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He probably won't lock up the Mike Leach vote, but that isn't stopping this ESPN college football analyst for running for Senate in Texas:
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Kirk Herbstreit
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Mark May
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Lou Holtz
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Craig James
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This unusual factor delayed Monday night's Steelers-49ers game several times:
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Power outage
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Snow
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Lightning
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Fans abusing the pretzels on Free Pretzel Giveaway Day
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Meanwhile, Monday saw highly ranked Kansas defeated by this school which has had its share of surprise March Madness success as of late:
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Davidson
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VCU
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Butler
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George Mason
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We're pretty sure that a Yu Darvish is the villain in the upcoming James Bond film. So we're not sure why MLB club the ___________ not only entered but won the bidding war for him:
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Blue Jays
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Rangers
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Red Sox
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Angels
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The other bit noteworthy MLB news from the week saw Carlos Beltran deciding to take his talents to:
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St. Louis
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Colorado
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Cincinnati
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Houston
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The fine folks at the Associated Press deemed this the biggest sports story of 2011:
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Packers win Super Bowl
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the Penn State scandal
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Cardinals win World Series
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NBA lockout threatens season
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Sex scandals continue to spread across sports, as this old-school sports writer has been accused of abuse back in the 1970s:
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Bill Conlin
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Bob Ryan
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Peter Gammons
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Len Shapiro
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Say hey to your AP female athlete of the year:
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Hope Solo
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Paula Creamer
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Abby Waumbach
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Sue Bird
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Meanwhile, the AP's Male Athlete of the Year also did this in 2011:
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won the Cy Young Award
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won the Masters
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won the Super Bowl
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won the NBA championship
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If, and only if, you're the head man for this program, then you're the Associated Press Coach of the Year:
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Alabama
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LSU
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Houston
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Boise State
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Not satisfied with the school sending itself to its room to think about what it's done, the NCAA penalized The Ohio State University with:
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Placing the program on the death penalty
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Barring the school from postseason play next year
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Expelling it from the Big 10
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Demoting it from FBS to FCS
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NFL fans will be tinkled pink that February's upcoming Super Bowl will, for the first time:
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Be played in Hawaii
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Be broadcast without commercials
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Be broadcast on two different networks simultaneously
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Be streamed on the internet
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The Man got up in the business of this prizefighter, who will be spending 90 days in the Big House:
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Sugar Shane Mosley
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Floyd Mayweather
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Manny Pacquiao
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Andrew Toney
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Congratulations, LeBron James, you're out of the doghouse! A new poll revealed that this NBA dude supplanted BronBron as the most hated player in the Association:
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Kevin Garnett
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Ron Artest, whose new poser name we refuse to acknowledge
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Kris Humphries
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Bwhahahahaha, who are we kidding? LeBron is still the most hated player
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Detractors of the Los Angeles Lakers will hope that the brief preseason struggles of the team foretell their regular season fortunes. The Lakers were swept in their two preseason games by:
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The Trailblazers
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The Clippers
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The Nuggets
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The Kings
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Lakers star Kobe Bryant had a rough week, announcing his divorce and seeing his game affected by this injury:
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Strained quad
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Torn wrist ligament
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Sprained ankle
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Dislocated finger
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Days before hitting the game-winning shot that put his Bulls past the Lakers on opening day, reigning MVP Derrick Rose signed a contract extension for:
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10 years, $115 million
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5 years, $94 million
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5 years, $66 million
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7 years, $105 million
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Christmas Day saw each of the following NBA teams in action, except for:
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The Celtics
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The Knicks
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The Thunder
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The Spurs
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As your momma always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then say to it David Stern. So it was no surprised that fans gathered for the Christmas day game at ________ loudly booed the NBA commish who was also in attendance:
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Dallas
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Los Angeles
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Oklahoma City
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New York
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Raising the world championship banner before the game, the defending NBA champs Mavericks enjoyed a finals rematch win over the Heat Sunday night. Right? Right??!
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Right, Dallas cruised to a 112-85 victory
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Right, Dallas won at the buzzer, 96-95
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Wrong, Dallas lost narrowly 94-90
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Wrong, they were generally manhandled and lost 105-94
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This premiere underclassman quarterback announced this week plans to forgo the NFL draft and return to school for another year of learnin':
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Robert Griffin III
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Landry Jones
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Matt Barkley
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All three said they would be back
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Boise State pummeled Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl, ending the college career of prolific Bronco quarterback Kellen Moore with this many victories to his resume:
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50
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47
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53
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55
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Through the end of NFL Week 17, the champion of three of these divisions has yet to be decided. Which of the following is the only whose champ is set?
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NFC South
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AFC West
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AFC North
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NFC East
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An double MCL/ACL injury not only ended the season of this premiere NFL rusher, but also calls into question his availability for next year as well:
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Arian Foster
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Maurice Jones-Drew
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Rashard Mendenhall
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Adrian Peterson
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If you scored a touchdown this weekend by vaulting through the air, flipping over a defender at the goal line, and nailing a perfect landing, then you play for the:
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Bengals
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Broncos
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Patriots
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Giants
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