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| 1. | We've had roughly 50 different schools at the top of the men's college basketball rankings this year. The holder of this week's #1 ranking represents the same school that has the #1 women's hoops team: | ||
| North Carolina | |||
| Duke | |||
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Connecticut | ||
| Clemson | |||
| 2. | The name of Robert Montgomery Knight has been attached to this school's basketball coaching vacancy: | ||
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Georgia | ||
| LSU | |||
| South Carolina | |||
| NJIT | |||
| 3. | If you're like Bud Selig, you earned approximately this much in 2007, as we learned this week: | ||
| $500,000 | |||
| $1 | |||
| $2 million | |||
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$17.5 million | ||
| 4. | Kobe Bryant set an arena record by scoring 61 points on this storied basketball court: | ||
| Boston Gardens | |||
| The Forum | |||
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MSG | ||
| Arco Arena | |||
| 5. | It was announced that LeBron James did something at Madison Square Garden that Kobe did not. What was it? | ||
| Foul out | |||
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Triple double | ||
| Win a game against the Knicks | |||
| Mrs. Kobe Bryant | |||
| 6. | Wait a minute. Not so fast. The NBA got involved and decided that James' game wasn't as good as previously believed, because... | ||
| He'd been incorrectly credited an assist | |||
| He'd been incorrectly credited a basket | |||
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He'd been incorrectly credited a rebound | ||
| Despite reports, Kobe Bryant's wife wasn't even in town that day. | |||
| 7. | Can you account for where all of your DNA is? The case against Roger Clemens gathered strength this week when his genetic material was reportedly found on: | ||
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Syringes | ||
| Used nasal swabs | |||
| Razor blades | |||
| Nasal inhalers | |||
| 8. | Which two ranked ACC teams lost on Wednesday night, both by an impressive 27 points? | ||
| North Carolina and Duke | |||
| Wake Forest and Clemson | |||
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Duke and Wake Forest | ||
| North Carolina and Clemson | |||
| 9. | New Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin accused which other SEC coach of recruiting violations in pursuing wide receiver prospect Nu'Keese Richardson? | ||
| South Carolina's Steve Spurrier | |||
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Florida's Urban Meyer | ||
| Alabama's Nick Saban | |||
| Ole Miss' Houston Nutt | |||
| 10. | Joe Calzaghe retired from his sport Thursday with a perfect 46-0 record. It probably speaks to the state of his profession that most people have no idea that Joe Calzaghe was a very accomplished: | ||
| MMA star | |||
| NHL goalie | |||
| Polish badminton star | |||
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Heavyweight boxer | ||
| 11. | Which noted NBA switcher-of-teams will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery on Monday after a failed attempt to play through the injury: | ||
| Chauncey Billups | |||
| Allen Iverson | |||
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Elton Brand | ||
| Dee Brown | |||
| 12. | With the Tennessee women's victory over Georgia 73-43, Pat Summit reached this impressive win total: | ||
| 500 | |||
| 750 | |||
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1,000 | ||
| 1,500 | |||
| 13. | Don't do drugs, kids, or this sponsor of athletic endeavors will have nothing to do with you, as Michael Phelps learned this week: | ||
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Kellogg's | ||
| Nike | |||
| Gatorade | |||
| Home Depot | |||
| 14. | This former NFL defensive lineman received two years probation for lying to prosecutors in the ARod...er, Balco steroids case. | ||
| Mark Gastineau | |||
| Howie Long | |||
| Warren Sapp | |||
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Dana Stubblefield | ||
| 15. | In case you've been climbing K-2 this week, Sports Illustrated reported that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in this year: | ||
| 1999 | |||
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2003 | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 16. | Ever the statesman, Rodriguez said this about the charges: | ||
| I'm not Barry Bonds. | |||
| It was Madonna's steroids. | |||
| Who gave you this phone number? | |||
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You'll have to talk to the Union. I'm not saying anything. | ||
| 17. | Let's finish our A-Rod discussion for the week with this question. Who allegedly told A-Rod that he was going to have a drug test later on in the month of September 2004, a hugely illegal and unethical action. | ||
| Derek Jeter | |||
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Gene Orza | ||
| Bud Selig | |||
| George Steinbrenner | |||
| 18. | Hey, there was a Pro Bowl Sunday. Did you know this? If you did, it's possible that you know that this player was MVP of the game. | ||
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Larry Fitzgerald | ||
| Eli Manning | |||
| Peyton Manning | |||
| Wes Welker | |||
| 19. | Yay! It's almost time for NASCAR! That's totally as good as professional football! Okay, so who took the pole for the upcoming Daytona 500? | ||
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | |||
| Jeff Gordon | |||
| Mark Martin | |||
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Martin Truex Jr. | ||
| 20. | Which former NFL player and current ESPN analyst got caught in possession of cocaine in an Atlanta club this past weekend? | ||
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Jamal Anderson | ||
| Trent Dilfer | |||
| Tim Hasselbeck | |||
| Keyshawn Johnson | |||
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