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How Well Do You Know: 8/20/12-8/26/12
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1. Lance Armstrong gave up the fight against this body, which earned him a lifetime ban in the sport, loss of Nintendo privileges and revocation of his Costco membership:
International Cycling Federation
Tour de France
IOC
US Anti Doping Agency
 
2. Augusta National finally got with the times and added its first two female members - with this famous lady being one them:
Hilary Clinton
Angelina Jolie
Michele Bachmann
Condoleezza Rice
 
3. In one of the most mind-boggling baseball trades ever, the Boston Red Sox unloaded each of the following onto the Dodgers, except for:
Adrian Gonzalez
Jacoby Elsbury
Josh Beckett
Carl Crawford
 
4. Earlier in the wacky week, the Sox blew a 6 run lead and surrendered 5 runs in the 9th and 10th innings to lose 14-13 to these guys:
Royals
Rangers
Angels
Mariners
 
5. The bosses of this team were none too thrilled at a hazing video, in which one of its sophomore stars was dumped into a tub of ice, which hit the internet during the week:
New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys
Oakland Raiders
Seattle Seahawks
 
6. The Little League World Series wound down this week, but not before the kids from this African country made history with a win in a consolation game:
Chad
Uganda
South Africa
Nigeria
 
7. The title game was no contest, with this country clobbering Tennessee 12-2:
Mexico
Panama
Portugal
Japan
 
8. Tennessee apparently had little in the tank after the 24-16 US title game a day earlier against:
California
Florida
Massachusetts
Michigan
 
9. If you're a pitcher who wasn't suspended 50 games for failing a banned substance test, please step forward. Not so fast there:
Bartolo Colon
C.C. Sabathia
Tim Hudson
Edinson Volquez
 
10. Each of the following earned a spot on Sports Illustrated's list of "Phoniest Players in Baseball" as determined of 318 major leaguers. This dude was #1:
Nick Swisher
Nyjer Morgan
Brian Wilson
Alex Rodriguez
 
11. This player was hitting like a boss, going triple-double-homer-single to hit for the cycle against the Twins:
Paul Konerko
Adrian Beltre
Evan Longoria
Matt Wieters
 
12. College basketball will be without one of its more colorful characters this year, with a heart condition sidelining this coach for the entire season:
Rick Majerus
Jim Larranaga
Shaka Smart
Brad Stevens
 
13. Female soccer player Mo Isom's quest to make the squad of this college football program as its place kicker fell just short.
Tennessee
Michigan State
LSU
Texas
 
14. NFL afterthought Terrell Owens tweeted that he's "no longer with" this team, who cut him over the weekend:
Kansas City
San Diego
Seattle
St. Louis
 
15. This hot-headed speed merchant went and threw his helmet at the car driven by Matt Kenseth after a collision at the weekend's race at Bristol:
Kurt Busch
Tony Stewart
Clint Boyer
Ryan Newman
 




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