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1. If you're an MLB did that didn't file for bankruptcy this week, please step forward. Not so fast there....
Royals
Mets
Dodgers
Astros
 
2. The ultimate men's and women's singles champs at Wimbledon represent these two countries:
France and Denmark
Spain and Russia
Serbia and Czech Republic
Switzerland and Italy
 
3. Within a span of a few hours on Monday, each of these big-names went down in the Wimbledon's women's singles tournament. Which was the only one to advance past the round of 16?
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Caroline Wozniacki
 
4. Meanwhile, fading former champion Roger Federer lost in the quarterfinals to this man, after leading the match by two sets:
Andy Murray
Mardy Fish
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Andy Roddi-bwhahahahaha, we can't bring ourselves to finish this
 
5. To the relief of some and disappointment of many, Terrell Owens will not be retiring after all. Reports earlier in the week that the receiver might retire after mysteriously injuring his ____________ proved erroneous:
Knee
ACL
Hip
Neck
 
6. OPJ pours one out for this former basketball player, having provided one of the signature moments in NCAA history, who died in a bus crash this week:
NC State's Lorenzo Charles
Duke's Christian Laettner
Georgetown's Fred Brown
Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble
 
7. Pitching carried South Carolina to the College World Series championship, the ______ consecutive time the Gamecocks have won the tournament:
4th
3rd
2nd
1st, which doesn't make sense so forget we said anything
 
8. This pitcher got touched up a bit on Sunday, which is a shame considering that prior to that he had pitched three consecutive complete game shutouts:
Cliff Lee
Justin Verlander
CC Sabathia
Josh Beckett
 
9. Arizona's Wily Mo Pena employed an unusual ritual before belting a two-run walk-off homer against Cleveland this week:
Untying his shoelaces
Rolling his pants up to his knees
Doing a cartwheel
Spitting in his helmet
 
10. Tiger Woods is Bill Murray? In his first notable endorsement deal since, well, you know, Tiger will be promoting a line of these products in ads that will be seen only in Japan:
televisions
muscle rubs
booze
golf balls
 
11. Meanwhile, in other odd endorsement news, this company has picked up Michael Vick after previously parting ways following his legal troubles:
Nike
Gatorade
EA
Adidas
 
12. The Bouncing Ball of Justice continues to bounce towards Oregon football coach chip Kelly, after a _________ claimed that Kelly OK'd a payment to him:
Player
Parent of a player
Scout
Bowl official
 
13. We got a chuckle out of a certain city's sports blog: Let's summarize the state of [city] sports:
The [football team]? Locked out.
The [basketball team]? Locked out.
The [hockey team]? Long gone."
Which city's paper made the posting?
Atlanta
Denver
Dallas
Minneapolis
 
14. Ah, yes, NBA labor strife. We now have two major sports leagues suspended after the NBA collective bargaining agreement expired on ___________ and the league locked out its players on ______________:
Wednesday / Thursday
Thursday / Friday
Friday / Saturday
Monday / Tuesday
 
15. Jaromir Jagr returned to the NHL this week by signing a contract with this team
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York Rangers
Chicago
 
16. After hitting their first grand slam in almost two years, this team only had to wait one inning before hitting another:
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
New York Mets
Atlanta
 
17. All-Stars! This team will be the most represented on the field when the National League starters take the field:
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
By way of explanation.....
Three Brewers will start, each of the other choices have one representative
 
18. Meanwhile, if you're a fan of this American League team, you're in luck as they'll have four of their players starting the All-Star game, the most in the AL:
Boston
Toronto
Texas
New York
 
19. And say hey to the top vote getter in the fan All-Star voting:
Ryan Braun
Brian McCann
Jose Bautista
Alex Rodriguez
 
20. As play concluded on the final day of June, each of the following baseball teams found themselves in sole possession of first place, except for:
St. Louis
San Francisco
Detroit
Philadelphia
By way of explanation.....
St. Louis was tied with Milwaukee for the lead in the NL Central
 




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