1. | The Philadelphia Sixers announced the hiring of Eddie Jordan this week. Mr. Jordan had guided which other NBA team through part of the 2008-09 season? | ||
Washington Wizards | |||
Portland Trailblazers | |||
Golden State Warriors | |||
Phoenix Suns | |||
2. | From the Department of Odd Promotions Department, the Marlins will give patrons four game tickets if they can provide proof: | ||
Of being registered in the armed forces | |||
That they have caught a marlin while deep-sea fishing | |||
That they actually attended a Marlins game in the last year | |||
Of unemployment | |||
3. | As the WNBA season gets underway, the Phoenix Mercury became the first team in the league to: | ||
Start the season without having signed their #1 draft pick | |||
Wear corporate logos on their jerseys | |||
Score fewer than 50 points in their season debut game | |||
Feature a team calendar with team members posing in their underwear | |||
4. | Which two school's teams met in the finals of the NCAA Division I Softball championship? | ||
Arizona & Cal | |||
Georgia & Boston College | |||
Washington & Florida | |||
Kansas State & Texas | |||
5. | Sports Illustrated's SI.com ranked the best NFL teams of the decade this week. Which did not place in the top 5? | ||
New England Patriots | |||
Seattle Seahawks | |||
New York Giants | |||
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||
6. | Indy car poster girl Danica Patrick made news this week with her controversial comments about: | ||
Same sex marriage | |||
Sports gambling | |||
Use of performance enhancing drugs | |||
The public perception of women in sports | |||
7. | This NFL team has the fastest-growing value over the last three years, according to Forbes magazine (yeah, we were really surprised at this, too): | ||
Atlanta Falcons | |||
Arizona Cardinals | |||
Miami Dolphins | |||
New Orleans Saints | |||
8. | Workers began demolition of old Tiger Stadium on Friday. What was the catch? | ||
A Tigers old-timers game was scheduled to be played there over the weekend | |||
A judge ordered work to stop hours later | |||
A movie was filming there later in the day | |||
The work crew reported to and started demolition work at Comerica Park | |||
9. | His promising season having gone down in flames in the Easter Conference finals, LeBron had a benign growth removed from his _______ this week: | ||
Mouth | |||
Knee | |||
Kidney | |||
Larynx | |||
10. | Paying for said operation will be slightly more difficult for LeBron, who was fined this amount for ditching the mandated post-game media gathering: | ||
$100,000 | |||
$50,000 | |||
$25,000 | |||
$10,000 | |||
11. | How many games did the Yankees go without committing an error, before the streak came to an end Tuesday night against Texas? | ||
10 | |||
23 | |||
18 | |||
30 | |||
12. |
Which school unveiled these new uniforms this week which will all but guarantee its players will blend in to its signature home field playing surface? |
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Air Force | |||
Hawaii | |||
Nevada | |||
Boise State | |||
13. | Standout NFL safety Rodney Harrison retired this week and will join which network's football broadcast team? | ||
ESPN | |||
NBC | |||
CBS | |||
NFL | |||
14. | Joining Harrison on the broadcast team wiil be this retired coach: | ||
Mike Shannahan | |||
Sam Wyche | |||
Dan Reeves | |||
Tony Dungy | |||
15. | How was this anything but completely irresponsible on the part of the kid's coaches? Warroad (Minn.) High School senior Lars Anderson threw this jaw-dropping number of pitches in a 13-inning victory this week: | ||
110 | |||
150 | |||
201 | |||
178 | |||
16. | The US Men's soccer team was pummeled by Costa Rica 3-1 this week. Soccer enthusiasts could tell you this was hardly a surprise, as the US traditionally has done poorly at the Costa Rica national stadium, nicknamed this: | ||
The Death Bowl | |||
The Valley of Lost Souls | |||
The Purple Monster | |||
The Cauldron | |||
17. | Seeking unfettered access to game statistics to fuel its fantasy sports enterprises, Yahoo! has sued this sports agency: | ||
PGA | |||
NBA Players Association | |||
NFL Players Association | |||
MLB | |||
18. | What percentage of the women's singles semifinalists in the French Open were Russian? | ||
0% | |||
25% | |||
50% | |||
75% | |||
19. | Sunday's win at Roland Garros was Roger Federerer's _____ Grand Slam title overall, but only his ______ at the French: | ||
10th / 1st | |||
23rd / 2nd | |||
19th / 2nd | |||
14th / 1st | |||
20. | With Randy Johnson finally getting his 300th win this week, which active pitcher is now closest to this milestone? | ||
Andy Pettitte | |||
John Smoltz | |||
Brad Penny | |||
Jamie Moyer | |||
21. | Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves incurred a ton of bad publicity in the way they released a long-time pitcher, who has this many wins: | ||
340 | |||
305 | |||
319 | |||
312 | |||
22. | Suspicions that two of its players have swine flu - yes, swine flu - have dogged this snakebit team during the last several days | ||
Rockies | |||
Marlins | |||
Mets | |||
Giants | |||
23. | Add up numbers representing Mine That Bird's finishes in the Triple Crown races, and you get this number: | ||
3 | |||
6 | |||
4 | |||
8 | |||
24. | By taking two out of three at Fenway over the weekend, the Rangers won their first series in Boston since: | ||
1967 | |||
2007 | |||
1997 | |||
1987 | |||
25. | The pitcher who was the first to win 10 games this season wears this logo on his cap: | ||
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