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You scored, but its only preseason
1. Luke Donald clinched the Ryder Cup when his victory in his singles match assured Europe of a tie against the United States. Which player moments later won his match to clinch an outright third straight win by the Euros?
Correct
Henrik Stenson.
OK, so maybe this isn’t the United States’ game anymore, either.
Read the full story.
2. A funny thing happened to the U.S. men’s Davis Cup tennis team on the way to the finals. OK, maybe elimination in the semifinals isn’t funny. Who outlasted Andy Roddick, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15, in a match that lasted almost five hours and clinched the Russian victory?
Correct
Dmitry Tursunov.
The funny part was that Russian coach Shamil Tarpishchev picked the struggling Tursunov to play in the singles at all.
Read the full story.
3. Call it luck if you would like, but Notre Dame’s Irish fought all the way back from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to devastate Michigan State, 40-37. Whose interception touchdown run gave the Fighting Irish their winning points?
Correct
Terrail Lambert.
Moments later, Terrail intercepted another pass to completely derail the Spartans.
Read the full story.
4. What’s as nice as Rice? In college football, the answer is David Ball who scored his 50th NCAA Division 1-AA touchdown to tie Jerry Rice’s record. For what school is David having a ball?
Correct
New Hampshire.
Ball may be tied for number one, but his school is all alone atop the 1-AA rankings.
Read the full story.
5. When Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz hit his 51st home run off the year, whose team record did he break?
Manny Ramirez is not correct.
Jimmie Fox.
At least there is some good news for the eliminated Bosox.
Read the full story.
6. Which country has withdrawn its bid to host the 2009 UEFA Cup soccer final because a planned renovation of a stadium will be delayed in a dispute between the owners of the stadium and local government?
Correct
Denmark.
And we were so looking forward to a Danish.
Read the full story.
7. What a week for LeBron James. First he gets to have lunch with Warren Buffett and then he gets to show his shooting touch on a TV talk show. We know Buffett was the lunch host, but who was LeBronze’s TV host?
Correct
David Letterman.
Maybe he learned a few new rim shots from Paul Shaffer.
Read the full story.
8. One NFL owner truly is ready for some football as he took over as chairman of English Premier League soccer club Aston Villa on Tuesday. Who was it?
Correct
Randy Lerner.
Aston Villa hopes Randy is a fast learner.
Read the full story.
9. Brent Musburger is under fire for giving away a college football team’s secrets. Which football power is mad at Musburger?
Notre Dame is not correct.
USC.
Sounds like the Trojans and QB John David would like to kick Brett’s Booty.
Read the full story.
10. Longtime baseball executive Syd Thrift died following 50 years in the game. With which team did he start his career?
Orioles is not correct.
Yankees.
But he did his best swashbuckling with the Pirates.
Read the full story.
You scored, but its only preseason
1. Luke Donald clinched the Ryder Cup when his victory in his singles match assured Europe of a tie against the United States. Which player moments later won his match to clinch an outright third straight win by the Euros?
Correct
Henrik Stenson.
OK, so maybe this isn’t the United States’ game anymore, either.
Read the full story.
2. A funny thing happened to the U.S. men’s Davis Cup tennis team on the way to the finals. OK, maybe elimination in the semifinals isn’t funny. Who outlasted Andy Roddick, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15, in a match that lasted almost five hours and clinched the Russian victory?
Correct
Dmitry Tursunov.
The funny part was that Russian coach Shamil Tarpishchev picked the struggling Tursunov to play in the singles at all.
Read the full story.
3. Call it luck if you would like, but Notre Dame’s Irish fought all the way back from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to devastate Michigan State, 40-37. Whose interception touchdown run gave the Fighting Irish their winning points?
Correct
Terrail Lambert.
Moments later, Terrail intercepted another pass to completely derail the Spartans.
Read the full story.
4. What’s as nice as Rice? In college football, the answer is David Ball who scored his 50th NCAA Division 1-AA touchdown to tie Jerry Rice’s record. For what school is David having a ball?
Correct
New Hampshire.
Ball may be tied for number one, but his school is all alone atop the 1-AA rankings.
Read the full story.
5. When Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz hit his 51st home run off the year, whose team record did he break?
Manny Ramirez is not correct.
Jimmie Fox.
At least there is some good news for the eliminated Bosox.
Read the full story.
6. Which country has withdrawn its bid to host the 2009 UEFA Cup soccer final because a planned renovation of a stadium will be delayed in a dispute between the owners of the stadium and local government?
Correct
Denmark.
And we were so looking forward to a Danish.
Read the full story.
7. What a week for LeBron James. First he gets to have lunch with Warren Buffett and then he gets to show his shooting touch on a TV talk show. We know Buffett was the lunch host, but who was LeBronze’s TV host?
Correct
David Letterman.
Maybe he learned a few new rim shots from Paul Shaffer.
Read the full story.
8. One NFL owner truly is ready for some football as he took over as chairman of English Premier League soccer club Aston Villa on Tuesday. Who was it?
Correct
Randy Lerner.
Aston Villa hopes Randy is a fast learner.
Read the full story.
9. Brent Musburger is under fire for giving away a college football team’s secrets. Which football power is mad at Musburger?
Notre Dame is not correct.
USC.
Sounds like the Trojans and QB John David would like to kick Brett’s Booty.
Read the full story.
10. Longtime baseball executive Syd Thrift died following 50 years in the game. With which team did he start his career?
Orioles is not correct.
Yankees.
But he did his best swashbuckling with the Pirates.
Read the full story.
