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So, this week brought an end to Peyton Manning's tenure with the Indianapolis Colts. During his time in Indy, Manning was four times named:
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To a Pro Bowl
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AP NFL MVP
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Super Bowl MVP
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Walter Payton Award recipient
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Manning's whirlwind tour of new places of employment focused primarily on these two teams during the weekend:
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Tennessee and Baltimore
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Washington and Cleveland
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Miami and San Francisco
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Denver and Arizona
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As Championship Week commenced, allegation of wide-spread drug charges surfaced regarding this title contender:
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Kansas
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Syracuse
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North Carolina
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Kentucky
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Meanwhile, the FBI has been talking to a guard for this team concerning the possibility of a little old point-shaving scandal:
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Providence
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Dayton
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Auburn
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Texas
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It's no surprised that the Sporting News named as its men's basketball Player of the Year this standout:
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Kentucky's Anthony Davis
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Duke's Austin Rivers
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North Carolina's Harrison Barnes
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Michigan State's Draymon Green
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Recipients of the dreaded NFL franchise tags, come on down! Each of the following were awarded the title this week, except:
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Wes Welkier
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Dwayne Bowe
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Stevie Johnson
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Anthony Spencer
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As the NFL decides how severely to fustigate Greg Williams and the Saints in Bountygate, this NBA star admitted that he put bounties out on fellow players in the 80s:
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Karl Malone
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Magic Johnson
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Kevin McHale
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Charles Barkley
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The former baseball player who went by this name received a three year prison sentence for grand theft auto:
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Oil Can
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Chicken Man
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Mr. October
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Nails
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This controversial MLB star took a shot at fans of his former team this week, saying that the fans of his new team "tend to know the game a little better" than those of his old one:
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Albert Pujols
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Prince Fielder
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Jose Reyes
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Jonathan Papelbon
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Faster than you can say "Herschel Walker," this team traded a whole bunch of draft picks to St. Louis for the #2 selection in this year's draft:
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Oakland
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Tampa Bay
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Cleveland
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Washington
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If you're a major league pitcher who suffered neck spasms after a bizarre - we're not making this up - towel accident, please step forward. We're looking at you....
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CJ Wilson
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David Price
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Chris Carpenter
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Clay Buchholz
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Unfavorable job performance and failure to file his TPS reports on time have cost the 9-year head coach of this men's basketball team his job:
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Air Force
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Illinois
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LSU
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Stanford
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Three members of this NFL team have been sent to their rooms to think about what they've done on the heels of failing drug tests:
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Indianapolis
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Denver
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New England
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San Francisco
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Big ups to this mid-major conference which landed a surprise two teams in the NCAA Tournament:
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Atlantic Sun
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MAAC
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Ivy
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Horizon League
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Say hey to the conference that put the most teams in the tournament, sending nine schools dancing:
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Big East
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Big Ten
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Big 12
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ACC
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Say hey to the #1 seeds of the NIT. They include the following, except for:
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Tennessee
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Seton Hall
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Arizona
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Drexel
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Has a regular season champion of a power conference ever missed out on the NCAA? It has now, thanks to this conference's champ, which is the 4th #1 NIT seed:
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Mountain West
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A-10
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Conference USA
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Pac-12
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The promising season of this up-and-coming NBA went kablamo this week, as a torn ACL will sideline him for the rest of the season:
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Ty Lawson
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Ricky Rubio
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John Wall
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Kyrie Irving
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His team passing on the brief interest they showed in Peyton Manning, this NFL quarterback received a decent Attaboy in the form of a three year contract extension:
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Mark Sanchez
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Kevin Kolb
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Tim Tebow
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Joe Flacco
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This familiar name drove faster than anyone else in claiming victory at the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday:
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Tony Stewart
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Jimmie Johnson
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Jeff Gordon
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