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1.	You're Fired, Part 1: Which pair of NFL head coaches were relieved of duty this week?
		Eric Mangini and Gary Kubiak
		Leslie Frazier and Chan Gailey
		Eric Mangini and Tom Cable
		Tom Cable and Leslie Frazier

2.	You're Fired, Part 2: Rich Rodriguez was kicked to the curb with extreme prejudice this week, following three years during which his Michigan team won a total of:
		10 games
		9 games
		15 games
		6 games

3.	You're Hired, Part 1: An unlikely, feel-good story unfolded rapidly early in the week when golden-voiced, homeless man Ted Williams sprang to fame when a widely-viewed YouTube interview led him to a job with this NBA franchise:
		Cleveland
		LA Clippers
		Denver
		Oklahoma City

4.	You're Hired (?), Part 2: This NFL team has a head coach. Team flies Jim Harbaugh in to interview for head coach position (note: position not vacant). Team appears to be on the verge of signing Harbaugh to head coach position (still: not vacant). Deal falls apart. Harbaugh signs elsewhere. Team gives its coach an extension. Just another wacky week in:
		Buffalo
		Houston
		Miami
		San Diego

5.	You're Hired, Part 3: When the dust had settled, Jim Harbaugh signed as the coach for:
		Stanford
		A team in the AFC West
		A team in the NFC West
		A team in teh AFC East

6.	With the UConn women having had their winning streak snapped the week before, this school now holds the #1 ranking in women's basketball:
		Duke
		Notre Dame
		Stanford
		Baylor

7.	All was not lost in HuskyLand, though, as the UConn men's team gritted out an overtime road win against this non-conference power:
		Kansas
		UCLA
		Memphis
		Texas

8.	Following a home loss to West Virginia, UConn's Big East rival _________ fell to 1-3 in the conference:
		Louisville
		Notre Dame
		Georgetown
		Syracuse

9.	Good deal: The Rockies locked up emerging star Carlos Gonzalez thanks to a new _____________ contract.
		7 year, $80 million
		10 year, $104 million
		$6 year, $75 million
		9 year, $110 million

10.	Bad deal: This MLB club has decided to throw $96 million at curious star Adrien Beltre:
		Texas
		Kansas City
		Oakland
		Toronto

11.	Meanwhile, the reformation of the Rays continues as Tampa Bay sent Matt Garza to which team for a wheelbarrowful of prospects?
		Yankees
		Cubs
		Mariners
		Tigers

12.	Derogatory comments made against a female sideline reporter in a production meeting has cost this long-time ESPN college football announcer his job:
		Ron Franklin
		Bob Davie
		Bob Griese
		Brad Nessler

13.	The Baseball Hall of Fame voting this week gave thumbs up to men with the first names of:
		Bert and Barry
		Roberto and Bert
		Edgar and Lee
		Roberto and Jack

14.	The Hall of Fame chances of Mark McGwire appear to be plummeting, as the former slugger garnered only what percentage of the vote?
		33.7
		5.9
		9.8
		19.8

15.	'Boy Toy:' that's the rather curious label applied to Phil Jackson by this rival of the Lakers head coach:
		Jeff van Gundy
		Ron Artest
		Mark Cuban
		Dennis Rodman

16.	With their victory in the GoDaddy Bowl, this school became the first in FBS history to win 10 games a season after losing 10 games:
		Clemson
		Texas Tech
		Miami (OH)
		FIU

17.	Everyone who made the cut to become a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, please step forward. Not so fast there,
		Jerome Bettis
		Marshall Faulk
		Deion Sanders
		Terrell Davis

18.	Because he didn't reach certain performance/incentive measures, the final year in the contract of this NFL defensive standout has been voided:
		Vince Wilfork
		Nnamdi Asomugha
		Justin Tuck
		Antonio Cromartie

19.	This NFL player had a solid game on a weekend while his brother was missing after jumping into a river after being confronted by law enforcement about a possible stolen car:
		LaDainian Tomlinson
		Ed Reed
		Jason Avant
		Ray Rice

20.	How many home teams won during the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs?
		One
		Two
		Three
		Four

21.	The divisional winner of this conference is no longer still alive in the postseason:
		AFC West
		NFC South
		NFC Central
		AFC East

22.	This quarterback had this lowest passer rating, by far, of any of the Wild Card round starters:
		Matt Cassel
		Mark Sanchez
		Joe Flacco
		Michael Vick

23.	50 years from now, you'll be able to tell grandchildren, the nursing home staff, that squirrel that's looking at you funny, whoever, of the night you saw Marshawn Lynch's incredible game-sealing touchdown run of:
		98 yards
		67 yards
		43 yards
		50 yards

24.	If you're this guy, then....dude! The six points that your missed field goals cost the team would have provided the margin of victory in your season-ending loss:
		Garrett Hartley
		Adam Vinatieri
		David Akers
		Ryan Succop

25.	"I give everything I've got no matter what. Every day, I give it everything. And . . . one ball, that's all."Thus bitched this receiver, whose feelings were hurt after not getting more attention:
		Reggie Wayne
		Marques Colston
		Dexter McCluster
		Riley Cooper

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