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Bob Picozzi asks tough questions on the Morning Show. Here are some of his stumpers:

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Undefeated echoes
Asked Feb. 26: 2ND RANKED ST. JOE'S BEATS MASSACHUSETTS LAST NIGHT . THE HAWKS ARE 25 AND 0. THE LAST DIVISION ONE TEAM TO FINISH THE ENTIRE SEASON UNDEFEATED WAS INDIANA IN 1976. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 TEAMS DID INDIANA BEAT IN THE 1976 FINAL FOUR?
Answer: UCLA, MICHIGAN

Four score
Asked Feb. 25: COWBOYS COACH EDDIE SUTTON HAS COACHED 4 DIFFERENT TEAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 2 OTHER COACHES WHO HAVE COACHED 4 DIFFERENT DIVISION ONE TEAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT?
Answer: LEFTY DRIESELL: DAVIDSON/MARYLAND/JAMES MADISON/GEORGIA STATE

JIM HARRICK: PEPPERDINE/UCLA/RHODE ISLAND/GEORGIA

No Pinone, no problem
Asked Feb. 23: VILLANOVA VISITS SYRACAUSE TONIGHT ON BIG MONDAY ON ESPN. VILLANOVA STUNNED GEORGETOWN IN THE 1985 NCAA FINALS TO WIN ITS ONLY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 4 VILLANOVA PLAYERS WERE NAMED TO 1985 FINAL FOUR ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM?
Answer: ED PINCKNEY, GARY MCLAIN, DWYANE MCCLAIN, HAROLD JENSEN

Madsen? Nope
Asked Feb. 19: TOP RANKED STANFORD VISITS USC TONIGHT. THE CARDINAL IS A PERFECT 21 AND 0. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE LEADING SCORER IN STANFORD HISTORY?
Answer: TODD LICHTI

Ken's brother
Asked Feb. 18: THE YANKEES INTRODUCE 2003 AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP ALEX RODRIGUEZ. HE WILL MAKE THE SWITCH FROM SHORTSTOP TO 3RD BASE. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE LAST 3RD BASEMAN TO WIN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP AWARD?
Answer: GEORGE BRETT, 1980

Shooting stars
FOLLOWING A 4 DAY ALL-STAR BREAK, THE NBA SEASON RESUMES TONIGHT WITH 11 GAMES, INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA'S VISIT TO DENVER.

ALLEN IVERSON LEADS THE LEAGUE IN SCORING, KEVIN GARNETT LEADS THE LEAGUE IN REBOUNDING, AND JASON KIDD LEADS THE LEAGUE IN ASSISTS.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO LEADS THE NBA IN FREE THROW SHOOTING?

PEJA STOJAKOVIC

Shooting stars
Asked Feb. 11: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL LEADS THE NBA IN FIELD GOAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE. HOUSTON'S YAO MING IS 2ND. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 PLAYERS ARE TIED FOR "3RD" IN THE NBA IN FIELD GOAL SHOOTING?
Answer: ANTAWN JAMISON, NENE HILARIO (nuh-NAY)

Sky miles
Asked Feb. 10: DAN ISSEL IS THE LEADING SCORER IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING SCORER IN KENTUCKY BASKETBALL HISTORY?
Answer: KENNY WALKER, 1983-1986

On heels of Manning
Asked Feb. 9: IT WILL BE UCONN AT NOTRE DAME FOLLOWED BY KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE TONIGHT ON BIG MONDAY ON ESPN. DANNY MANNING IS THE LEADING SCORER IN KANSAS HISTORY. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING SCORER IN KANSAS HISTORY?
Answer: NICK COLLISON

Not Laettner, not Hill, not Battier ...
Asked Feb. 6: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE LEADING SCORER IN DUKE HISTORY?
Answer: JOHNNY DAWKINS

How Knight fits
Asked Feb. 4: TEXAS TECH'S BOB KNIGHT IS THE 4TH WINNINGEST COACH IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BESIDES" KNIGHT, WHO ELSE IS AMONG THE TOP 5 WINNINGEST COACHES IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY? Answer: DEAN SMITH, ADOLPH RUPP, JIM PHELAN, LEFTY DRIESELL

