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Asked April 30: THE YANKEES LOSE TO THE MARINERS 6-0 . ROGER CLEMENS GETS THE LOSS. HE NEEDS ONLY 3 MORE VICTORIES TO BECOME BASEBALL'S 21ST 300 GAME WINNER. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 300-GAME WINNERS WHO ONCE PITCHED FOR THE YANKEES?
Answers: Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry
In the chase for Stanley Cup, as usual
Asked April 29:
THE DEVILS LOSE TO THE LIGHTNING IN GAME 3 OF THEIR STANLEY CUP EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL PLAYOFF SERIES.
THIS IS DEVILS DEFENSEMAN SCOTT STEVENS' 7TH STRAIGHT YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 7 PLAYERS IN HISTORY WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS FOR 16 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS?
20 LARRY ROBINSON 1973-1992 MONTREAL/LOS ANGELES
18 LARRY MURPHY 1984-2001 WASHINGTON/MINNESOTA/PITTSBURGH/TORONTO/DETROIT
17 BRAD PARK 1969-1985 NEW YORK RANGERS/BOSTON/DETROIT
17 RAY BOURQUE 1980-1996 BOSTON
16 JEAN BELIVEAU 1954-1969 MONTREAL
16 BOB GAINEY 1974-1989 MONTREAL
16 DALE HUNTER 1981-1996 QUEBEC/WASHINGTON
Pride of Gastonia
Asked April 29: THE CELTICS VISIT THE PACERS TONIGHT IN GAME 5 OF THIER OPENING ROUND NBA PLAYOFF SERIES. CELTICS STAR PAUL PIERCE SCORED 32 POINTS IN THE 2ND HALF IN SUNDAY'S GAME 4 VICTORY. DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR TE MOST POINTS SCORED IN A HALF IN AN NBA PLAYOFF GAME?
Asked April 29: SLEEPY FLOYD GOLDEN STATE 39 POINTS 1987
Moore: The right call
Asked April 25: IT IS THE EVE OF THE START OF THE NFL DRAFT.
USC QUARTERBACK CARSON PALMER WILL BE THE 1ST PLAYER SELECTED.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHICH 5 SCHOOLS HAVE HAD 2 PLAYERS SELECTED AS THE NUMBER 1 OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT?
Answer:
VIRGINIA TECH: BRUCE SMITH (1985) MICHAEL VICK (2001)
AUBURN: BO JACKSON (1986) AUNDRE BRUCE (1988)
MIAMI: VINNY TESTAVERDE (1987) RUSSELL MARYLAND (1991)
OHIO STATE: DAN WILKINSON (1994) ORLANDO PACE (1997)
PENN STATE: KI-JANA CARTER (1995) COURTNEY BROWN (2000)
Men of Troy return to front
Asked April 24: THE CINCINNATI BENGALS WILL HAVE THE FIRST PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT WHICH BEGINS SATURDAY IN NEW YORK.
THE BENGALS ARE EXPECTED TO SELECT USC QUARTERBACK CARSON PALMER.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE LAST PLAYER FROM USC WHO WAS SELECTED IN THE 1ST ROUND OF THE NFL DRAFT?
Answer: R.J. SOWARD, WR, JACKSONVILLE, 2000
29TH PICK
First caller
Asked April 24: THE NFL DRAFT BEGINS ON SATURDAY.
USC QUARTERBACK CARSON PALMER IS EXPECTED TO BE THE 1ST PLAYER SELECTED.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE 1ST PLAYER SELECTED IN EACH OF THE LAST 10 NFL DRAFTS?
1993 DREW BLEDSOE QB WASHINGTON STATE NEW ENGLAND
1994 DAN WILKINSON DT OHIO STATE CINCINNATI
1995 KI-JANA CARTER RB PENN STATE CINCINNATI
1996 KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WR USC NEW YORK JETS
1997 ORLANDO PACE OT OHIO STATE ST. LOUIS
1998 PEYTON MANNING QB TENNESSEE INDIANAPOLIS
1999 TIM COUCH QB KENTUCKY CLEVELAND
2000 COURTNEY BROWN DE PENN STATE CLEVELAND
2001 MICHAEL VICK QB VIRGINIA TECH ATLANTA
2002 DAVID CARR QB FRESNO STATE HOUSTON
Esteban Yan? Nope
Asked April 17: DID YOU KNOW.....WHO IS THE ONLY PITCHER WHO HAS PITCHED AT LEAST 200 INNINGS IN EACH OF THE LAST 8 YEARS?
Answer: MIKE MUSSINA
No. 99 tops the list
Asked April 17: DID YOU KNOW.....WHICH 10 PLAYERS HAVE THE MOST CAREER POINTS IN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY?
Answer: 1) WAYNE GRETZKY
2) MARK MESSIER
3) JARI KURRI
4) GLENN ANDERSON
5) PAUL COFFEY
6) DOUG GILMOUR 188
7) BRETT HULL 184
BRYAN TROTTIER 184
9) RAY BOURQUE
10) STEVE YZERMAN 176
JEAN BELIVEAU 176
Not Butch Huskey
Asked April 16: WHO ARE THE 3 ROCKIES WHO HAVE LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RBI'S?
Answer: DANTE BICHETTE, 1995;
ANDRES GALARRAGA, 1996, 1997;
TODD HELTON, 2000
Long gone, hard to name
Asked April 15: DID YOU KNOW.... WHICH 10 ACTIVE PLAYERS HAVE THE MOST CAREER HOME RUNS?
1) BARRY BONDS
2) SAMMY SOSA
3) RAFAEL PALMEIRO
4) FRED MCGRIFF
5) KEN GRIFFEY, JR.
