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1.	Dear Mr. __________, MLB wishes to interview you about your knowledge of a certain high-stakes poker games, present at which were large sums of cash, drugs, several members of all Qaeda, thermonuclear weapons and a fortune in forged Pokemon cards:
		Matt Holliday
		Alex Rodriguez
		Prince Fielder
		Zack Greinke

2.	Come January 2, 2012, this will be rebranded as NBC Sports Network:
		CNNSI
		Comcast SportsNet
		Versus
		Spike

3.	A ball thrown just over the head of an opposing batter earned this pitcher the ire of MLB honchos and a six game suspension:
		Brad Penny
		Carlos Zambano
		Jered Weaver
		Derek Lowe

4.	Voters in an area that this NHL team calls home overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that would lead to funding to build a new arena:
		Phoenix Coyotes
		Columbus Blue Jackets
		Nashville Predators
		New York Islanders

5.	Meanwhile, the NBA franchise in this city and its arena were sold to a California developer:
		Atlanta
		Denver
		Detroit
		New Orleans

6.	The purpose of catchers is to flip out and spit on umpires. Which major league catcher may or may not have projected spittle onto home plate umpire Rob Drake Tuesday night?
		Yadier Molina
		Russell Martin
		Rod Barajas
		Gregg Zaun

7.	We were vaguely aware of the existence of baseball Brendan Ryan, who plays for this team.....that is, until he logged a triple that never left the infield on Tuesday night:
		Astros
		Cubs
		Padres
		Mariners
		*By way of explanation.....* Officially it was a single and two bases on defensive indifference, but the guy deserves a triple, gosh darnit.

8.	This switch hitter homered from both sides of the plate on Tuesday night:
		Mark Teixeira
		Chipper Jones
		Carlos Beltran
		Lance Berkman

9.	Now that he's had time to think about what he's done, this school reinstated its star wide receiver, having previously been suspended after a DUI arrest:
		Florida State
		Michigan
		USC
		Notre Dame

10.	RIP Bubba Smith, who turned actor after a stellar collegiate career at:
		Arkansas
		Michigan State
		Clemson
		Texas A&M

11.	Those keeping score wore their pencils down to the nub on Wednesday as these two teams combined for an impressive 37 hits:
		Yankees and White Sox
		Braves and Nationals
		Phillies and Rockies
		Blue Jays and Rays

12.	Saturday tailgating is getting nearer and nearer now that the first USA Today college football poll has come out. You'll find this team at the top spot:
		Alabama
		Oklahoma
		Oregon
		Texas

13.	Tiger Woods made a generally unimpressive return to the PGA tour, finishing well behind winner Adam Scott at this event:
		Tour Championship
		Barclays
		Byron Nelson Championship
		Bridgestone Invitational

14.	This bad news hockey player made more bad news when we was arrested for shoving a policeman:
		Zdeno Chara
		Sean Avery
		George Parros
		Drew Doughty

15.	If you were inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame this weekend, take a step forward. Whoa, not so fast there:
		Marshall Faulk
		Deion Sanders
		Cris Carter
		Shannon Sharpe
		*By way of explanation.....* Hall of Fame induction will reportedly be held up until the missing "h" is located

16.	During the lockout, several NBA players have descended on NYC playgrounds to display their ballin' skills. Which of these less than gentle giants was caught on tape shoving a fan in the face at one such event?
		Ron Artest
		Michael Beasley
		Chris Bosh
		Jermaine O'Neal

17.	The totally awesomely named Prince Amukamara will miss a couple of months after breaking his foot. Which team will miss the Prince's services?
		New York Giants
		Tampa Bay
		Detroit
		New York Jets

18.	Randy Moss hung up his cleats this week. So straight cash, homey, can you remember the division of the last team for which Moss played?
		AFC East
		NFC Central
		NFC South
		AFC South

19.	This driver survived a vicious mid-week crash and raced Sunday with a broken ankle to win the Sprint Cup race at Pocono:
		Kevin Harvick
		Kyle Bush
		Brad Keselowski
		Tony Stewart

20.	This guy, who you might be surprised to learn was fifth in the National League in hitting, is done for the year after tearing his MCL
		Starlin Castro
		Matt Kemp
		Jose Reyes
		Daniel Murphy

21.	This question might feel like a rerun after one of the gentlemen listed below did it last week, but big ups to this guy, who had his 2000th career hit on Sunday:
		Albert Pujols
		Michael Young
		Magglio Ordonez
		Carlos Lee
		*By way of explanation.....* Mr. Pujols did it last week.

22.	Who said it? "It's the most satisfying win I've ever had, there's no two ways about it."
		Stevie Williams
		Tim Lincecum
		Jim Leyland
		Albert Pujols
		*By way of explanation.....* Okaaaaayy.......

23.	Who said it? "The fact that he chose them and all that, like I said before, there’s no way I’m going to wish him well."
		John Fox
		Jim Harbaugh
		Tony Sparano
		Rex Ryan
		*By way of explanation.....* On Shaun Ellis signing with the Patriots

24.	Winning streak: This team's streak of nine straight W's came to an end over the weekend:
		Brewers
		Phillies
		Cardinals
		Braves

25.	Losing streak: We shoulda known better than to believe in this team, who, after showing promise at the All-Star break, ended the weekend on a 10 game losing streak:
		Pirates
		Nationals
		Orioles
		Padres

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