Top billing
Asked Feb. 2: THE PATRIOTS BEAT THE PANTHERS 32-29 TO WIN SUPER BOWL XXXVIII. TOM BRADY SETS A SUPER BOWL RECORD WITH 32 COMPLETIONS AND WINS HIS 2ND SUPER BOWL MVP AWARD. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HELD THE RECORD FOR THE MOST COMPLETIONS IN A SUPER BOWL "BEFORE" BRADY?
Answer: JIM KELLY, 31 COMPLETIONS, SUPER BOWL XXVIII (1/94)

Lombardi style
Asked Jan. 26: IT WILL BE THE PATRIOTS AND THE PANTHERS NEXT SUNDAY IN SUPE RBOWL XXXVIII IN HOUSTON. IT WILL BE BILL BELICHICK'S 2ND SUPER BOWL AS A HEAD COACH AND THE 1ST FOR JOHN FOX. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH MAN COACHED IN THE MOST SUPER BOWLS?
Answer: DON SHULA, 6

Yepremian forte
Asked Jan. 23: IT WILL BE THE PATRIOTS AND THE PANTHERS IN SUPER BOWL XXXVIII ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN HOUSTON. ROGER CRAIG, JERRY RICE, TERRELL DAVIS, AND RICKY WATTERS SHARE THE SUPER BOWL RECORD FOR THE MOST TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME WITH 4. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN A SINGLE SUPER BOWL BY a kicker?"
Answer: DON CHANDLER, GREEN BAY, SUPER BOWL II, 15 POINTS

Raider romp
Asked Jan. 20: IT WILL BE THE PATRIOTS AND THE PANTHERS IN SUPER BOWL XXXVIII ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN HOUSTON. TIMMY SMITH RUSHED FOR A SUPER BOWL RECORD 204 YARDS IN WASHINGTON'S WIN OVER DENVER IN SUPER BOWL XXII. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO RUSED FOR THE "2ND" MOST YARDS IN A SUPER BOWL?
Answer: MARCUS ALLEN, RAIDERS, 191 YARDS, VS. WASHINGTON, SUPER BOWL XVIII

Iowa supermarket hero
Asked Jan. 19: IT WILL BE THE PATRIOTS VERSUS THE PANTHERS IN SUPER BOWL XXXVIII ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN HOUSTON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PASSING YARDS IN A SUPER BOWL GAME?
Answer: KURT WARNER, 414 YARDS, XXXIV

When they made Eric, they broke the ...
Asked Jan. 16: THE PATRIOTS HOST THE COLTS AND THE PANTHERS VISIT THE EAGLES SUNDAY IN THE NFL'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN A PLAYOFF GAME?
Answer: ERIC MOULDS, 240 YARDS, BUFFALO VS. MIAMI, 1998 AFC WILDCARD GAME

Hurricane alum's big day
Asked Jan. 15: THE COLTS VISIT THE PATRIOTS AND THE EAGLES HOST THE PANTHERS SUNDAY IN THE NFL'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. PEYTON MANNING HAS PASSED FOR 681YARDS IN HIS 1ST 2 PLAYOFF GAMES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PASSING YARDS IN A PLAYOFF GAME?
Answer: BERNIE KOSAR, 489 YARDS, BROWNS VS. JETS, 1986 AFC DIVISIONAL GAME

Sideline superstar
Asked Jan. 14: IT WILL BE THE COLTS VERSUS THE PATRIOTS AND THE PANTHERS VERSUS THE EAGLES SUNDAY IN THE NFL'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. KANSAS CITY'S PRIEST HOLMES RUSHED FOR 176 YARDS IN LAST SUNDAY'S DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME LOSS TO INDIANAPOLIS. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST YARDS RUSHING IN AN NFL PLAYOFF GAME?
Answer: ERIC DICKERSON, 248 YARDS, RAMS VS. COWBOYS, 1985 NFC DIVISIONAL GAME

Second thought
Jan. 13: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS THE "2ND" WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACH IN THE COUNTRY?
Answer: LOU HENSON

Jerome Lane? Nope
Asked Jan. 12: BIG MONDAY BEGINS TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME ON ESPN WHEN 15TH RANKED AND UNDEFEATED PITTSBURGH HOSTS NOTRE DAME. THIS IS THE 25TH SEASON FOR THE BIG EAST. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 2 PITTSBURGH PANTHERS TO WIN BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS?
Answer: CHARLES SMITH, BRANDON KNIGHT

Show time
Asked Jan. 9: "WILL" PETE ROSE EVER BE ELECTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME? HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER HITS WITH 4256, BREAKING TY COBB'S RECORD OF 4,191. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH PITCHER GAVE UP ROSE'S RECORD BREAKING 4,192ND HIT?
Answer: ERIC SHOW