6) JUAN GONZALEZ
7) ANDRES GALARRAGA
8) JEFF BAGWELL
9) FRANK THOMAS
10) MATT WILLIAMS
Not Carew, Grich or Erstad
Asked April 15: ANAHEIM'S GARRET ANDERSON LEADS THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN BATTING.
DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS THE ONLY ANGEL TO EVER WIN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING TITLE?
Answer: ALEX JOHNSON, 1970
Name rings something
Asked April 14: IN BASEBALL, THE TWINS BEAT THE BLUE JAYS 9-3.
TORONTO CENTER FIELDER VERNON WELLS GOES 0 FOR 4.
WELLS IS TIED FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD IN RBI'S.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE LAST BLUE JAY TO WIN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE RBI TITLE?
Answer: George Bell, 1987
Rain man
Asked April 11: THE RAIN-DELAYED MASTERS GETS UNDERWAY AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL. TIGER WOODS HAD ROUNDS OF 70, 69, 66, AND 71 ENROUTE TO WINNING LAST YEAR'S MASTERS. DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE ONLY PLAYER TO SHOOT BELOW 70 IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 2002 MASTERS?
Answer: SHIGEKI MARUYAMA, 67
Major goals
Asked April 10: THE 67TH MASTERS GETS UNDERWAY TODAY AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL.
TIGER WOODS IS SEEKING HIS 9TH TITLE IN 1 OF GOLF'S 4 MAJORS.
DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 6 PLAYERS IN THIS YEAR'S MASTERS FIELD HAVE MADE THE MOST STARTS IN A MAJOR WITHOUT "WINNING" A MAJOR?
Answer:
73 JAY HAAS;
65 SCOTT HOCH;
62 JOHN COOK;
57 BRAD FAXON;
46 COLIN MONTGOMERIE;
42 PHIL MICKELSON
13 years in same uniform
Asked April 10: THIS IS THE 11TH YEAR THAT MADDUX AND JOHN SMOLTZ HAVE BEEN BRAVES TEAMMATES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 ACTIVE PLAYERS WHO ARE STILL TEAMMATES HAVE BEEN TEAMMATES THE LONGEST? Answer: JEFF BAGWELL, CRAIG BIGGIO, 13 YEARS
One, twice, three times a Master
Asked April 9: THE MASTERS BEGINS TOMORROW MORNING AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL. LAST YEAR, TIGER WOODS BECAME THE 7TH MAN TO WIN THE MASTERS 3 TIMES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BEFORE" WOODS, WHO WAS THE LAST MAN TO WIN THE MASTERS 3 TIMES?
Answer: NICK FALDO: 1989, 1990. 1996
Notables sans rings
Asked April 8:
SYRACUSE BEATS KANSAS TO WIN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. IT IS THE FIRST NCAA TITLE FOR SYRACUSE COACH JIM BOEHEIM.
DID YOU KNOW...OF THE 10 WINNINGEST COACHES WHO WERE STILL ACTIVE THIS SEASON, WHICH 5 HAVE NEVER WON AN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP?
Answer:
JIM PHELAN, MOUNT ST. MARY'S
LOU HENSON, NEW MEXICO
EDDIE SUTTON, OKLAHOMA STATE
JOHN CHANEY, TEMPLE
HUGH DURHAM, JACKSONVILLE (COACHED FSU TO FINAL FOUR IN 1972 AND GEORGIA TO FINAL FOUR IN 1983)
Big East bridesmaids
Asked April 8:
SYRACUSE BEATS KANSAS IN THE NCAA FINALS. THE ORANGEMEN WIN THEIR 1ST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP IN THEIR 28TH APPEARANCE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
DID YOU KNOW...WITH SYRACUSE'S WIN, WHICH 2 SCHOOLS HAVE NOW MADE THE MOST NCAA APPEARANCES "WITHOUT" WNNING AN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP?
Answer: 27 NOTRE DAME, ST. JOHN'S
Look to Beehive State
April 4: IT WILL BE KANSAS VS. MARQUETTE AND TEXAS VS. SYRACUSE TOMORORW IN THE FINAL FOUR IN NEW ORLEANS.
MARQUETTE IS THE 1ST TEAM FROM CONFERENCE USA TO MAKE THE FINAL FOUR IN 10 YEARS.
22 OF THE LAST 24 FINAL FOUR TEAMS HAVE COME FROM THE 6 "POWER" CONFERENCES...THE ACC, BIG EAST, BIG TEN, BIG 12, PAC-10, OR SEC.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BESIDES" MARQUETTE, WHO IS THE ONLY OTHER TEAM NOT FROM THE 6 "POWER" CONFERENCES TO MAKE THE FINAL FOUR IN THE LAST 6 YEARS?
Answer: UTAH, MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE, 1998
Four score
April 4: IT WILL BE TOP SEDED TEXAS VS. 3RD SEEDED SYRACUSE AND 2ND SEEDED KANSAS VS. 3RD SEEDED MARQUETTE IN THE FINAL FOUR ON SATURDAY IN NEW ORLEANS.
4 NUMBER 1 SEEDS HAVE NEVER MADE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHAT WERE THE 4 TEAMS AND WHAT WAS THE YEAR THE ONLY TIME "3" NUMBER 1 SEEDS AND 1 NUMBER 2 SEED MADE THE FINAL FOUR?
Answer: 1993
#1 NORTH CAROLINA;
#1 KENTUCKY;
#1 MICHIGAN;
#2 KANSAS
Outstanding on the floor
Asked April 4:
IT WILL BE MARQUETTE VS. KANSAS AND TEXAS VS. SYRACUSE IN THE FINAL FOUR SATURDAY IN NEW ORLEANS.
THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF GREAT PLAYERS ON DISPLAY...DWYANE WADE, NICK COLLISON, T.J. FORD, CARMELO ANTHONY.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WON THE "MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER" AWARD AT THE LAST 10 FINAL FOURS?
Answer:
1993 DONALD WILLIAMS, NORTH CAROLINA
1994 CORLISS WILLIAMSON, ARKANSAS
1995 ED O'BANNON, UCLA
1996 TONY DELK, KENTUCKY
1997 MILES SIMON, ARIZONA
1998 JEFF SHEPPARD, KENTUCKY
1999 RICHARD HAMILTON, CONNECTICUT
2000 MATEEN CLEAVES, MICHIGAN STATE
2001 SHANE BATTIER, DUKE
2002 JUAN DIXON, MARYLAND
Sixth sense
Asked April 2: IT WILL BE TOP SEEDED TEXAS VS. 3RD SEEDED SYRACUSE AND 2ND SEEDED KANSAS VS. 3RD SEEDED MARQUETTE SATURDAY IN THE FNAL FOUR.
SINCE THE NCAA BEGAN SEEDING TEAMS IN 1979, 8TH SEEDED VILLANOVA IN 1985 WAS THE LOWEST SEED TO WIN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO WERE THE 2 TEAMS WHO ARE TIED FOR THE "2ND" LOWEST SEED TO WIN AN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP?
Answer: No. 6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE. 1983;
No. 6 KANSAS, 1988
Final countdown
Asked April 1: IT WILL BE MARQUETTE VS. KANSAS AND SYRACUSE VS. TEXAS IN THE FINAL FOUR THIS WEEKEND IN NEW ORLEANS.
IT WILL BE KANSAS' 12TH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE?
DID YOU KNOW..."BESIDES" KANSAS, WHICH 10 SCHOOLS HAVE MADE MORE THAN 5 FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES?
Answer: 15 NORTH CAROLINA
15 UCLA
13 DUKE
13 KENTUCKY
11 KANSAS
9 OHIO STATE
8 INDIANA
7 LOUISVILLE
6 ARKANSAS
6 CINCINNATI
6 MICHIGAN
When No. 2 became No. 1
Asked April 1: IT WILL BE MARQUETTE VS. KANSAS AND SYRACUSE VS. TEXAS IN THE FINAL FOUR THIS WEEKEND IN NEW ORLEANS.
TEXAS IS A 1 SEED. KANSAS IS A 2 SEED. SYRACUSE AND MARQUETTE ARE 3 SEEDS.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE LAST TEAM WHICH WAS "NOT" SEEDED 1ST IN ITS REGIONAL TO WIN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP?
Answer:
KENTUCKY, 1998, No. 2 SEED
Knock on this guy
Asked March 31: IT WILL BE MARQUETTE VS. KANSAS AND SYRACUSE VS. TEXAS IN THE FINAL FOUR ON SATURDAY IN NEW ORLEANS.
BILL WALTON HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN THE NCAA "FINALS."
DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN AN NCAA "SEMIFINAL" GAME?
Answer:
AL WOOD, NORTH CAROLINA, 39, 1981,
VS. VIRGINIA
Wildcats rule
Asked March 28: KENTUCKY BEATS WISCONSIN TO ADVANCE TO THE MIDWEST REGIONAL FINALS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. KENTUCKY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES. THIS IS THE WILDCATS "44TH" APPEARANCE. DID YOU KNOW...WHICH SCHOOL HAS THE CURRENT LONGEST STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES?
Answer: ARIZONA, 19TH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE
He later became a Cav
Asked March 26: THE NCAA TOURNAMENT RESUMES TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS IN THE MIDWEST AND THE WEST.
THE FINAL FOUR BEGINS ON APRIL 5
BILL BRADLEY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN A FINAL FOUR GAME.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORING IN "ANY" NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME?
Answer:
AUSTIN CARR, NOTRE DAME, 61 POINTS, 1970
Billy, don't be a hero
Asked March 20: 16 FIRST ROUND NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES WILLBE PLAYED TODAY.
GARY WILLIAMS COACHED MARYLAND TO THE NCAA TITLE LAST APRIL.
JUAN DIXON WAS AMONG THE STARS WHO PLAYED ON THAT TEAM.
6 MEN HAVE PLAYED AND COACHED IN A FINAL FOUR.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE MOST RECENT OF THE 6 MEN TO PLAY AND COACH IN A FINAL FOUR?
Answer: BILLY DONOVAN
1987 PROVIDENCE, 2000 FLORIDA
Five alive
Asked March 20:
THE NCAA TOURNAMENT CONTINUE TODAY WITH 16 FIRST ROUND GAMES.
IN THE SOUTH REGION, 5TH SEEDED UCONN MEETS 12TH SEEDED BYU.
JIM CALHOUN COACHED UCONN TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1999.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 8 MEN WHO HAVE COACHED IN 5 OR MORE FINAL FOURS?
Answer:
12 JOHN WODEN
11 DEAN SMITH
9 MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
6 ADOLPH RUPP
6 DENNY CRUM
5 BOB KNIGHT
5 GUY LEWIS
5 LUTE OLSON
Bradley scoring vehicle
Asked March 18: THE NCAA TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT WITH AN OPENING ROUND GAME BETWEEN TEXAS SOUTHERN AND UNC-ASHEVILLE.
THE FINAL FOUR WILL BE HELD IN NEW ORLEANS.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN A GAME AT THE FINAL FOUR?
Answer:
BILL BRADLEY, PRINCETON, 58, VS. WICHITA STATE, 1965 CONSOLATION GAME
Top ten list
Asked March 18: THE NCAA TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT WITH AN OPENING ROUND GAME BETWEEN TEXAS SOUTHERN AND UNC-ASHEVILLE.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 10 PLAYERS HAVE SCORED THE MOST CAREER POINTS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT?
