his highly anticipated debut for this men's basketball team - and just in time, as he hit the game winner on Saturday: | ||
| Memphis | |||
| Georgetown | |||
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Kansas | ||
| Texas | |||
| 13. | In other franchise-in-the-making school, this group of women captured their fourth straight NCAA volleyball championship this weekend: | ||
| Texas | |||
| Florida State | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
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Penn State | ||
| 14. | The Donovan McNabb/Mike Shanahan brouhaha continued hillariously this week. McNabb entered Sunday's game against Dallas: | ||
| 2nd on the QB depth chart | |||
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3rd on the QB depth chart | ||
| Off the roster | |||
| As the starter, so forget we said anything | |||
| 15. | Monday Night Football's Houston-Baltimore clash ended with an overtime: | ||
| Punt return for touchdown | |||
| Season long field goal | |||
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Pick six | ||
| Sack/fumble recovery for touchdown | |||
| 16. | After a miserable season, the Bengals have clearly seen the light, offering to those who renew season tickets: | ||
| A money-back guarantee | |||
| A vote on which free agents to pursue | |||
| Access to the team's locker room following games | |||
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A free box of popcorn | ||
| 17. | The Lions ended their streak of road futility with a win at Tampa Bay on Sunday. The victory snapped the string of ______ consecutive road losses for Detroit: | ||
| 35 | |||
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26 | ||
| 24 | |||
| 31 | |||
| 18. | A highlight of the NFL season was recorded during the Green Bay/New England game came in the form of a 71-yard kickoff return by a rampaging: | ||
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Offensive lineman | ||
| Defensive lineman | |||
| Quarterback | |||
| Punter | |||
| 19. | Philadelphia engineered an incredible 2nd half comeback, beating the Giants 38-31 after trailing by what score at halftime? | ||
| 28-10 | |||
| 35-8 | |||
| 21-0 | |||
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24-3 | ||
| 20. | This week, it was totally awesome when the Miami Heat lost to...what? They didn't lose? Crap. Fine, which of these teams did they not defeat this week as they extended their winning streak to 12 games? | ||
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Golden State | ||
| New York | |||
| New Orleans | |||
| Cleveland | |||
| 21. | Congrats to the Washington Capitals, ending an 8 game losing streak by defeating the: | ||
| Penguins | |||
| Bruins | |||
| Rangers | |||
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Senators | ||
| 22. | This player, one of the better stories of the 2010 NFL season, spent some time undercover as a sales associate in a sporting goods store, hawking his own jersey to unsuspecting customers: | ||
| Arian Foster | |||
| Josh Freeman | |||
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Danny Woodhead | ||
| Chad Ochocinco | |||
| 23. | The Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year will put his award on the mantle next to this other award that he also won this year: | ||
| Cy Young Award | |||
| Sprint Cup | |||
| a bunch of boxing championships | |||
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Vince Lombardi Trophy | ||
| 24. | The AP's Female Athlete of the Year could be found hanging out doing this: | ||
| breaking serve | |||
| running in a circle on all fours | |||
| shooting 3's | |||
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skiing downhill | ||
| 25. | And finally, the AP's Sports Story of the Year was: | ||
| The World Cup | |||
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Tiger Woods' saga | ||
| The Decision | |||
| Saints win Super Bowl | |||
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