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| 1. | Let's get the tragic out of the way first. Indycar racing suffered a devastating blow as this racer was killed in the season-ending race on Sunday: | ||
| Paul Tracy | |||
| Dario Franchitti | |||
|
Dan Wheldon | ||
| Alex Lloyd | |||
| 2. | Texas and St. Louis emerged victorious from League Championship Series which saw a combined _______ games played in total: | ||
| 10 | |||
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12 | ||
| 14 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 3. | Game 2 of the ALCS ended in the 11th inning with this exciting walk-off play, the first of its kind in postseason history: | ||
| walk | |||
| inside-the-park home run | |||
| triple | |||
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grand slam | ||
| 4. | Meanwhile, Milwaukee and St. Louis set this postseason record for ___________ through the first 2 innings in the deciding game of the NLCS: | ||
| Most combined strikeouts | |||
| Fewest combined pitches thrown | |||
| Most combined hit batsmen | |||
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Most combined home runs | ||
| 5. | Say hey to these two, who won the MVPs in the respective League Championship Series: | ||
| Ian Kinsler and Albert Pujols | |||
| Josh Hamilton and Chris Carpenter | |||
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Nelson Cruz and David Freese | ||
| C.J. Wilson and Matt Holliday | |||
| 6. | With the failure of both sides to reach a deal in the NBA lockout, Commissioner David Stern declared that this much of the NBA season was now cancelled: | ||
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the first two weeks | ||
| the first month | |||
| all games through the end of 2011 | |||
| the entire season | |||
| 7. | In the continuing wake of the Red Sox September collapse, General Manager Theo Epstein has reportedly agreed to take on a similar role with this team: | ||
| Chicago White Sox | |||
| San Diego | |||
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Chicago Cubs | ||
| New York Yankees | |||
| 8. | Meanwhile, this Red Sox, fed up with the "drama" surrounding the spectacularly imploding franchise, spoke of defecting to the Yankees: | ||
| Kevin Youkilis | |||
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David Ortiz | ||
| Carl Crawford | |||
| Jacoby Ellsbury | |||
| 9. | Brandon Marshall, you so crazy. He vowed that this would happen in his Dolphins' game against the Jets on Monday night: | ||
| he would catch four touchdowns | |||
| he would set an NFL record for receiving yards | |||
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he would be ejected midway through the game | ||
| he would call all the plays personally | |||
| 10. | In more NCAA Football absurdity, the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA announced a merger that will result in a behemoth of a conference containing this many schools: | ||
| 17 | |||
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22 | ||
| 23 | |||
| 25 | |||
| 11. | In something that just completely defeats the purpose of geography naming your athletic conference, this organization pondered whether or not to extend an invitation to Boise State, which last we checked, was located in Idaho. | ||
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Big East | ||
| Big Ten | |||
| ACC | |||
| SEC | |||
| 12. | For the time being still situated in the Mountain West, Boise State made the most of its conference opener, fustigating this foe in a 63-13 game: | ||
| New Mexico | |||
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Colorado State | ||
| San Diego State | |||
| Nevada | |||
| 13. | Boise wasn't the only Top 25 team that put up a big score this week. Of the following, which was the only team that failed to score 45 points? | ||
| Wisconsin | |||
| Clemson | |||
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Auburn | ||
| Oklahmoa | |||
| 14. | This pre-weekend matchup provided plenty of fireworks, as the contest saw a combined for 12 turnovers and a blocked 2 point conversion returned: | ||
| Washington-Colorado | |||
| Utah-Pittsburgh | |||
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Hawaii - San Jose State | ||
| USC-Cal | |||
| 15. | This Big Ten rivalry continues to be one-sided as _________ earned their fourth straight victory over ___________. | ||
| Michigan/Michigan State | |||
| Michigan State/Ohio State | |||
| Ohio State/Michigan | |||
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Michigan State/Michigan | ||
| 16. | As of the end of play on Sunday, there are this many undefeated teams in the NFL: | ||
| 3 | |||
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1 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 17. | These two football coaches have now declared beef after a post-game handshake gone bizarrely awry: | ||
| Tom Coughlin/Chan Gailey | |||
| Jason Garrett/Bill Belichick | |||
| Pat Shurmur/Hue Jackson | |||
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Jim Harbaugh/Jim Schwartz | ||
| 18. | Speaking of holiday cards, you will most likely not be getting one from this dude, who topped SI.com's survey of NFL pros to determine the league's meanest player: | ||
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James Harrison | ||
| Richard Seymour | |||
| LaRon Landry | |||
| Jay Culter | |||
| 19. | Rex Grossman was shown the bench after completing this many passes to Philadelphia Eagles players, which unfortunately for him is not the team he plays for: | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
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4 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 20. | Sexy Rexy was removed from the game via coach's decision. This team's starting signalcaller appears to be out for the year, thanks to a broken collarbone: | ||
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Oakland | ||
| Houston | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| New Orleans | |||
| 21. | Nobody was safe this week in the NFL! Best wishes to this coach who was flattened by one of his players and suffered a torn ACL and broken leg: | ||
| Jason Garrett | |||
| Raheem Morris | |||
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Sean Payton | ||
| Jim Harbaugh | |||
| 22. | This school lost its bigshotrunningback to injury for the rest of the year: | ||
| Texas | |||
| Clemson | |||
| Texas A&M | |||
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South Carolina | ||
| 23. | South Carolina, which will have to do without star RB Marcus Lattimore, also has to contend with being without the services of its __________, who was dismissed earlier in the week: | ||
| Athletic director | |||
| Head coach | |||
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Quarterback | ||
| Mascot | |||
| 24. | NBA 2K12 hit stores last week, and due to the lockout, current players could not be featured on the cover. Instead, you get your choice of these greats, except for: | ||
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|
Hakeem Olajuwon | ||
| Michael Jordan | |||
| Larry Bird | |||
| Magic Johnson | |||
| 25. | Polls were compared, computer calculations were calculated on computers, and the team at the tippy top of the first official BCS ranking of the year was: | ||
| Boise State | |||
| Alabama | |||
| Oklahoma | |||
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Louisiana State | ||
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