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1. An appellate court upholding the NFL lockout, no end to the labor strife is in sight. Yet the owner for this team thinks that his player rep " and I could get this thing done,on cocktail napkins,over a long lunch at Rick's Boatyard,"
Colts
Giants
Broncos
Patriots
 
2. If you were selected for the College Football Hall of Fame this week, please take a step forward. Not so fast there,
Eddie George
Rashaan Salaam
Deoin Sanders
Lloyd Carr
 
3. More bad news hit the Mets this week as this player was placed on the disabled list with a stress fracture in his back:
Carlos Beltran
David Wright
Jose Reyes
Ike Davis
 
4. It was a night to forget for Royals pitcher Vin Mazzaro as he gave up this many runs in a relief appearance. Unsurprisingly, he was sent down to the minors after the game.
12
13
14
15
 
5. Baseball got a little poorer this week with the passing of mild-mannered home run hitter Harmon Killebrew. Harm played the majority of his career for which AL team?
Boston
Kansas City
Minnesota
Chicago
 
6. This mid-major is keeping its basketball program in family, as its head coach turned over the reins of the team to his son this week:
Gonzaga
Old Dominion
Miami (OH)
Valparaiso
 
7. In OPJ's favorite use of ping-pong balls, this team was awarded the #1 pick in this year's NBA draft by virtue of winning the lottery:
Cleveland
Minnesota
Toronto
Washington
 
8. Following the lottery, there were the usual sour grapes. Which team's GM smelled something fishy with the Cavs winning the top spot in the draft: “This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines. Last year it was Abe Pollin’s widow and this year it was a 14-year-old boy and the only thing we have in common is we have both been bar mitzvahed. We were done. I told Kevin: ‘We’re toast.’ This is not happening for us and I was right.”
Clippers
Timberwolves
Warriors
76ers
 
9. A contract dispute lead the head of this network's sports arm to leave his position:
NBC
CBS
ABC
CNN
 
10. Turmoil for Boxers, Part I: This former boxing great admitted that he had been molested by one of his former coaches:
Marvin Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
 
11. Turmoil for Boxers, Part II: Meanwhile, this more current pugilist checked himself into rehab for unspecified reasons:
Oscar de la Hoya
Wladimir Klitschko
Riddick Bowe
Bernard Hopkins
 
12. Allegations of sexual assault made by a former student, claiming that the athletic department brushed off the charges, have rocked this ACC school:
Duke
Wake Forest
Clemson
Maryland
 
13. All sights are set on these two, as they are the top seeds for the men's and women's singles tournaments in the French Open that began over the weekend:
Novak Djokovic & Kim Clijsters
Rafael Nadal & Caroline Wozniacki
Novak Djokovic & Caroline Wozniacki
Rafael Nadal& Kim Clijsters
 
14. OPJ mourns the loss of one of the most entertaining wrestlers of the 80's and 90's, as he was killed in a car accident this week:
Lex Luger
Roddy Piper
Randy Savage
Hulk Hogan
 
15. This footballer hilariously implied that without an NFL season, the crime rate in the country would rise:
Peyton Manning
Chad Ochocinco
Terrell Owens
Ray Lewis
 
16. With the latest rankings update, this many golfers can now say they're better than Tiger Woods
9
11
13
15
By way of explanation.....
Tiger's ranking is now 12th
 
17. It was interleague weekend in baseball! Hooray! This is the only team below who swept:
Mariners
Yankees
Phillies
Red Sox
 
18. Meanwhile, this is the only team below who got swept:
Rangers
A's
Mets
Natinals
 
19. Interleague brought two teams together on this field for the first time since 1918:
Turner
Fenway
Wrigley
Dodger Stadium
 
20. There won't be a Triple Crown this year, as Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom failed to win the Preakness, right? Right??
Right, the winner was Dialed In
Right, the winner was Shackleford
Right, the winner was Flashpoint
Wrong
 




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