1) CHRISTIAN LAETTNER
2) ELVIN HAYES
3) DANNY MANNING
4) OSCAR ROBERTSON
5) GLEN RICE
6) LEW ALCINDOR
7) BILL BRADLEY
8) CORLISS WILLIAMSON
9) JUAN DIXON
10) AUSTIN CARR
He was also a Laker and a Celtic
Asked March 14: Tonight at 7 eastern on ESPN2, North Carolina meets Maryland in the ACC Tournament...
North Carolina has sent 70 Tar Heels to the NBA as a player, coach, or administrator.
Only two Tar Heels have ever been named the NBA Most Valuable Player.
One of them, Michael Jordan won five times. (87-88, 90-91, 91-92, 95-96, 97-98)
Did You Know... Who is the only Tar Heel other than Michael Jordan to be named the NBA MVP.
Answer: Bob McAdoo with Buffalo in 1974-75
Lance a driving force
Asked March 13: WE ARE ONLY 12 DAYS AWAY FROM OPENING DAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. THE CUBS OPEN THEIR SEASON ON MARCH 31ST AGAINST THE METS. CUBS SOUGGER SAMMY SOSA LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN HOME RUNS LAST SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...WHO LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RBI'S LAST SEASON?
Answer: LANCE BERKMAN
Board work
Asked March 13: IN THE NBA, DETROIT'S BEN WALLACE LEADS THE LEAGUE IN REBOUNDING.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE TOP REBOUNDERS IN NBA HISTORY?
1) WILT CHAMBERLAIN
2) BILL RUSSELL
3) KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
4) ELVIN HAYES
5) MOSES MALONE
6) ROBERT PARISH
7) KARL MALONE
8) NATE THURMOND
9) WALT BELLAMY
10) WES UNSELD
Pitt, Notre Dame, Va. Tech not here
Asked March 12: THE 24TH BIG EAST TOURNAMENT GETS UNDERWAY WITH FOUR OPENING ROUND GAMES TODAY.
NOTRE DAME MEETS ST. JOHN'S IN THE 1ST GAME. YOU CAN SEE IT AT NOON EASTERN TIME ON ESPN.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH TEAMS HAVE WON THE MOST BIG EAST TOURNAMENTS?
Answer: 6 GEORGETOWN
5 CONNECTICUT
3 SYRACUSE
3 ST. JOHN'S
2 SETON HALL
2 BOSTON COLLEGE
1 PROVIDENCE
1 VILLANOVA
It wasn't Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Asked March 7: IN THE NBA TONIGHT, NEW YORK VISITS ORLANDO. MAGIC STAR TRACY MCGRADY IS LEADING THE NBA IN SCORING. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL LED THE NBA IN SCORING IN 2000 WHEN HIS LAKERS WON THE NBA TITLE. MICHAEL JORDAN LED THE NBA IN SCORING ALL 6 TIMES HIS BULLS WON NBA TITLES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BEFORE" JORDAN, WHO WAS THE LAST PLAYER TO LEAD THE NBA IN SCORING "AND" PLAY ON THE NBA "CHAMPIONSHIP" TEAM IN THE SAME SEASON?
Answer: LEW ALCINDOR, 1971, MILWAUKEE
South Bend dishes
Asked March 5: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, IRISH SOPHOMORE CHRIS THOMAS LEADS THE BIG EAST IN ASSISTS.
DID YOU KNOW.....DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLD THE NOTRE DAME RECORD FOR CAREER ASSISTS?
Answer: DAVID RIVERS, 586, 1984-1988
Welcome to the team
Asked Feb. 4: IN EXHIBITION BASEBALL THIS AFTERNOON, THE WORLD CHAMPION ANAHEIM ANGELS MEET THE CHICAGO CUBS.
MIKE SCIOSCIA IS IN HIS 4TH SEASON AS THE MANAGER OF THE ANGELS.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 10 MANAGERS WHO ARE IN THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH THEIR CURRENT TEAMS?
FELIPE ALOU, SAN FRANCISCO
DUSTY BAKER, CHICAGO CUBS
ART HOWE, NEW YORK METS
KEN MACHA, OAKLAND
BOB MELVIN, SEATTLE
LOU PINIELLA, TAMPA BAY
BUCK SHOWALTER, TEXAS
ALLAN TRAMMELL, DETROIT
ERIC WEDGE, CLEVELAND
NED YOST, MILWAUKEE
Shuffled off from Buffalo
Asked Feb. 4: THE LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS FIRE COACH ALVIN GENTRY.
HE IS REPLACED BY ASSISTANT COACH DENNIS JOHNSON.
THE CLIPPERS FRANCHISE, WHICH BEGAN IN 1970 AS THE BUFFALO BRAVES, MOVED TO LOS ANGELES IN 1984.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE COACH OF THE CLIPPERS WHEN THEY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES?
Answer:
JIM LYNAM
David Blue? Nope
Asked March 3: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, IT WILL BE GEORGETOWN VERSUS WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT ON BIG MONDAY.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT 7 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN.
MIKE SWEETNEY LEADS THE HOYAS IN SCORING WITH 22 POINTS PER GAME.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE LEADING SCORER IN GEORGETOWN HISTORY?
Answer: ERIC "SLEEPY" FLOYD, 2,304 POINTS, 1978-82
Glove compartment
Asked Feb. 28: ALL-AMERICAN JASON GARDNER LEADS THE ARIZONA WILDCATS IN ASSISTS.
DID YOU KNOW...WHOLD HOLDS THE PAC-10 RECORD FOR MOST CAREER ASSISTS?
