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1. Cut! This long-tenured running back was given his walking papers after seven seasons:
Clinton Portis
Shonn Greene
Pierre Thomas
Joseph Addai
 
2. Cut/not cut! Meanwhile, this member of the Super Bowl champion Packers unexpectedly cut this pivotal member of their team, only to re-sign him a day later:
Donald Driver
Greg Jennings
Clay Matthews
A.J. Hawk
 
3. Get out your countin' fingers, and tell us the total number of days the current NFL CBA deadline was extended at various points this week:
36 days
5 days
16 days
8 days
 
4. Speaking of extensions, the NBA has granted a extension in the discussions whether or not to relocate this team:
Hawks
Blazers
Kings
Nuggets
 
5. Congrats to Kansas State, who after playing their way out of the tournament, now find themselves a lock after beating this rival, who suddenly can't buy a win, having lost three of their last four:
Kansas
Texas A&M
Texas
Missouri
 
6. Three of the four names below were announced as members for the National College Basketball Hall of Fame this week. Who will have to wait until future years for the call?
Bobby Knight
Ralph Sampson
James Worthy
Chris Webber
 
7. If you enjoy treys, Notre Dame's romp over Villanova Monday night was the game for you this week as the Irish buried this many threes:
15
18
20
21
 
8. With the announcement of the cast of Dancing With the Stars, which of these manly professions is NOT represented by a contestant?
Wrestler
Boxer
Football player
Soccer player
 
9. The talk of college sports this week was BYU dismissing leading rebounder Brandon Davies from its ranked basketball team. What violation of the school's honor code did Davies commit?
Had an alcoholic beverage
Had pre-marital sex
Used foul language
Did not attend church services
 
10. BYU lost its first game after Davies' suspension, losing to _________ for the second time this season.
Utah
Air Force
Colorado State
New Mexico
 
11. Consider passing the hat around for the owner of this baseball team, who revealed he was fined $500,000 in 2009 for comments critical of the league:
Red Sox
Yankees
Dodgers
Mets
 
12. Young buck Julio Jones ran a 4.39 40 at the NFL combine this week. This fact especially impressive considering:
He was running without shoes
He was running while voluntarily wearing extra 20 pound weights on each leg
We was running in full pads
He was running on a broken foot
 
13. Sports Illustrated published a scathing report it had conducted with CBS on College Football and:
Drugs
Crime
Money
Religion
 
14. We wish well to this female athlete, who had a scare this week when she was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism:
Michelle Wie
Sasha Cohen
Danica Patrick
Serena Williams
 
15. Turmoil in the form of harsh words, hair pulling and kung-fu fighting has stricken which predictably inharmonious clubhouse as spring training gets into full swing?
Cubs
White Sox
Rays
Rangers
 
16. Let us all point and laugh at the new-look Knicks, who lost on consecutive Fridays, with this week's loss coming to this lowly NBA team:
The Warriors
The Pistons
The Timberwolves
The Cavs
By way of explanation.....
The loss snapped Cleveland's 26 game road losing streak
 
17. As long as we're pointin' and laughin', let's talk about.....the Heat! Miami managed to blow a 24-point lead in a head-shaking loss to:
LA Lakers
Charlotte
Orlando
Phoenix
 
18. ....and the next day, the Heat hangover continued as this team dealt Miami its biggest loss of the season:
Spurs
Nuggets
Celtics
Mavs
 
19. Which NCAA football powerhouse came under scrutiny this week for its use of a recruiting service?
Texas
Oregon
Notre Dame
Michigan
 
20. While we snickered as we sent the Nets and the Raptors over to London to showcase the NBA to Europe, the two teams (a combined 35-88 heading into the game) delivered a thriller to this effect on Saturday:
Nets win 110-109 on a buzzer beater
Nets win 119-118 in overtime
Nets win 126-125 in double overtime
Nets win 137-136 in triple overtime
 
21. This NBA big man has been sent to his room to think about what he's done, getting a 1-game suspension after recording his 16th technical foul for the season:
Nene
Chris Bosh
Kevin Love
Dwight Howard
 
22. Please step forward if your men's basketball team won its conference regular season championship. Not so fast there,
Duke
Pittsburgh
BYU
Kansas
 
23. It's almost like this team drew up some sort of five-point play (note: that's not what happened), down by three with 10 seconds to go on Saturday, before winning by two in regulation:
West Virginia
Indiana
UCLA
Kansas state
 
24. Hats off to Lindsey Vonn who had an outstanding weekend, winning championships in:
Downhill
Downhill and Super-G
Super-combined and Super-G
Downhill, Super-G and Super-combined
 
25. This team not only qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning its conference championship, it also became the first Division I team to win 30 games:
Morehead State
Belmont
Indiana State
UNC-Asheville
 




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