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1.	The executive director of which sports league players' association was given the old heave-ho this week?
		NBA
		NHL
		NFL
		MLB

2.	Are you starting to get a feeling that a 4-12 record might win the AFC West this year? Me too! This team in the increasingly dysfunctional division fired its offensive coordinator on Monday:
		Broncos
		Chargers
		Chiefs
		Raiders

3.	"Capital idea!" exclaimed these two teams, which also fired their offensive coordinators just days before the beginning of the regular season:
		Rams and Cardinals
		Buccaneers and Bills
		Jaguars and Texans
		Browns and Bengals

4.	He was the sixth overall draft pick in 2001, was named to four Pro Bowl teams and played in multiple Super Bowls. Sound familiar? This week, he was traded from:
		A team in the NFC Central to a team in the AFC South
		A team in the AFC East to a team in the AFC West
		A team in the NFC South to a team in the NFC East
		A team in the NFC North to a team in the AFC North

5.	A designated hitter from this AL East team had a pretty good Monday, tallying a career-high eight RBIs, with a solo homer and a three-run double:
		Toronto
		New York
		Boston
		Tampa Bay

6.	Which defensive stud returned to his team, appropriately contrite, a day after leaving the team's facility as a result of a dispute with the defensive coordinator?
		James Harrison
		Dwight Freeney
		Ray Lewis
		Osi Umenyiora

7.	Which NFL running back somewhat disrespected his franchise's all-time rushing leader by saying: "Think of who else was around him. That was really not hard to be a great running back when you've got that talent all around you."
		Joseph Addai said it about Edgerrin James
		Darren McFadden, said it about Marcus Allen
		Clinton Portis said it about John Riggins
		Willie Parker said it about Franco Harris

8.	NFL honcho Roger Goodell spoke this week about the possibility of broadcast blackouts affecting various markets in the upcoming season, noting that all eight home games for which team might be unavailable locally?
		Cincinnati
		Jacksonville
		Arizona
		Tampa Bay

9.	Which former Boston area sports notable has expressed 'some interest' in Massachusetts Senate seat vacated with the passing of Edward Kennedy?
		Larry Bird
		Raymond Berry
		Curt Schilling
		Bobby Orr

10.	Which NFL flameout decided to cast his fortunes with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers before the CFL team wouldn't be signing the bozo?
		Lawrence Phillips
		Jeff Garcia
		Adam Jones
		Jeff George

11.	"Due to the many rules the NFL has made I've found it difficult to enjoy Twitter and I'll be deleting my account :(" What frequent NFL Twitterer is apparently giving up his one true passion?
		Tony Romo
		Chad Johnson
		Chris Cooley
		TJ Houshmandzadeh

12.	The women played havoc on the seedings at the US Open, largely thanks to 17 year old American Melanie Oudin, who defeated which two prominent opponents in the second and third rounds?
		Venus Williams and Dinara Safina
		Elena Dementieva & Maria Sharapova
		Jelena Jankovic and Vera Zvonareva
		Svetlana Kuznetsova and Serena Williams

13.	Meanwhile, on the men's side, for the first time in history the third round contained:
		No Americans
		No Europeans
		All of the top 16 seeds
		None of the top 16 seeds

14.	In Illegal Crackback Block news, a notable player of which position recieved a $10,000 fine for committing the infraction this week?
		Quarterback
		Running back
		Linebacker
		Wide receiver

15.	Yey, college football returns! Which of these Top 10 teams won on Saturday by the smallest margin?
		#5 Alabama
		#6 Ohio State
		#4 USC
		#2 Texas

16.	The biggest upset of a Top 10 team this week was won by a team from which state?
		Mississippi
		Utah
		California
		Oklahoma

17.	Which conference got off to a rocky start, its teams going only 4-6 for the weekend, with two losses to Colonial Athletic teams?
		ACC
		Big East
		Mountain West
		SEC

18.	This week's Sports Illustrated cover featured one of a series of NFL quarterbacks. Which of the following was not one of the signalcallers featured on a regional cover?
		Ben Roethlisberger
		Tony Romo
		Drew Brees
		Aaron Rodgers

19.	Amid the NFL roster casualties announced this week was which Super Bowl hero of not too long ago?
		David Tyree
		Hines Ward
		Deion Branch
		Santonio Holmes

20.	Sunday brought troubling news that a well-known player from this NFL team was accused of choking his reality TV star girlfriend:
		Dallas Cowboys
		San Diego Chargers
		Philadelphia Eagles
		New Orleans Saints

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