Answer: GARY PAYTON, 938 ASSISTS, 1987-1990
No Lindros here
Asked Feb. 25: IN THE NHL TONIGHT, ATLANTA VISITS VANCOUVER.
MARKUS NASLUND OF THE CANUCKS LEADS THE LEAGUE IN GOALS WITH 40.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BESIDES" NASLUND, WHO ARE THE TOP 10 GOAL SCORERS IN THE NHL THIS SEASON?
1) MARKUS NASLUND
2) MARIAN HOSSA
3) MILAN HEJDUK
4) TODD BERTUZZI
JAROMIR JAGR
6) JOE THORNTON
ALEXEI KOVALEV
OLLI JOKINEN
9) GLEN MURRAY
ILYA KOVALCHUK
Kent Bentson wonders if you know the answer
Asked Feb. 25: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT, ILLINOIS HOSTS INDIANA.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT 9 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN.
JEFF NEWTON LEADS INDIANA IN SCORING WITH 371 POINTS
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE LEADING SCORER IN INDIANA HISTORY?
Answer: CALBERT CHEANEY, 1990-93, 2613 POINTS
Corny Thompson? Good try
Asked Feb. 24:
IT WILL BE UCONN VERSUS NOTRE DAME TONIGHT ON BIG MONDAY ON ESPN.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT 7 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME.
CHRIS SMITH IS UCONN'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER WITH 2,145 POINTS.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING SCORER IN UCONN HISTORY?
Answer:
RICHARD HAMILTON
Big Mac was Cruisin' for a Bruin
Asked Feb. 21: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 20TH RANKED CALIFORNIA LOSES TO UCLA, 76-75 IN OT. JASON KAPONO LEADS THE BRUINS IN SCORING THIS SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER POINTS IN UCLA'S STORIED BASKETBALL HISTORY?
Answer:
DON MACLEAN, 2608
1989-1992
Seeing Orange, Bruins streak history
Asked Feb. 19: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, UCLA HOSTS 20TH RANKED CALIFORNIA TOMORROW NIGHT. THE BRUINS ARE 5-16. IT WILL BE THEIR FIRST LOSING SEASON SINCE 1948, ENDING THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST CURRENT STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS AT 54 YEARS. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH SCHOOL "NOW" HAS THE LONGEST CURRENT STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS?
Answer:
Syracuse, 34 years
Where will Carmelo Anthony rank?
Asked Feb. 18: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT, SYRACUSE HOSTS ST. JOHN'S. YOU CAN SEE IT AT 7 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN2. FRESHMAN SENSATION CARMELO ANTHONY LEADS THE ORANGEMEN IN SCORING WITH 21 POINTS PER GAME. DID YOU KNOW....WHO ARE THE 10 LEADING SCORERS IN SYRACUSE BASKETBALL HISTORY?
Answer:
1) LAWRENCE MOTEN
2) DERRICK COLEMAN
3) JOHN WALLACE
4) SHERMAN DOUGLAS
5) STEPHEN THOMPSON
6) PRESTUN SCHUMPERT
7) DAVE BING
8) RAFAEL ADDISON
9) ERIC SANTIFER
10) BILLY OWENS
No "Bull" from this Dog
Asked Feb. 18: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT, 24TH RANKED GEORGIA VISITS ALABAMA. YOU CAN SEE IT AT 9 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN. UNDER FORMER UCLA COACH JIM HARRICK, THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS ARE 14-7. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO COACHED GEORGIA TO ITS ONLY FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE?
Answer:
HUGH DURHAM, 1983
"Sir Charles" no Steel City Bricklayer
Asked Feb. 17: IT WILL BE 7TH RANKED PITTSBURGH VERSUS GEORGETOWN TONIGHT ON BIG MONDAY ON ESPN. YOU CAN SEE IT AT 7 PM EASTERN TIME. PITTSBURGH'S BRANDON KNIGHT WAS THE BIG EAST CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BEFORE" BRANDON KNIGHT, WHO WAS THE "LAST" PITTSBURGH PANTHER TO WIN THE BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD?
Answer:
CHARLES SMITH, 1988
Jay Bilas is missing
Asked Feb. 13: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT, 8TH RANKED DUKE VISITS 17TH RANKED WAKE FOREST.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 10 LEADING SCORERS IN DUKE HISTORY?
1) JOHNNY DAWKINS
2) CHRISTIAN LAETTNER
3) MIKE GMINSKI
4) DANNY FERRY
5) MARK ALARIE
6) JASON WILLIAMS
GENE BANKS
8) JIM SPANARKEL
9) SHANE BATTIER
ART HEYMAN
Ray of hope
Asked Feb. 13: TAMPA BAY DEVILS RAYS PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT TO SPRING TRAINING TODAY.
CAN LOU PINIELLA EXPERIENCE THE SAME MAGIC IN HIS 1ST YEAR WITH THE DEVIL RAYS AS JON GRUDEN DID WITH THE "BUCS?"
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH STARTING PITCHER LED THE DEVIL RAYS IN WINS LAST SEASON?
Answer: JOE KENNEDY, 8
Freedom holler
Asked Feb. 12: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT, 2ND RANKED LOUISVILLE VISITS ST. LOUIS.
REECE GAINES LEADS THE CARDINALS IN SCORING WITH 18 POINTS PER GAME.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE LOUISVILLE "CAREER" RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS PER GAME?
Answer:
WES UNSELD,
20.6 ppg,
1965-68
Big East among top 15
Asked Feb. 11: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, UCONN BEATS SYRACUSE ON BIG MONDAY IN THE BIG EAST.
