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1.	One "Atta-Boy" certificate to this fellow, the only unanimous All-Pro selection:
		Tom Brady
		Peyton Manning
		Drew Brees
		Ndamukong Suh

2.	Say hey to your 2011 Australian Open singles champions:
		Novak Djokovic and Kim Clijsters
		Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova
		Rafael Nadal and Vera Zvonareva
		Andy Murray and Li Na

3.	And drink the tears of these two, the runners up for the singles championships:
		Novak Djokovic and Kim Clijsters
		Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova
		Rafael Nadal and Vera Zvonareva
		Andy Murray and Li Na

4.	After a third round defeat at the Australian Open, this former world #1 announced her retirement from tennis:
		Venus Williams
		Kim Clijsters
		Justine Henin
		Serena Williams

5.	"When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it. Once I started to realize I wasn’t earning my money, I felt bad. I was making a crazy amount of money for not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I didn’t want to have those feelings again.” Hats off to this MLB player, who chose to retire rather than play under a contract he didn't think that he deserved:
		Todd Helton
		Darren Oliver
		Jeff Francoeur
		Gil Meche

6.	Because things had just been getting too darned think-y, this body overhauled its scoring format to make things simpler:
		NASCAR
		WTA
		BCS
		Lingerie Football League

7.	According to Forbes, this franchise is the NBA's most valuable:
		Los Angeles Lakers
		New York Knicks
		Boston Celtics
		Miami Heat

8.	And in other franchise news, if you've got some spare change in your couch cushions, up to 25% of this baseball franchise may be for sale soon:
		Detroit Tigers
		Florida Marlins
		New York Mets
		New York Yankees

9.	A positive test for a banned substance has earned this young NBA star a time-out to the tune of 10 games:
		Blake Griffin
		Derrick Rose
		OJ Mayo
		Kevin Love

10.	It was a tumultuous weekend for Big East teams over the weekend. Each of the following ranked teams was upset, except for:
		Connecticut
		Pittsburgh
		Syracuse
		Villanova

11.	Meanwhile, Duke had its lunch handed to it by this unranked Big East team:
		Cincinnati
		St. Johns
		South Florida
		West Virginia

12.	Prior to a win this week, it had been 1,181 days since _______ defeated arch-rival __________ in either football or basketball:
		Harvard / Yale
		UCLA / USC
		Texas A&M / Texas
		Michigan / Michigan State

13.	Michigan State's weird, weird year continues to get weirder, and team standout Korie Lucious won't be around to experience it anymore, as this week he:
		Quit the team to enter the priesthood
		Announced he is transferring to Ohio State
		Was dismissed from the team
		Tore his ACL and is out for the season

14.	The curiously drawn-out contract negotiations between Albert Pujols and the Cardinals this week featured which development?
		Pujols demanded a trade
		Pujols said that he would veto any trade
		Further negotiations were tabled until after the season
		Pujols expressed interest in signing as a player/manager

15.	If you were the head coach for this struggling NBA team, as of Sunday, you found yourself unemployed:
		Pacers
		Raptors
		Warriors
		Timberwolves

16.	Meanwhile, big news was made by an NFL team in this division, as it parted ways with its long-time coach this week:
		AFC South
		NFC West
		AFC West
		NFC North

17.	If you were one of the possibly dozens of fans who watched the NHL All-Star game, then you enjoyed an offensive slugfest that took place in this city:
		Phoenix
		Raleigh
		Dallas
		San Jose

18.	If you did pushups for each goal scored during the game, you probably be won't be flying to Cleveland today, because, boy are your arms tired.....At any rate, this total number of goals was scored:
		10
		23
		15
		21

19.	Although it seemed hardly necessary, these were your head coaches for this year's Pro Bowl:
		Bill Belichick/Sean Payton
		Rex Ryan/Sean Payton
		Bill Belichick/Mike Smith
		Rex Ryan/Mike Smith

20.	Apparently, the Little Sisters of the Poor were run out on the field to play defense during the Pro Bowl, as this was the final score of the affair:
		38-35
		60-38
		50-40
		55-41

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