Roll with me, Henry
Asked Jan. 2: THERE WILL BE 3 MORE BOWL GAMES ON TODAY'S SCHEDULE. TENNESSEE MEETS CLEMSON IN THE PEACH BOWL IN ATLANTA. CEDRIC HOUSTON LEADS THE VOLS IN RUSHING THIS SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH CURRENT NFL PLAYER HOLDS THE TENNESSEE RECORD FOR MOST CAREER RUSHING YARDS?
Answer: TRAVIS HENRY, 3,078 YARDS, 1997-2000

Lincoln by land
Asked Dec. 29: IT WILL BE NEBRASKA VERSUS MICHIGAN STATE TONIGHT IN THE ALAMO BOWL. MIKE ROZIER HOLDS THE NEBRASKA RECORD FOR THE MOST RUSHING YARDS IN A SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO RUSHED FOR THE "2ND" MOST YARDS IN A SEASON IN NEBRASKA HISTORY?
Answer: AHMAN GREEN, 1877 YARDS, 1997

Foxboro's finest
Asked Dec. 26: THE FINAL WEEKEND OF THE NFL'S REGULAR SEASON KICKS OFF WITH 3 GAMES TOMORROW.

IN THE OPENER, BUFFALO VISITS NEW ENGLAND.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO ARE THE ONLY 3 MEMBERS OF THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WHO ONCE PLAYED FOR THE PATRIOTS?
Answer: NICK BUONICONTI, 1962-68; JOHN HANNAH, 1973-85; MIKE HAYNES 1976-82

Harrison? Nope
Asked Dec. 17: THE NFL FINES SAINTS WIDE RECEIVER JOE HORN $30,000. HORN IS 7TH IN THE NFC IN RECEPTIONS WITH 76. TORRY HOLT LEADS THE NFC IN RECEPTIONS WITH 102. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO LEADS THE AFC IN RECEPTIONS?
Answer: HINES WARD

Launced from flat-top carrier
 Asked Dec. 17: THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SEASON CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH 15TH RANKED MIAMI OF OHIO MEETING LOUISVILLE IN THE GMAC BOWL.   YOU CAN SEE IT AT 7:30 EASTERN TIME ON ESPN2. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE ONLY PLAYER FROM LOUISVILLE IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME?
 Answer: JOHNNY UNITAS

Hoop dominance
Asked Dec. 16: FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK, THERE IS A DIFFERENT TEAM RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE LATEST ESPN/USA TODAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS. KENTUCKY REPLACES FLORIDA IN THE TOP SPOT.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...IN THE LAST 10 YEARS...WHICH CONFERENCE HAS HAD THE MOST NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS? Answer: 3 SEC            (ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, KENTUCKY)
2 BIG EAST    (CONNECTICUT, SYRACUSE)
2 ACC            (DUKE, MARYLAND)
2 PAC 10       (UCLA, ARIZONA)
1 BIG 10        (MICHIGAN STATE)

Not Strock
Asked Dec. 15: IT WILL BE THE EAGLES AND THE DOLPHINS IN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. DAN MARINO HOLDS THE DOLPHINS RECORD FOR HE MOST CAREER PASSING YARDS. BOB GRIESE IS 2ND. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS 3RD IN CAREER PASSING YARDSIN MIAMI DOLPHINS HISTORY?
 Answer: JAY FIEDLER

League of Heismans
Asked Dec. 15: IT WILL BE THE EAGLES AND THE DOLPHINS IN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. DAN MARINO HOLDS THE DOLPHINS RECORD FOR HE MOST CAREER PASSING YARDS. BOB GRIESE IS 2ND. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS 3RD IN CAREER PASSING YARDS IN MIAMI DOLPHINS HISTORY?
 Answer: JAY FIEDLER

League of Heismans
Asked Dec, 12: THE 2003 HEISMAN TROPHY WILL BE PRESENTED TOMORROW NIGHT IN NEW YORK. THE 4 FINALISTS COME FROM SCHOOLS IN THE BIG 12, BIG EAST, SEC, AND BIG 10. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHICH CONFERENCE HAS HAD THE MOST HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS?   AND, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS QUESTION, WE WILL CONSIDER THE "CURRENT" CONFERENCE AFFILIATION OF EACH SCHOOL.
 Answer:
  5 BIG TWELVE
4 BIG 10
3 BIG EAST
2 ACC
2 SEC
1 PAC 10
1 MOUNTAIN WEST
1 CONFERENCE USA
1 INDEPENDENT

