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1. A team that plays in which NBA conference saw its head coach step down this week?
Northwest
Atlantic
Southeast
Pacific
 
2. This week saw impressive winning streaks of 12 (Heat), 10 (Spurs) and Celtics (14) come to an end. Which team was responsible for ending two of them?
Lakers
Nuggest
Hornets
Magic
 
3. Which of the following was not an NBA Christmas Day matchup?
Bulls-Knicks
Heat-Lakers
Thunder-Nuggets
Spurs-Mavs
 
4. Devin Hester's good at running while carrying a football. That has come in handy as, on Monday night, he set the NFL record for return touchdowns with _______:
16
14
9
17
 
5. That same game, what type of injury forced surprise starter Brett Favre out of the game?
Concussion
Bruised kneecap
Torn ACL
Acute amoria phlebitis
 
6. Rumored to be making way for former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, this ACC university bought out its popular head football coach:
Boston College
Maryland
Clemson
Virginia Tech
 
7. This athlete, who had a memorable 2010, pops a bottle of champagne on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated?
Tim Lincecum
Drew Brees
Jimmie Johnson
Sidney Crosby
 
8. If you coach this FBS football team, then good for you - you're the AP Coach of the Year!
Oregon
Boise State
Auburn
Michigan State
 
9. Rick Pitino will bring his high moral standards to this country, after the Louisville coach agreed to become the national team coach this week:
Puerto Rico
Mexico
France
Cuba
 
10. This men's college basketball team had a rough week. It suspended two of its players, including a national player of the year candidate, for receiving improper benefits, and then promptly lost a game. Which team, whose coach's subsequent furious press conference scared the snot out of us, are we talking about?
Kansas State
Pitt
Washington
Butler
 
11. Expected News from Women's Hoops: Cheers to the Lady Huskies, who won their record 89th consecutive game this week with a relatively easy victory over:
Notre Dame
Florida State
Tennessee
Kentucky
 
12. Unexpected News from Women's Hoops: This WNBA standout has been suspended from her off-season Turkish team after testing positive for a banned stimulant:
Diana Taurasi
Sue Bird
Candace Parker
Alana Beard
 
13. This men's college basketball team saw its 52 game home winning streak against nonconference opponents snapped as it lost to Texas this week:
Memphis
Michigan Sate
Georgetown
Florida
 
14. Not enough wicked wristers had been scored by this NHL team, who sacked its coach in an attempt to salvage a disappointing season:
Capitals
Devils
Red Wings
Kings
 
15. More hockey! It seems that one 31 year old Jospeh Robb has been banned from the Air Canada Centre after his recent spate of throwing what unusual objects onto the ice at Maple Leafs games?
Cupcakes
Candy canes
Waffles
Shoes
 
16. Terrell Pryor and several other Ohio State players incurred suspensions (though not for their upcoming bowl game) resulting in the exchange of autographs for services from this type of establishment:
Car dealerships
Grocery stores
Barber shops
Tattoo parlors
 
17. College football darlings Boise State extracted a measure of satisfaction over its 26-3 whitewash of this rather mouthy team in the Las Vegas Bowl:
Washington State
Utah
Oklahoma State
Nebraska
 
18. Rain played havoc with preparations for Pointsettia Bowl, as heavy rains deluged this western city which hosted the event:
Seattle
San Diego
San Francisco
Tempe
 
19. Home cooking didn't set right with the University of Hawaii, as the Rainbow Warriors were shellacked in the Hawaii Bowl by:
TCU
Fresno State
Tulsa
UNLV
 
20. Two players from this men's basketball team, observing the action at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, were seen on camera fighting with each other, resulting in them being suspended indefinitely:
Mississippi State
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Syracuse
 
21. Congratulations to Tom Brady, breaking the NFL record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception when he threw pass #________ without a pick Sunday:
301
298
315
309
 
22. A offense that surrendered 6 turnovers and a defense that gave up more than 400 yards passing meant this team embarrassed itself on Sunday:
Jet
Giants
Chargers
Texans
 
23. Bad weather continues to plague the Vikings. Minnesota's Sunday night game against ________ was postponed until Tuesday night because of a blizzard:
Tampa Bay
Philadelphia
Washington
Seattle
 
24. As of Sunday night, each of the following NFL conference champions had been decided, except for:
AFC East
NFC North
AFC North
AFC West
 
25. To this NFL head coach, axed on Sunday night: thank you for participating.
Eric Mangini
Jack Del Rio
Mike Singletary
Mike Fox
 




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