IN THE LAST 6 YEARS, 7 PLAYERS FROM BIG EAST SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN AMONG THE FIRST 15 PLAYERS PICKED IN THE NBA DRAFT.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WERE THE 7 PLAYERS FROM BIG EAST SCHOOLS WHO WERE AMONG THE 1ST 15 PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE NBA DRAFT IN THE LAST 6 DRAFTS?
2002 CARON BUTLER 10TH PICK UCONN MIAMI
2001 EDDIE GRIFFIN 7TH PICK SETON HALL NEW JERSEY
2001 TROY MURPHY 14TH PICK NOTRE DAME GOLDEN STATE
2000 ETAN THOMAS 12TH PICK SYRACUSE DALLAS
1999 RICHARD HAMILTON 7TH PICK UCONN WASHINGTON
1997 TIM THOMAS 7TH PICK VILLANOVA NEW JERSEY
1997 AUSTIN CROSHERE 12TH PICK PROVIDENCE INDIANA
Phog Allen field goal
Asked Feb. 11:
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 10TH RANKED KANSAS VISITS BAYLOR TONIGHT IN THE BIG 12.
DANNY MANNING IS THE LEADING SCORER IN KANSAS HISTORY. HE SCORED 2,951 POINTS.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING SCORER IN KANSAS HISTORY?
Answer: RAEF LAFRENTZ, 2,066 POINTS
What about Bob?
Asked Feb. 10: THE WEST BEATS THE EAST, 155-145 IN DOUBLE OT IN THE 52ND NBA ALL-STAR GAME.
KEVIN GARNETT IS NAMED THE GAME'S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST MVP AWARDS IN AN NBA ALL-STAR GAME?
Answer: BOB PETTIT, 4
Atlanta flames
Asked Feb. 6: THE 52ND NBA ALL-STAR GAME WILL BE PLAYED SUNDAY IN ATLANTA.
MICHAEL JORDAN WILL BE MAKING HIS 14TH ALL-STAR APPEARANCE.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...BESIDES JORDAN, WHICH 10 OTHER PLAYERS HAVE MADE 12 OR MORE ALL-STAR APPEARANCES?
Answer:
18 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
13 WILT CHAMBERLAIN
13 BOB COUSY
13 JOHN HAVLICEK
12 ELVIN HAYES
12 KARL MALONE
12 HAKEEM OLAJUWON
12 OSCAR ROBERTSON
12 BILL RUSSELL
12 JERRY WEST
Not Nick Van Exel
Asked Feb. 6: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, OSCAR ROBERTSON IS THE LEADING SCORER IN CINCINNATI HISTORY.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING SCORER IN CINCINNATI HISTORY?
Answer:
STEVE LOGAN, 1999-02, 1,985 POINTS
Donovan's greatest hits
Feb. 5:
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 4TH RANKED PITTSBURGH BEATS PROVIDENCE 68-61.
PROVIDENCE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE FINAL FOUR SINCE 1987 WHEN THE FRIARS LOST TO SYRACUSE IN THE SEMIFINALS.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 TEAMS PLAYED IN THE "OTHER" SEMIFINAL IN THE 1987 FINAL FOUR?
Answer: INDIANA, UNLV
Winning ways
Asked Feb. 4: IT WILL BE 4th RANKED PITTSBURGH VERSUS PROVIDENCE TONIGHT IN THE BIG EAST.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2001-02 SEASON, PITTSBURGH HAS THE 4TH BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE OF ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2001-02 SEASON, BESIDES PITTSBURGH, WHIHC TEAMS HAVE THE TOP 10 WINNING PERCENTAGES?
Answer:
1) DUKE .865
2) MARYLAND .852
3) OKLAHOMA .851
4) PITTSBURGH .846
5) KANSAS .842
6) CINCINNATI .830
7) FLORIDA .796
8) CONNECTICUT .784
9) ARIZONA .760
10) KENTUCKY .745
Nugget of hope
Asked Feb. 4: IT WILL BE 1st RANKED FLORIDA VERSUS 7th RANKED KENTUCKY TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT 9 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN.
KEITH BOGANS LEADS KENTUCKY IN SCORING WITH 16 POINTS PER GAME.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER POINTS IN KENTUCKY HISTORY?
Answer:
DAN ISSEL, 1968-70, 2,138 POINTS
Lucky 13
Asked Feb. 3:
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE BEATS THE EASTERN CONFERENCE 6-5 IN A SHOOT IN THE 53RD NHL ALL-STAR GAME.
ATLANTA'S DANY HEATLEY SCORES 4 GOALS IN HIS 1ST ALL-STAR APPEARANCE.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2003 ALL-STAR HAS MADE THE MOST ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCES?
Answer:
SCOTT STEVENS, 13TH ALL-STAR GAME
Not Uwe
Asked Jan. 31: THERE WILL BE 12 GAMES TONIGHT IN THE NBA, INCOUDING UTAH'S HOME DATE WITH GOLDEN STATE.
JAZZ COACH JERRY SLOAN WILL SERVE THE 2ND GAME OF HIS 7-GAME SUSPENSION.
SLOAN IS 1 OF ONLY 3 FORMER CHICAGO BULLS TO HAVE HIS UNIFORM RETIRED.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 2 DALLAS MAVERICKS WHOSE UNIFORM NUMBERS HAVE BEEN RETIRED?
Answer:
BRAD DAVIS (#15),
ROLANDO BLACKMON (#22)
World B. Free disciples
Asked Jan. 30: TRACY MCGRADY LEADS THE NBA IN SCORING.
DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 10 PLAYERS HAVE THE HIGHEST POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE IN THE NBA THIS SEASON?
