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| 1. | Unless you've spent the last week off the grid, you know that this major college football team had a coaching change: | ||
| Texas | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
| Florida | |||
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Ohio State | ||
| 2. | So, what is the name of the new interim head coach for the Buckeyes? | ||
| Jon Embree | |||
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Luke Fickell | ||
| Larry Porter | |||
| Jim Bollman | |||
| 3. | Good Pitcher, Bad Pitcher (Bad Pitcher edition): Jo Jo Reyes failed in his attempt for futility, as his 28 start winless streak was halted this week as he threw a one-run complete game in Tampa's victory over: | ||
| Texas | |||
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Cleveland | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Seattle | |||
| 4. | Good Pitcher, Bad Pitcher (Good Pitcher edition): Meanwhile, the somewhat more-accomplished Roy Halladay defeated which NL club for the 10th straight time during the week? | ||
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Washington | ||
| Arizona | |||
| Colorado | |||
| New York | |||
| 5. | If you're a team that was in first place at the end of May, please step forward. Hey, not so fast there.... | ||
| New YorkYankees | |||
| Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
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Cincinnati Reds | ||
| 6. | Say goodbye to professional hockey, Atlanta Thrashers fans. The team was sold this week and will be playing in __________ next season: | ||
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Winnipeg | ||
| Halifax | |||
| Saskatoon | |||
| Moosejaw | |||
| 7. | A torn tendon in his __________ didn't prevent Dirk Nowitzki from wrecking havoc on the Heat in Thursday's Game 2 of the NBA Finals..... | ||
| Wrist | |||
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Finger | ||
| Knee | |||
| Ankle | |||
| 8. | ....which saw Dallas overcome a ______ point deficit to win by a bucket: | ||
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15 | ||
| 24 | |||
| 19 | |||
| 21 | |||
| 9. | This poker pro made wave this week, announcing he is skipping the World Series of Poker and is suing the make of Full Tilt Poker for not reimbursing online player accounts following a federal shutdown: | ||
| Chris Ferguson | |||
| Daniel Negreanu | |||
| Scotty Nguyen | |||
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Phil Ivey | ||
| 10. | OPJ raises a glass to the always entertaining Shaquille O'Neal upon the announcement of his retirement week. For which of the following teams did Shaq not play during his career? | ||
| Miami Heat | |||
| Orlando Magic | |||
| Boston Celtics | |||
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Houston Rockets | ||
| 11. | That Tommy John guy sure performs a lot of surgeries. The next high profile patient is this Red Sox pitcher: | ||
| Jon Lester | |||
| Jonathan Papelbon | |||
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Daisuke Matsuzaka | ||
| Clay Bucholz | |||
| 12. | The NHL postseason continued to sparkle through the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals. Game 1 seemed destined for overtime until the host Canucks scored the lone goal of the game with this time left in regulation: | ||
| 25.3 seconds | |||
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18.5 seconds | ||
| 9.9 seconds | |||
| 2.6 seconds | |||
| 13. | Game 2 was even more entertaining, with the game winner scored _______ into overtime: | ||
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11 seconds | ||
| 19 minutes | |||
| 4 seconds | |||
| 2 minutes | |||
| 14. | Bruins fans were beside themselves, as Alex Burrows, who scored the game winner, wasn't suspended for this Game 1 infraction: | ||
| Intentionally knocking the net off to prevent a goal | |||
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Biting the finger of a Bruin | ||
| Slashing the Boston goaltender | |||
| Boarding a defenseless Bruin | |||
| 15. | The Pirates jumped out to a 7-0 lead over this team on Thursday, before remembering they were the Pirates and going down in defeat 9-8: | ||
| Atlanta | |||
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New York | ||
| Chicago | |||
| Arizona | |||
| 16. | Roger Federer is no longer the world's best tennis player, but don't let that fool you as he stopped Novak Djokovic's match winning streak at ____ games in the semifinals of the French Open: | ||
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43 | ||
| 34 | |||
| 56 | |||
| 23 | |||
| 17. | Meanwhile, the current world's best player, Rafael Nadal, dispatched Mr. Federer in the finals at the French Open, giving him his ___ title: | ||
| 3rd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 5th | |||
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6th | ||
| 18. | And OPJ says "What up?" to the French Open women's singles champ, the first Grand Slam winner to ever hail from: | ||
| Japan | |||
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China | ||
| India | |||
| Italy | |||
| 19. | This mac daddy belted two walk-off homers in as many days over the weekend: | ||
| Adrian Gonzalez | |||
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Albert Pujols | ||
| Mark Teixeira | |||
| Jose Bautista | |||
| 20. | The always entertaining National Spelling Bee crowned its new champion on Thursday, as 14 year-old Sukanya Roy correctly spelled which word to win? | ||
| Abhinaya | |||
| Cheongsam | |||
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Cymotrichous | ||
| Doug | |||
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