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1.	In an effort for all Cleveland teams to keep LeBron James happy, this former Cleveland Browns player was conveniently traded to the Jets two days after allegedly punching a friend of the basketball player:
		Braylon Edwards
		Brady Quinn
		Jamal Lewis
		Chansi Stuckey

2.	It may not have been the reason the Detroit Tigers are not in the post-season, but it certainly couldn't have helped. Which player was, according to police reports, found with some blood in his alcohol stream last weekend?
		Justin Verlander
		Miguel Cabrera
		Magglio Ordonez
		Curtis Granderson

3.	If this were Madden 10 for the Xbox 360, Brett Favre would have earned himself some achievement points. What did he do?
		Obtain a perfect quarterback rating
		Set a record for most consecutive completions
		Beat all 32 current NFL teams
		Set a record for most consecutive scoring drives

4.	Which controversial figure is part of a group in talks to buy a majority share of the St. Louis Rams?
		Mark Cuban
		Rush Limbaugh
		Glenn Beck
		Mikhail Prokhorov

5.	Which of the playoff series was the first to begin?
		Rockies vs Phillies
		Yankees vs Twins
		Red Sox vs Angels
		Cardinals vs Dodgers

6.	As the playoffs proceeded, one of the postseason games was delayed for this unusual reason:
		Snow and cold
		Loss of power to the stadium
		Travel delays which prevented umpires from arriving on time
		Food poisoning which crippled both teams

7.	"Kings Ransom" was the first episode in what new documentary series from ESPN?
		30 For 30
		SportsCentury
		Outside the Lines
		Who's Now?

8.	ESPN the Magazine added some subtly to your newsstands this week by featuring various more-or-less naked athletes on the cover of The Body issue. Which of the following was not featured on the cover?
		Gina Carano
		Adrian Peterson
		Maria Sharapova
		Dwight Howard

9.	Game 1 of the Cardinals-Dodgers series resulted in this record being set:
		Most runners left on base
		Shortest postseason game
		Most hit batsmen
		Fewest pitches thrown in a 9-inning game

10.	If someone came up to you on the street and threatened to give you a knuckle sandwich unless you could tell him one true fact about the new United Football League, you'd be able to escape unscathed if you said:
		The minimum salary is $500,000
		The "league" consists of 4 teams
		Games are broadcast on NBC
		One of the coaches in NFL Hall of Famer John Elway

11.	For the stumper of the week, we'll ask about....yes, the WNBA. The league finished its season this week with this outcome (hint: the correct answer features the only two teams of those listed that were actually in the playoffs):
		Phoenix beat Indiana
		Chicago beat Atlanta
		Minnesota beat New York
		Conneticut beat Sacramento

12.	The summer Olympics will undoubtedly be much more interes-zzzzzzzzz. Sorry, we were about to ask which two sports have been added to the Olympic slate of offerings in 2016:
		Croquet and cricket
		Foosball and poker
		Sumo wrestling and lawn darts
		Golf and rugby

13.	Does your NFL team suck? If so, hope that they're playing these bozos, already having allowed a historic losing streak to end, gave an 0-3 team its first win on Sunday;
		Dallas
		Washington
		Baltimore
		Seattle

14.	We love barnburners, or at least we did until the barn actually burned last summer. Poor Bessie the Cow. Anyway, the entertaining matchup between these two college football teams yielded 93 points over the weekend:
		Colorado-Texas
		Oregon-UCLA
		Georgia Tech-Florida State
		Minnesota-Purdue

15.	Which ranked team were a study in futility during the first three quarters, before scoring all of their 27 points in the fourth quarter on Saturday?
		Alabama
		Virginia Tech
		Miami
		Nebraska

16.	We love nice, round numbers, so we were delighted to see that Sunday's leading NFL pass catcher notched this many receiving yards:
		100
		150
		250
		300

17.	Overtime, extra innings, free sports for everybody! Which of these matchups did not go beyond regulation this week?
		Red Sox-Angels
		Yankees-Twins
		Cowboys-Chiefs
		Patriots-Broncos

18.	TV viewers were treated to this visual barforama thanks to AFL nostalgia. Which team's unis are pictured here?
		Pittsburgh
		Denver
		Cincinnati
		San Diego

19.	The U.S. soccer team punched its ticket for its sixth straight World Cup with a thrilling 3-2 victory over whom?
		Mexico
		Trinidad and Tobago
		Costa Rica
		Honduras

20.	USA! USA! USA! Besides soccer triumph, the U.S. also took home which golf championship?
		World Cup
		Ryder Cup
		Presidents Cup
		Tin Cup