Eh? It's Z!
Asked Dec. 11: BOSTON'S VIN BAKER LEADS THE NBA IN FIELD GOAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS "2ND" IN THE NBA IN FIELD GOAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE?
Answer: ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS

A Charger highlight in Niner blowout
Asked Dec. 10: BOBBY ROSS IS NAMED THE NEW FOOTBALL COACH AT ARMY. HE COACHED GEORGIA TECH TO A SHARE OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1990 AND COACHED THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS TO THEIR ONLY SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE IN JANUARY, 1995. THE CHARGERS LOST SUPER BOWL XXIX TO THE 49ERS 49-26.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHICH CHARGER RETURNED A KICKOFF 98 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN SUPER BOWL XXIX?
   Answer:   ANDRE COLEMAN

Rich field of defeats
THE ORLANDO MAGIC DEFEATS THE PHOENIX SUNS 105-98. THE WIN ENDS A 19-GAME LOSING STREAK FOR THE MAGIC.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH TEAM HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST LOSING STREAK IN NBA HISTORY?
 Answer: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, 24 GAMES, 1981-82, 1982-83

 Fab Four
Asked Dec. 8: IT WILL BE THE RAMS AND THE BROWNS TONIGHT IN NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.   RAMS RUNNING BACK MARSHALL FAULK IS 5TH IN NFL HISTORY IN CAREER TOUCHDOWNS.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 4 PLAYERS IN NFL HISTORY WITH MORE CAREER TOUCHDOWNS THAN MARSHALL FAULK?
   Answer:   JERRY RICE, EMMITT SMITH, MARCUS ALLEN, CRIS CARTER

 He did it
Asked Dec. 5: IT WILL BE GEORGIA VERSUS LSU TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. BULLDOGS PLACEKICKER BILLY BENNETT HAS HIT ON 83 OF OF HIS 106 CAREER FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS. THAT IS THE 2ND HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE IN GEORGIA HISTORY. DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW....WHICH FUTURE NFL STAR HAD THE "HIGHEST" CAREER FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE IN GEORGIA HISTORY?
Answer: KEVIN BUTLER

 Not Keith Jackson
 Asked Dec. 4: IT WILL BE OKLAHOMA VERSUS KANSAS STATE SATURDAY IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND AN AUTOMATIC BID TO A BCS BOWL GAME. MARK CLAYTON LEADS THE SOONERS IN RECEPTIONS WITH 71.  HE IS 2ND AT OKLAHOMA IN "CAREER" RECEPTIONS.    DID YOU KNOW...WHOLD HOLDS THE OKLAHOMA RECORD FOR CAREER RECEPTIONS?
 Answer: QUENTIN GRIFFIN, (1999-2002)

Starkville boarder
Asked Dec. 3: IT WILL BE A BUSY NIGHT IN THE NBA WITH 11 GAMES ON THE SCHEDULE. MINNESOTA VISITS PHOENIX. KEVIN GARNETT OF THE TIMBERWOLVES LEADS THE NBA IN REBOUNDING. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS "2ND" IN THE NBA IN REBOUNDING?
Answer: ERICK DAMPIER

 Bruin roots
 Asked Dec. 2: IN THE NBA TONIGHT, PHILADELPHIA HOSTS TORONTO.   76ERS STAR ALLEN IVERSON LEADS THE NBA IN SCORING.  ORLANDO'S TRACY MCGRADY IS 2ND.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE 3RD LEADING SCORER IN THE NBA?
 Answer: BARON DAVIS

Eliminator
Asked Dec. 1: IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 20TH RANKED NOTRE DAME VISITS 23RD RANKED MARQUETTE. THE GOLDEN EAGLES LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS LAST SEASON IN THEIR 3RD TRIP TO THE FINAL FOUR.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO ELIMINATED NOTRE DAME IN THE FIGHTING IRISH'S ONLY FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE?
 Answer: DUKE, 1978

Turner Gill? Nope
Asked Nov. 28: 23RD RANKED NEBRASKA VISITS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON.  YOU CAN SEE IT AT NOON EASTERN TIME ON ABC.   NEBRASKA HAS HAD 3 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE "1ST" OF NEBRASKA'S 3 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS?
 Answer: JOHNNY RODGERS, 1972

Keen mind
Asked Nov. 26: IT'S SHOWDOWN TIME IN THE AFC SUNDAY WHEN 9 AND 2 NEW ENGLAND VISITS 9 AND 2 INDIANAPOLIS.

