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Answers:
| 1. | John Lackey, thanks for participating in Saturday's Angels/Rangers game, but you were ejected after throwing just _______ pitch(es): | ||
| 1 | |||
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2 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 10 | |||
| 2. | Mark Cuban made headlines this week when he allegedly told the mother of which Nuggets player, "Your son is a punk"? | ||
| Chaucey Billups | |||
| Nene | |||
| Carmelo Anthony | |||
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Kenyon Martin | ||
| 3. | The record for combined inches in height for a starting pitcher combination was broken this week when Randy Johnson faced off against whom? | ||
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Daniel Cabrera | ||
| Bronson Arroyo | |||
| Shawn Estes | |||
| Josh Fogg | |||
| 4. | With their second sweep in as many series, which was the first NBA team to reach the conference finals? | ||
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Cleveland | ||
| Denver | |||
| Orlando | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
| 5. | Roger Clemens issued a bold and thoroughly convincing denial to steroid use allegations (he'd never do that stuff, because his *step*father has heart disease!) on which ESPN show? | ||
| Sports Reporters | |||
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Mike & Mike in the Morning | ||
| PTI | |||
| E60 | |||
| 6. | Former MLBer Lou Merloni recounted this week how, as a member of this team, team officials gathered players together and instructed them how to inject steroids: | ||
| Orioles | |||
| Braves | |||
| White Sox | |||
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Red Sox | ||
| 7. | Which NCAA basketball coach is facing down allegations that he paid $1,000 in order to sign a hoops star to his team? | ||
| John Thompson III | |||
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Tim Floyd | ||
| Jim Calhoun | |||
| Jeff Capel | |||
| 8. | Which second round NHL series did not go a full seven games? | ||
| Washington-Pittsburgh | |||
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Chicago-Vancouver | ||
| Detroit-Anaheim | |||
| Boston-Carolina | |||
| 9. | Philadelphia's Jayson Werth stole four bases in Tuesday night's victory. What was unusual about this? | ||
| Werth is a pitcher | |||
| Werth stole all four bases against the same pitcher | |||
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Werth stole second, third and home | ||
| He was also caught stealing twice | |||
| 10. | In which state was the Preakness run? | ||
| Michigan | |||
| New Jersey | |||
| Virginia | |||
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Maryland | ||
| 11. | Which of the following is an anagram for the winner of the Preakness? | ||
| Bandit Hermit | |||
| Err Gentle Quasar | |||
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Ah, Relax Calendar | ||
| Um Me Stank | |||
| 12. | The lone bright spot for the Nationals so far this year was the hitting streak of Ryan Zimmerman. Zim's 30-game streak came to an end this week against which NL West team? | ||
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Giants | ||
| Dodgers | |||
| Rockies | |||
| Padres | |||
| 13. | After claiming on Inside the NBA that the only thing a woman could beat him at were cooking and cleaning, Charles Barkley accepted a challenge from one of the show's female camera operators. At which type of contest did Charles ultimately lose? | ||
| Arm wrestling | |||
| Dart throwing | |||
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Pushups | ||
| Needlepoint | |||
| 14. | Alex Rodriguez got an unwelcome vote of confidence, when this disgraced baseball figure said he thought the Yankees third baseman should go to the Hall of Fame, regardless of steroid use: | ||
| Sammy Sosa | |||
| Mark McGwire | |||
| Rafael Palmeiro | |||
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Pete Rose | ||
| 15. | Due to an unusual regulation regarding pension, NFL coaches Howard Mudd and Tom Moore retired this week. For what team did the two coach? | ||
| Denver | |||
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Indianapolis | ||
| New York Jets | |||
| San Diego | |||
| 16. | Umpire Paul Schrieber apologized after violating baseball's "no touching" policy. On the back of which Detroit Tiger did the ump put his hand after a strikeout? | ||
| Curtis Granderson | |||
| Miguel Cabrera | |||
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Magglio Ordonez | ||
| Adam Everett | |||
| 17. | Dude. No. Way. This NBA bozo was charged with pot possession this week: | ||
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Darius Miles | ||
| Rasheed Wallace | |||
| Ron Artest | |||
| Jermaine O'Neal | |||
| 18. | Add the number of points by which the Lakers lost game four of their series with the Rockets to the number of points by which they won the fifth, and you'll get: | ||
| 65 | |||
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52 | ||
| 20 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 19. |
Saturday night, ESPN aired a Spike Lee |
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| Stephon Marbury | |||
| LeBron James | |||
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Kobe Bryant | ||
| Chris "The Birdman" Anderson | |||
| 20. | Spike TV announced the nominees for their Guys Choice Awards this week. The network is asking its viewers to decide between Allison Stokke and Biba Golic, who excel at which two sports, respectively? | ||
| Stock car racing and rodeo | |||
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Pole vaulting and table tennis | ||
| Soccer and swimming | |||
| Golf and tennis | |||
| 21. | Something just ain't right with Boston's David Ortiz. Big Papi was benched the day after he stranded this number of base runners in the Sox' loss to the Angels: | ||
| 8 | |||
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12 | ||
| 10 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 22. | The board of which university voted to abolish the schools Native American-based nickname? | ||
| Florida State (Seminoles) | |||
| Illinois (Fighting Illini) | |||
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North Dakota (Fighting Sioux) | ||
| Utah (Utes) | |||
| 23. | Which small state caused a big stir when its state senate voted to approve sports betting? | ||
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Delaware | ||
| Rhode Island | |||
| Hawaii | |||
| Vermont | |||
| 24. | Former Oklahoma Sooner standout Wayman Tisdale died from cancer at the all too young age of 44. After a serviceable career in the NBA, Tisdale had a distinguished career in this field: | ||
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Music | ||
| Architecture | |||
| Biology | |||
| Politics | |||
| 25. | Michael Phelps proved that he is not invincible. Returning from his suspension in the Charlotte UltraSwim, the swimming superstar lost to Olympic teammate Aaron Peirsol in which event? | ||
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Backstroke | ||
| IM | |||
| Breaststroke | |||
| Butterfly | |||
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