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1.	World Peace suspended! Metta World Peace, that is. The artist formerly known as Ron Artest was shown the door for this many games for an unworld-peacey-like elbow to the Thunder's James Harden:
		3
		5
		7
		the rest of the season

2.	This Tiger is in some deep doo-doo regarding an alleged assault and hate crime:
		Octavio Dotel
		Delmon Young
		Miguel Cabrera
		Prince Fielder

3.	The Marlins made some unusual history on Tuesday by walking four consecutive Mets. It wasn't unusual that the Mets walked instead of striking out, it was unusual that:
		they walked on sixteen pitches
		three of the four batters were eventually picked off
		it happened in the 9th inning so the Mets walked off with a bunch of walks
		the four walks were issued by four different pitchers
		*By way of explanation.....* Relive the hilarity

4.	Alright, so we knew Andrew Luck was going first, RG3 second, but quick, who was the third pick in the NFL Draft?
		Trent Richardson
		Matt Kalil
		Morris Claiborne
		Justin Blackmon

5.	Congratulations Charlotte Bobcats! Despite a reduced schedule, you still managed to set the NBA record for futility with your 23rd straight loss to end the season. They won this many games on the season:
		5
		7
		8
		9

6.	In a collision of fake holidays, Strasmas and Harpsgiving both fell on Saturday as 19-year-old Bryce Harper made his MLB debut against this team:
		Braves
		Padres
		Rockies
		Dodgers

7.	Harper did have his first major league hit and RBI, but this man ruined everything with his league leading 10th home run in extra innings:
		James Loney
		Matt Kemp
		Andre Ethier
		Mark Ellis

8.	Pudge Rodriguez officially retired this week, and after the announcement, he participate in the ceremonial first pitch at a Ranger game. What was unique about the pitch?
		the pitch was thrown from home plate to second base
		the pitch was clocked at 89 mph
		the pitch was thrown way outside. Way, way outside.
		he caught the pitch instead of throwing it

9.	This position was drafted the most in the first round of the NFL Draft:
		quarterback
		defensive end
		wide receiver
		running back
		*By way of explanation.....* there were five DE's selected, four of each other positions

10.	The Nelson Muntz Memorial Ha-Ha! Award goes to this team, which inexplicably picked a punter in the third round:
		Seattle
		Oakland
		Miami
		Jacksonville

11.	In the NHL, this was the only Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup that didn't need the full seven games:
		Washington/Boston
		Philadelphia/Pittsburgh
		New York/Ottawa
		New Jersey/Florida

12.	Reports surfaced this week that the BCS may finally see a long overdue overhaul, with this format being most likely:
		a four-team playoff
		an eight-team playoff
		a sixteen-team playoff
		Just kidding! They're still going with the two-team championship game

13.	We don't know which team will be the focus of HBO's Hard Knocks this season, but we can tell you that it won't be this team, which publicly said no:
		Jets
		49ers
		Falcons
		Cowboys

14.	An online tournament to pick the cover player for Madden '13 is over, and it's time to meet the winner:
		Cam Newton
		Aaron Rodgers
		Calvin Johnson
		Tim Tebow

15.	EA also announced that these two gents will be providing play by play and color commentary in the next edition of Madden:
		Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
		Gus Johnson and Chris Collinsworth
		Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth
		John Madden and Pat Summerall

16.	NBA Uh-oh, Part 1: The Bulls may have one Game 1 against the Sixers but they lost Derrick Rose for the rest of the playoffs to a:
		concussion
		torn ACL
		back injury
		broken ankle

17.	NBA Uh-oh, Part 2: The Celtics lost game 1 against the Hawks, and may also be without the services of this man for future games after getting ejected for bumping an official:
		Paul Pierce
		Rajon Rondo
		Kevin Garnett
		Ray Allen

18.	One of the stranger events of the draft happened to a fellow named Mohamed Sanu. He received a call that he had been drafted by this team in the first round, except he totally wasn't: (The same team did pick him, this time for realsies, in the third round.)
		Bengals
		Chiefs
		Bears
		Browns

19.	Leading the Clippers by 21 at the start of the fourth quarter, there was no way the Grizzlies were going to lose Game 1 of their series, right?
		Right, they won by double digits
		Right, but the Clippers made it close
		Right, but they needed overtime
		Nope, they lost by one

20.	In our contractually obligated NASCAR question, meet the winner of this weekend's race at Richmond International Speedway
		Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
		Tony Stewart
		Kyle Busch
		Jimmie Johnson

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