COLTS WIDE RECEIVER MARVIN HARRISON IS OF 4 ACTIVE PLAYERS WITH MORE THAN 700 CAREER RECEPTIONS. JERRY RICE, TIM BROWN, AND SHANNON SHARPE ARE THE OTHERS.

DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS "5TH" AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS IN CAREER RECEPTIONS WITH 698 CATCHES?
Answer: KEENAN MCCARDELL

Not Pisarcik
Asked Nov. 25: DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS 4TH ON THE GIANTS CAREER PASSING YARDS LIST?
 Answer: FRAN TARKENTON

Greatest Horned Frogs
Nov. 21: 9TH RANKED TCU LOSES TO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 40-28 TO END THEIR BID AT AN UNBEATEN SEASON... DID YOU KNOW...WHO ARE THE ONLY 2 FORMER TCU PLAYERS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME?
Answer: SAMMY BAUGH, BOB LILLY

Keith Lee era
Asked Nov. 14: MEMPHIS HAS NOT PLAYED IN A FINAL FOUR SINCE 1985. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO WAS THE HEAD COACH THE LAST TIME MEMPHIS WENT TO THE FINAL FOUR?
Answer: Dana Kirk

Koufax won three times
Asked Nov. 13: OF AMERICA WILL ANNOUNCE THIS AFTERNOON THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE DODGERS' CLOSER ERIC GAGNE. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO ARE THE 6 DODGERS WHO HAVE WON CY YOUNG AWARDS?
Answer: DON NEWCOMBE (1956)
DON DRYSDALE (1962)
SANDY KOUFAX (1963-1965-1966)
MIKE MARSHALL (1974)
FERNANDO VALENZUELA (1981)
OREL HERSHISER (1988)

First award 20 years ago
Asked Nov. 12: THE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY THE WINNERS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. THE BBWAA MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD BEGAN IN 1983. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS THE ONLY 4-TIME WINNER OF THE BBWAA MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD?
Answer: TONY LARUSSA, 1983-1988-1992-2002

No Cy Young franchises
Asked Nov. 11: THE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY THE WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD. TORONTO'S ROY HALLADAY IS THE FAVORITE TO WIN IT. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHAT ARE THE ONLY 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER?
Answer: TAMPA BAY, TEXAS

Omar Moreno? Nope
Asked Nov. 10: THE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY THE WINNERS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH TEAM IS THE ONLY NON-EXPANSION TEAM IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE TO "NEVER" HAVE A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR? Answer: PIRATES

Look to Irving for answer
Asked Nov. 7: IT'S SHOWDOWN TIME AGAIN THIS SATURDAY IN THE BIG EAST.  5TH RANKED VIRGINIA TECH VISITS 21ST RANKED PITTSBURGH.  HEISMAN TROPHY CANDIDATE LARRY FITZGERALD ALREADY HAS 1174 RECEIVING YARDS THIS SEASON.  THAT IS THE 2ND MOST IN A SEASON IN SCHOOL HISTORY. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HOLDS THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH RECORD FOR MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN A SEASON?
 Answer: ANTONIO BRYANT, 1,457 YARDS, 2000

Tune into RCA for answer
Asked Nov. 4: DENVER'S SHANNON SHARPE IS 4TH AMONG NFL ACTIVE PLAYERS IN CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE. OAKLAND TEAMMATES JERRY RICE AND TIM BROWN ARE 1, 2. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS 3RD AMONG NFL ACTIVE PLAYERS IN CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE?
Answer: ISAAC BRUCE

Right behind Shaq
 Asked Nov. 3: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL  HAS THE HIGHEST CAREER FIELD GOAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE OF ANY ACTIVE PLAYER .  DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH ACTIVE PLAYER HAS THE "2ND" HIGHEST CAREER FIELD GOAL SHOOTING PERCENTAGE?
 Answer: DALE DAVIS, PORTLAND