1) TRACY MCGRADY
2) KOBE BRYANT
3) ALLEN IVERSON
4) PAUL PIERCE
5) SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
6) TIM DUNCAN
7) ANTAWN JAMISON
8) JALEN ROSE
9) CHRIS WEBBER
10) JERRY STACKHOUSE
That's Amare
Asked Jan. 28: YAO MING WAS THE NUMBER 1 PICK IN LAST YEAR'S NBA DRAFT.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...BESIDES YAO, WHO WERE THE 1ST 10 PLAYERS PICKED IN THE 2002 NBA DRAFT?
1) YAO MING, SHANGHAI SHARKS, HOUSTON
2) JAY WILLIAMS, DUKE, CHICAGO
3) MIKE DUNLEAVVY, DUKE, GOLDEN STATE
4) DREW GOODEN, KANSAS, MEMPHIS
5) NIKOLOZ TSKITISHVILI, ITALY, DENVER
6) DAJUAN WAGNER, MEMPHIS, CLEVELAND
7) NENE HILARIO, BRAZIL, NEW YORK
8) CHRIS WILCOX, MARYLAND, LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
9) AMARE STOUDEMIRE, CYPRESS CEEK HIGH SCHOOL (FL), PHOENIX
10) CARON BUTLER, UCONN, MIAMI
Not Vinatieri
Asked Jan. 23: WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE SUNDAY IN SUPER BOWL XXXVII?
WILL IT BE RICH GANNON? BRAD JOHNSON? HOW ABOUT THE KICKING GAME?
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO KICKED THE LONGEST FIELD GOAL IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY?
Answer: STEVE CHRISTIE, BUFFALO, 54 YARDS VS. DALLAS, SUPER BOWL XXVIII
He could add to his lead Sunday
Asked Jan. 21: IT WILL BE THE BUCCANEERS AND THE RAIDERS SUNDAY IN SUPER BOWL XXXVII IN SAN DIEGO.
Answer: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 6 PLAYERS WHO HAVE SCORE 4 OR MORE TOUCHDOWNS IN THEIR CAREERS IN SUPER BOWL GAMES?
7 JERRY RICE
5 EMMITT SMITH
4 FRANCO HARRIS
4 ROGER CRAIG
4 THURMAN THOMAS
4 JOHN ELWAY
Bucs. vs. Raiders
Asked Jan. 21:
IT WILL BE THE BUCCANEERS AND THE RAIDERS SUNDAY IN SUPER BOWL XXXVII IN SAN DIEGO.
MARVIN HARRISON BROKE THE NFL RECORD FOR MOST RECEPTIONS IN A SEASON.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 PLAYERS SHARE THE RECORD FOR THE MOST RECEPTIONS IN A SINGLE SUPER BOWL GAME?
Answer: 11 JERRY RICE VS. CINCINNATI IN SUPER BOWL XXIII; DAN ROSS, VS. SAN FRANCISCO IN SUPER BOWL XVI
Also in the playoffs
Asked Jan. 16: IT WILL BE TAMPA BAY AND PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
IN THE LAST 3 SEASONS, EAGLES COACH ANDY REID HAS WON 34 REGULAR SEASON GAMES.
HE IS "TIED" FOR THE MOST WINS BY ANY COACH DURING THIS 3 YEAR PERIOD.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE ONLY OTHER NFL COACH TO WIN 34 GAMES IN THE LAST 3 REGULAR SEASONS?
Answer: JON GRUDEN
Youth movement
Asked Jan. 16: TENNESSEE VISITS OAKLAND SUNDAY IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
AT AGE 45, BILL CALLAHAN HAS THE RAIDERS IN THE CONFERENCE TITLE GAME IN HIS 1ST SEASON AS HEAD COACH.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 6 YOUNGEST HEAD COACHES IN THE NFL?
39 JON GRUDEN
40 MARTY MORNINHINWEG
43 MIKE TICE
44 GREG WILLIAMS
44 ANDY REID
44 JEFF FISHER
Arbor day
Asked Jan. 15:
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 9TH RANKED NOTRE DAME BEATS RUTGERS 68-57.
NOTRE DAME LOST TO DUKE IN THE SEMIFINALS IN ITS ONLY FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE IN 1978.
DID YOU KNOW...WHAT SCHOOL BEAT RUTGERS IN ITS ONLY FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE?
Answer: MICHIGAN, 1976
Niners a good place to start
Asked Jan. 14:
IT WILL BE THE BUCCANEERS VERSUS THE EAGLES AND THE TITANS VERSUS THE RAIDERS IN SUNDAY'S NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
THE WINNERS WILL MEET IN SUPER BOWL XXXVII IN SAN DIEGO.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 5 QUARTERBACKS HAVE THROWN 4 OR MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A SINGLE SUPER BOWL?
6 STEVE YOUNG
49ERS VS. CHARGERS
XXIX
5 JOE MONTANA
49ERS VS. BRONCOS
XXIV
4 TERRY BRADSHAW
STEELERS VS. COWBOYS
XIII
DOUG WILLIAMS
REDSKINS VS. BRONCOS
XXII
TROY AIKMAN
COWBOYS VS. BILLS
XXVII
Sir Charles
Asked Jan. 14:
WHICH 2 TEAMS WILL MAKE IT TO SAN DIEGO FOR SUPER BOWL?
REGGIE WHITE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SACKS IN A SUPER BOWL. HE HAD 3 SACKS IN GREEN BAY'S WIN OVER NEW ENGLAND IN SUPER BOWL XXXI.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH PLAYER HAS THE MOST "CAREER" SACKS IN SUPER BOWL COMPETITION?
Answer:
CHARLES HALEY
4.5 SACKS
49ERS, COWBOYS
5 GAMES
Blaine Nye had something to do with this
Asked Jan. 10: THE NFL PLAYOFFS MOVE INTO DIVISIONAL PLAY THIS WEEKEND.
