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1. On their road to winning the NBA Championship, how many games in the playoffs, including the Finals, did the Los Angeles Lakers lose?
5
9
10
7
 
2. While Phil Jackson was on his way to his record 10th NBA Championship, which retired NBA big man questioned the amount of guidance Jackson contributes to the Lakers, suggesting that Kobe Bryant, instead, is the primary influence on the team?
Charles Barkley
David Robinson
Patrick Ewing
Alonzo Mourning
 
3. David Letterman employed which NBA player as a Late Show correspondent to cover the NBA finals?
Stephon Marbury
Darko Milicic
Steve Nash
Chris "The Birdman" Anderson
 
4. Which member of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Steelers took home the Conn Smythe Trophy?
Sidney Crosby
Marc-Andre Fleury
Evgeni Malkin
Marian Hossa. No, wait...
 
5. Pittsburgh's title may not have happened had it not been for ________, which blocked a puck from going into an otherwise empty net in Tuesday night's game
Bill Guerin's hand
Marc-Andre Fleury's neck guard
Rob Scuderi's skate
Miroslav Satan's finger
 
6. An attacker went Jeff Gillooly on the knees of which incarcerated sports figure in a federal prison this week?
OJ Simpson
Maurice Clarett
Tim Donaghy
Lawrence Phillips
 
7. In other news of Bad Things Happening to Bad People, the wife of which noted MLB pariah has filed for divorce?
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Pete Rose
Rafael Palmeiro
 
8. Three of these teams still hear the joyful ping of aluminum bats, as they have reached the College World Series. Which of the following is not a participant?
LSU
Cal State Fullerton
Rice
Arizona State
 
9. The NBA awarded the 2011 All-Star game to which city who had a team in the conference finals?
Denver
Los Angeles
Orlando
Cleveland
 
10. Again looking forward to 2011, ESPN will begin broadcasting which BCS bowl that year?
Fiesta
Sugar
Rose
Orange
 
11. This week saw which Bobby Cox reach which milestone?
2,500th career win
2,000th win with the Braves
200th ejection
1,500th career loss
 
12. Which of these center fielders had a pretty good game at the plate on Monday, belting four hits, including two triples and a double?
Shane Victorino
Matt Kemp
Kosuke Fukudome
Andrew McCutchen
 
13. After only two years on the job, Devils coach Brent Sutter quit. What unusual reason did he give for his departure?
He has decided that hockey is a silly game
He lost a bar bet
Homesickness
He wants to become a college professor
 
14. The 2009-10 Big East basketball season became much more compelling this week as this standout withdrew from the draft and announced he would return for another season?
Jonny Flynn
Luke Harangody
Scottie Reynolds
DeJuan Blair
 
15. If a resignation can be both sudden and not really surprising, then it would apply to the departure of this school's head basketball coach:
Providence
USC
Western Kentucky
Northern Illinois
 
16. The Washington Nationals selected greatly-hyped Stephen Strasburg with the first pick in the MLB draft. For which school did the fireballer pitch this year?
San Diego State
Arizona State
Fresno State
UC Santa Barbara
 
17. The MLB draft concluded this week with the ______ pick.
1,269th
787th
1,521st
832rd
 
18. Through the first three head-to-head series of the 2009 season, the Red Sox have what record against the Yankees?
9-1
8-0
8-2
9-0
 
19. Which was not a MLB interleague matchup featured over the weekend?
Red-Royals
Giants-As
Rangers-Rockies
Twins-Cubs
 
20. If Manny Ramirez is paying for PR classes, he may want to ask for his money back. This week he offered this statement to mitigate his past actions: "I didn't ____ nobody, I didn't ____ nobody, so that's it. I'm just going to come and play the game."
Kidnap / manslaughter
Kill / rape
Shiv / drop a dime on
Defraud / embezzle from
 
21. What was a sign this week that Brett Favre might indeed sign with the Vikings?
Favre was spotted painting his truck purple and gold back home in Mississippi
Favre family members bought hotel rooms in Green Bay for the date of the Packers-Vikings game
Favre's wife was seen looking at homes in Minneapolis
Favre announced on a radio show that he could name 9,050 of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes
 
22. Nick Montana, son of NFL legend Joe, signed to play football with which Pac-10 school this week?
Washington
UCLA
Arizona State
Cal
 
23. The NCAA used a kind but firm hand in handing out penalties across several different sports of which big-time athletics school?
Alabama
Arizona
Ohio State
Texas A&M
 
24. Odd Ways to Lose at Baseball, Part I: Thursday night saw Cleveland beat Kansas City as they Royals' center fielder lost the game-winning hit in:
The lights
A clump of long grass
A flock of birds
Debris thrown from the stands
 
25. Odd Ways to Lose at Baseball, Part II: With two out and two on on in the bottom of the ninth, which Mets infielder dropped a can of corn, turning a one-run victory into a one-run loss against the Yankees on Friday?
Luis Castillo
Alex Cora
David Wright
Daniel Murphy
 
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