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| 1. | This week, divorce proceedings began, the outcome of which will have serious consequences for which storied franchise? | ||
| Boston Celtics | |||
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Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||
| 2. | For the rest of the season Manny will be Manny somewhere else as Manny Ramirez joined this team via the waiver wire: | ||
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Chicago | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Tampa Bay | |||
| St. Louis | |||
| 3. | The country gave the US its stiffest challenge so far at the World Championships, as the Yanks escaped with a meager two point win? | ||
| Spain | |||
| Greece | |||
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Brazil | ||
| Germany | |||
| 4. | If you're _______, then congratulations! You have been insured for $1 million this week. | ||
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Troy Polamalu's hair | ||
| Chad Johnson's gold teeth | |||
| Peyton Manning's laser rocket arm | |||
| Chris Johnson's tattoos | |||
| 5. | Which notable NFL flameout signed a one year deal to play in the UFL Omaha Whatevertheyrecalleds this week? signs 1-year deal with UFL's Omaha team | ||
| JaMarcus Russell | |||
| Joey Harrington | |||
| Mike Williams | |||
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Maurice Clarett | ||
| 6. | Meanwhile, this former NFLer will be a contestant on this season's Dancing With the Stars: | ||
| John Elway | |||
| Steve Young | |||
| Michael Irvin | |||
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Kurt Warner | ||
| 7. | At the age of 48, Chris Chelios has finally hung up his skates. With which of these franchises did he not spend part of his career with? | ||
| Chicago Blackhawks | |||
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Colorado Avalance | ||
| Detroit Red Wings | |||
| Montreal Canadiens | |||
| 8. | BYU announced it will be leaving the Mountain West Conference before the start of next season, in order to do what with its football team? | ||
| Join the Pac 10 | |||
| Join the Big 12 | |||
| Join the West Coast Conference | |||
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Play as an independent | ||
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By way of explanation.....
It will be in the WCC for all other sports, but an independent in football |
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| 9. | Headlining the Big 10 divisional split is the fact that: | ||
| Michigan and Michigan State won't be in the same division | |||
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Michigan and Ohio State won't be in the same division | ||
| Purdue and Indiana won't be in the same division | |||
| Iowa and Minnesota won't be in the same division | |||
| 10. | This MLB post-season contender chose the wrong time to hit the skids, amassing a double-digit loss streak: | ||
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San Diego | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Atlanta | |||
| Tampa Bay | |||
| 11. | Oh, those baseball players and their pranks. Arizona infielder Adama LaRoche punked teammate Kelly Johnson this week by having Johnson's at-bat music switched to which song? | ||
| Dancing Queen | |||
| Macarena | |||
| Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | |||
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It's Raining Men | ||
| 12. | As the US Open got underway, this tennis great appeared in a Lindt Chocolate commercial, in which s/he was threatened with a strip search: | ||
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Roger Federer | ||
| Maria Sharapova | |||
| Rafael Nadal | |||
| Serena Williams | |||
| 13. | An overreaction to a foot fault ruling paved the way for Andy Roddick to lose in an early round at the US Open to a player from which country? | ||
| UK | |||
| Germany | |||
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Serbia | ||
| Spain | |||
| 14. | Meanwhile, which top-ranked woman did not survive to play into the second week of the Open? | ||
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Jelena Jankovic | ||
| Kim Clijsters | |||
| Caroline Wozniacki | |||
| Venus Williams | |||
| 15. | Ben Roethlisberger got some good news this week as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he'll be suspended for how many games? | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
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4 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 16. | Now for the Men Behaving Badly part of the quiz: For having over-anticipated the day that decapitation was a legal way to end a play in an NFL game, Ndamukong Suh was fined this amount for his near deathblow against Jake Delhomme: | ||
| $25,000 | |||
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$7,500 | ||
| $100,000 | |||
| $5,000 | |||
| 17. | For his bizarre actions, including charging the mound, gesturing toward fans, and hanging the clubhouse TP in an incorrect "under" fashion, Nationals wildman Nyjer Morgan was suspended this many games: | ||
| 15 | |||
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8 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 12 | |||
| 18. | Morgan's antics climaxed with a bench-clearing brawl as the Nats played the: | ||
| Mets | |||
| Cubs | |||
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Marlins | ||
| Braves | |||
| 19. | It's splitsville for Alex Rodriguez and this person who has been near and dear to A-Rod for much of his career: | ||
| his wife | |||
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his agent | ||
| his BFF, Derek Jeter | |||
| his mistress | |||
| 20. | Scott Cousins was the hero in Sunday's 10th inning victory by the Marlins over the Braves, but it was an odd twist of fate that even sent him to the plate for what would be his first major league hit. What happened? | ||
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The on-deck hitter was hit with a line drive and had to leave the game | ||
| He replaced an ejected batter mid at-bat and was working a 2 strike count right away. | |||
| He was promoted to the majors that morning, he had arrived at the ballpark 15 minutes ago. | |||
| He's a pitcher, the Marlins were out of position players to hit. | |||
| 21. | Sunday night's Twins-Rangers game ended in this highly unusual fashion: | ||
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Interference call | ||
| Walk-off inside the park home run | |||
| Triple play | |||
| Game called due to weather with 1 out left in the 9th | |||
| 22. | College football! Woohoo! Which Heisman contender missed his team's first game with a non-serious injury? | ||
| Terrelle Pryor | |||
| Ryan Mallett | |||
| Jacory Harris | |||
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Mark Ingram | ||
| 23. | In pretty much the only interesting action of the first weekend of college football, this directional Carolina school won on a Hail Mary touchdown completion to defeat Tulsa, 51-49: | ||
| South | |||
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East | ||
| North | |||
| Coastal | |||
| 24. | This ranked team was dealt a loss in its first game of the season: | ||
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Pittsburgh | ||
| USC | |||
| Auburn | |||
| LSU | |||
| 25. | This signalcaller announced his studliness by logging more than 300 passing yards in the first half of his team's opening game: | ||
| Andy Dalton | |||
| Dayne Crist | |||
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Andrew Luck | ||
| Darron Thomas | |||
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