IT WILL BE PITTSBURGH AT TENNESSEE AND ATLANTA AT PHILADELPHIA TOMORROW AND SAN FRANCISCO AT TAMPA BAY AND THE NEW YORK JETS AT OAKLAND ON SUNDAY.
DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHICH NFL FRANCHISE HAS THE MOST CAREER POSTSEASON "WINS?" AND WHICH NFL FRANCHISE HAS THE MOST CAREER POSTSEASON LOSSES?
Answer: DALLAS, 32 WINS; MINNESOTA,
23 LOSSES
Failin'? Hardly. He's winnin'
Asked Jan. 9: DUKE BEATS GEORGETOWN 93-86.
IT WAS CAREER WIN NUMBER 647 FOR COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI.
HE IS THE 7TH WINNINGEST ACTIVE DIVISION ONE COACH IN THE COUNTRY.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 10 ACTIVE DIVISION ONE COACHES HAVE THE MOST CAREER WINS?
1) JIM PHELAN
2) BOB KNIGHT
3) LOU HENSON
4) EDDIE SUTTON
5) JOHN CHANEY
6) LUTE OLSON
7) MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
8) JIM CALHOUN
9) JIM BOEHEIM
10) HUGH DURHAM
Before he was a Spur
Asked Jan. 9: 6 DIFFERENT DUKE PLAYERS HAVE WON THE ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD DURING MIKE KRZYZEWSKI'S 24 YEARS AS COACH.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE ONLY DUKE PLAYER TO WIN THE ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD "TWICE?"
Answer: DANNY FERRY 1988, 1989
Calhoun's comrade
Asked Jan. 8: 3RD RANKED UCONN LOSES TO 9TH RANKED OKLAHOMA .
UCONN'S JIM CALHOUN IS THE 8TH WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACH IN THE COUNTRY WITH 633 VICTORIES.
HE HAS WON 385 GAMES AT UCONN AND WON 248 GAMES AT NORTHEASTERN.
DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE ONLY COACH WHO HAS WON AT LEAST 250 GAMES AT 2 DIFFERENT DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS?
Answer:
EDDIE SUTTON, OKLAHOMA STATE, ARKANSAS
Closing the deal
Asked Jan. 7: THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2003 WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
AMONG THE LEADING CANDIDATES ARE EDDIE MURRAY, GARY CARTER, AND LEE SMITH.
SMITH IS BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME LEADER IN CAREER SAVES.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 10 PITCHERS HAVE THE MOST CAREER SAVES?
Answer:
1) LEE SMITH
2) JOHN FRANCO
3) DENNIS ECKERSLEY
4) JEFF REARDON
5) TREVOR HOFFMAN
6) RANDY MYERS
7) ROLLIE FINGERS
8) JOHN WETTELAND
9) ROBERTO HERNANDEZ
10) RICK AGUILERA
Clearing a path for Mercury
Asked Jan. 7: THE 15 FINALISTS FOR THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THE LIST INCLUDES LONGTIME MIAMI DOLPHINS GUARD BOB KUCHENBERG.
HE PLAYED ON BOTH OF THE DOLPHINS SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS IN 1972 AND 1973.
6 OF HIS TEAMMATES ON THOSE 2 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ARE "ALREADY" IN THE HALL OF FAME.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE 2 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN FROM THE DOLPHINS BACK-TO-BACK SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WHO ARE IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME?
Answer:
JIM LANGER, CENTER; LARRY LITTLE, GUARD
Long suffering
Asked Jan. 6:
THE SCHEDULE IS SET FOR THS WEEKEND'S 4 NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAMES.
IT WILL BE PITTSBURGH AT TENNESSEE AND ATLANTA AT PHILADELPHIA ON SATURDAY AND SAN FANCISCO AT TAMPA BAY AND THE JETS AT OAKLAND ON SUNDAY.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH OF THESE 8 TEAMS HAS GONE THE LONGEST SINCE WINNING A SUPER BOWL, AN NFL CHAMPIONSHIP, OR AN AFL CHAMPIONSHIP?
Answer:
PHILADELPHIA
1960
Not Gino or Vinny
Asked Jan. 3: IT WILL BE TOP RANKED MIAMI VERSUS 2ND RANKED OHIO STATE TONIGHT FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FIESTA BOWL.
YOU CAN HEAR IT AT 7:45 EASTERN TIME ON ESPN RADIO AND WATCH IT AT 8 O'CLOCK ON ABC.
MIAMI IS 38-1 WITH KEN DORSEY STARTING AT QUARTBERACK.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...SINCE 1979, WHICH MIAMI QUARTERBACK HAS THE "2ND" BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE?
Answer: STEVE WALSH
Not Rutgers
Asked Jan 2.:
FLORIDA STATE LOSES TO GEORGIA IN THE SUGAR BOWL.
SINCE 1990, THE SEMINOLES HAVE THE HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE OF ANY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 10 SCHOOLS HAVE THE HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1990?
Answer:
1) FLORIDA STATE
2) NEBRASKA
3) MIAMI
4) FLORIDA
5) MARSHALL
6) TENNESSEE
7) MICHIGAN
8) KANSAS STATE
9) PENN STATE
10) TEXAS A & M
Bowl turf is land of Lincoln
Asked Jan. 2:
IT WILL BE USC VERSUS IOWA TONIGHT IN THE ORANGE BOWL.
YOU CAN HEAR IT ON ESPN RADIO.
USC HAS WON 25 BOWL GAMES.
DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 3 SCHOOLS HAVE THE LONGEST CURRENT STREAK OF BOWL APPEARANCES?
Answer:
34 NEBRASKA
28 MICHIGAN
21 FLORIDA STATE
