1. | For the current This Week in Red Sox misery, we find each of the following befell the Boston nine this week, except for: | ||
Blew a 9-0 lead against the Yankees to lost 15-9 | |||
Lost the game commemorating Fenway's 100th birthday | |||
Lost starter Josh Beckett until the All-Star break | |||
Lost their annual Patriots Day game to the Rays | |||
2. | The start of the latest batch of Sox woes coincided with Bobby Valentine publicly questioning the fortitude of this player: | ||
David Ortiz | |||
Adrian Gonzalez | |||
Dustin Pedroia | |||
Kevin Youkilis | |||
3. | Meanwhile, this nation is home to the winners of both men's and women's Boston Marathon on Monday: | ||
Nigeria | |||
Kenya | |||
South Africa | |||
England | |||
4. | This NBA thugmeister was up to his old bag of tricks, ejected Sunday when he threw a rather ungentlemanly elbow at OKC's James Harden: | ||
Andrew Bynum | |||
Ron Artest | |||
Reggie Evans | |||
Kevin Garnett | |||
5. | If you want to catch the 2014 NBA All-Star game in person, then party on down to this happenin' city: | ||
Charlotte | |||
Boston | |||
New Orleans | |||
Oklahoma City | |||
6. | This key but tempestuous NBA star has been ruled out for the rest of the regular season: | ||
Russell Westbrook | |||
Carmelo Anthony | |||
Dwight Howard | |||
Kobe Bryant | |||
7. | Pay cable network Showtime aired its preview trailer for its show The Franchise, will which expose the behind-the-scenes hijinx of this wacky MLB team: | ||
Mets | |||
Marlins | |||
Brewers | |||
Dodgers | |||
8. | Look, we know the whole college athletics conference thing is a mess, but not matter what this misprinted t-shirt stated, this school is not really in the SEC: | ||
Missouri | |||
Duke | |||
North Carolina | |||
Boise State | |||
By way of explanation.....
Read all about it here |
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9. | Our hats are off to this college basketball icon who stepped down after a historic career this week: | ||
Pat Summitt | |||
Jim Boeheim | |||
Roy Williams | |||
Mike Krychevsky | |||
10. | We were left wondering what a purple nurple would have gone for when this dude was slapped with a $25K fine for delivering unto Gordon Hayward a wet willy during a game: | ||
Delonte West | |||
JJ Redick | |||
Gilbert Arenas | |||
Tony Parker | |||
11. | As of Sunday, it was curtains for three of the following NHL playoff team. Which was the only still alive at the end of the weekend? | ||
Pittsburgh | |||
Washington | |||
Vancouver | |||
Detroit | |||
12. | This well-traveled figure has been tapped to head the SMU basketball program as the school moves to the big bad Big East next year: | ||
Isaiah Thomas | |||
Larry Brown | |||
Lefty Driesell | |||
Rick Majerus | |||
13. | If you are a reliever for this baseball team, you basically got paid for nothing Saturday as one of the squad's starters recorded the 20th perfect game in history: | ||
Tigers | |||
Cardinals | |||
Rangers | |||
White Sox | |||
14. | Jamie Moyer, pitching at age 63, became the oldest hurler to win a game as Colorado beat this NL foe on Tuesday night: | ||
Padres | |||
Giants | |||
Reds | |||
Braves | |||
15. | The NHL sent Raffi Torres to his room to think about what he's done. Torres, who skates for this playoff team, was suspended for 25 games: | ||
Canucks | |||
Flyers | |||
Predators | |||
Coyotes | |||