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1. Which sports titan welcomed his second child, a son named Charlie?
John Elway
Roger Federer
Tiger Woods
Alexander Ovechkin
 
2. American skier Lindsey Vonn won two gold medals at the World Championships. The remainder of her season was put in doubt, though, as she sliced a tendon in her thumb:
When her dog bit her
Grabbing a broken champagne bottle
Juggling knives
Making a salad for dinner
 
3. The Dallas Cowboys Football Team gave walking papers to which newsmaker?
Jason Witten
Tony Romo
Adam Jones
Terell Owens
 
4. We learned this week that Super Bowl hero Ben Roethlisberger played the big game with a broken:
Collarbone
Rib
Finger
Heart
 
5. Who is on the cover of one of two issues of Sports Illustrated released this week?
Ben Roethlishberger
Tiger Woods
Roy Williams
Bar Refaeli
 
6. Along with Danica Patrick, three female athletes from which sport appeared in the Swimsuit Issue?
Tennis
Basketball
Beach volleyball
Track & field
 
7. During an interview with which ESPN baseball guy did Alex Rodriguez come "clean" about using steroids?
Peter Gammons
John Kruk
Tim Kurkjian
Joe Morgan
 
8. The torrent of bad press swirling around Alex Rodriguez lately did not prevent this school from naming its baseball stadium for the fallen star:
Clemson
LSU
Miami
Rice
 
9. SI reporter Selena Roberts broke the story about Alex Rodriguez' steroids use. This week, Alex made which allegation about Robers?
She is racist
She has stalked him
He is the father of her child
She is a lesbian
 
10. Which baseball blockhead was charged in lying to Congressional investigators, a charge to which he later plead guilty?
Sammy Sosa
Miguel Tejada
Mark Mcgwire
Rafael Palmeiro
 
11. RIP Jeremy Lusk, who died from injuries sustained in a recent crash. The 24 year old Mr. Lusk was a participant in which extreme sport?
Motocross
Snow boarding
Wave jumping
Snocross
 
12. Bobcats executive Michael Jordan expressed which regrets this week?
His involvement in gambling
Chossing to draft Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison
Leaving basketball to pursue baseball
Making Space Jam
 
13. Antonio Margarito lost his license to fight in the US for a year. What did the Mexican boxer do to run afoul of The Man?
Used drugs
Fixed fights
Used illegal hand wraps
Regularly threw low blows
 
14. Something happened twice in the last second of regulation in Tuesday night's game between the Cavs and Pacers. What was it?
LeBron James was called for consecutive technical fouls
The arena lost electricity
Both coaches were ejected from the game
Fouls were called on separate alley-oop plays
 
15. A pooch named Stump was named named best in show at the Westminster Dog Show. What breed is the Stumpmeister?
Sharpei
Yorkshire terrier
Sussex spaniel
Pit bull
 
16. Professional hitter Adam Dunn will be earning $20 million over the next two years playing for which lowly baseball club?
Washington Nationals
Kansas City Royals
Colorado Rockies
Seattle Mariners
 
17. An ex-girlfriend of which former baseball star filed a lawsuit alleging that he insisted on having unprotected sex for four years despite having AIDS?
Joe Carter
Roberto Alomar
Mitch Williams
Lenny Dykstra
 
18. What was not true of the UNC-Duke game Wednesday night?
UNC scored more than 100 points
With the win, Tyler Hansborough and Danny Green went 4-0 at Cameron
Coach K was ejected from the game
The game was the first between the two teams this year
 
19. Acknowledging the fiscal realities facing his league, the commissioner from which sports league took a $2 million pay cut?
NFL
NBA
NHL
CFL
 
20. As part of the All-Star fun, the NBA put on a game of HORSE, though the name was changed to reflect the name of which sponsor?
Pepsi
Crest
Exxon
Geico
 
21. Al Harrington's dunk near the end of the Knicks/Clippers game on Wednesday appeared to give the New Yorkers the win. But Harrington was called for a technical foul for:
Doing chin-ups on the rim
Dropping his shorts after the dunk
Running to mid-court and breakdancing
Slapping the backboard
 
22. What was notable about Tony Stewart's victory in the Daytona Nationwide race?
He had crashed earlier in the day during practice
It was his first victory at Daytona
He did not pit during the race
He drove backwards the entire race
 
23. Michelle Wie had a fairly good outing at her first LPGA Tour start at the SBS Open. How did she fare?
She won!
She blew a three stroke lead to finish second
She was disqualified while leading in the final round
She made the cut but did finished well back
 
24. The Slam Dunk champion represented this team:
Knicks
Magic
Jazz
Kings
 
25. Blake Griffin of Oklahoma tattooed Texas Tech on Saturday for ______ points and _______ rebounds.
23 / 40
40 / 23
45 / 10
33 / 15
 




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