Board work
Oct. 31: IN THE NBA TONIGHT, DETROIT VISITS MIAMI. DETROIT'S BEN WALLACE LED THE NBA IN REBOUNDS LAST SEASON. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO ARE THE ONLY 3 "ACTIVE" PLAYERS WHO ARE IN THE TOP 30 IN NBA CAREER REBOUNDS?
Answer: KARL MALONE, KEVIN WILLIS, DIKEMBE MUTOMBO

Not Kornheiser
Oct. 30: SACRAMENTO'S TONY MASSENBERG HAS PLAYED FOR 12 DIFFERENT TEAMS...MORE TEAMS THAN ANY OTHER ACTIVE PLAYER. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 ACTIVE PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED FOR "10" DIFFERENT NBA TEAMS?
Answer: JIM JACKSON, KEVIN OLLLIE

Setting the pace
Asked Oct. 29: KARL MALONE IS THE LEADING CAREER SCORER AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE "2ND" LEADING CAREER SCORER AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS?
Answer: REGGIE MILLER 

Ricky not there yet
Asked Oct. 28: EMMITT SMITH IS THE LEADING RUSHER IN NFL HISTORY. JEROME BETTIS IS "2ND" TO SMITH IN CAREER RUSHING AMONG "ACTIVE" PLAYERS. DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS "3RD" IN CAREER RUSHING AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS?
Answer: CURTIS MARTIN 

Not Csonka?
 Asked Oct. 27: IT WILL BE THE DOLPHINS AND THE CHARGERS TONIGHT IN NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.   IN HIS 2ND SEASON WITH THE DOLPHINS, RICKY WILLIAMS IS 6TH IN THE AFC IN RUSHING WITH 555 YARDS IN 161 RUSHING ATTEMPTS.   IN HIS "1ST" SEASON WITH THE DOLPHINS, WILLIAMS BROKE THE FRANCHISE RECORD FOR MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS IN A SEASON WITH 383.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH PLAYER HAS THE "2ND' MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS IN A SEASON IN DOLPHINS HISTORY?
 Answer: LAMAR SMITH, 2001, 313 RUSHING ATTEMPTS  

Now works in Flushing
Asked Oct. 24: THE WORLD SERIES WILL RETURN TO NEW YORK FOR GAME 6 TOMORROW NIGHT. ANDY PETTITTE WILL BE ON THE MOUND FOR THE YANKEES. HE IS 4TH IN CAREER POSTSEASON INNINGS PITCHED WITH 179. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER POSTSEASON INNINGS PITCHED?
Answer: TOM GLAVINE

TBS superstar
Asked Oct. 23: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...EXCLUDING PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED FOR THE "YANKEES," WHICH PLAYER HAS THE MOST CAREER POSTSEASON HITS?
Answer: CHIPPER JONES

They were already champs
Asked Oct. 22: DEREK JETER, BERNIE WILLIAMS, ANDY PETTITTE, AND MARIANO RIVERA HAVE PLAYED ON 4 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WITH THE YANKEES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 3 YANKEES HAVE WON WORLD SERIES TITLES WITH "ANOTHER" TEAM?
Answer: DAVID WELLS, 1992 BLUE JAYS; FELIX HEREDIA, 1997 MARLINS; DAVID DELLUCCI, 2001 DIAMONDBACKS

Zim's old team
Asked Oct. 21: IT WILL BE MIKE MUSSINA VERSUS JOSH BECKETT TONIGHT IN GAME 3 OF THE WORLD SERIES IN MIAMI. THE YANKEES AND MARLINS SPLIT THE 1ST 2 GAMES. IT IS THE YANKEES RECORD 39TH WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE. DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHICH TEAM HAS MADE THE "2ND" MOST WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES?
Answer: Dodgers, 18

Yankee of some renown
Asked Oct. 18: THE YANKEES BEAT THE MARLINS 6-1 IN GAME 2 OF THE WORLD SERIES.   ANDY PETTITTE GETS HIS 13TH CAREER POSTSEASON WIN AND TIES JOHN SMOLTZ FOR THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER POSTSEASON WINS.   WHITEY FORD HAS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER WORLD "SERIES" WINS.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CAREER WORLD SERIES "LOSSES?"
 Answer: WHITEY FORD, 8 

Last one is the hardest
Asked Oct. 17: IT WILL BE THE MARLINS AND THE YANKEES TOMORROW NIGHT IN GAME 1 OF THE WORLD SERIES. (on ESPN RADIO)

IT WILL BE THE MARLINS FIRST WORLD SERIES SINCE BEATING THE INDIANS IN 7 GAMES IN 1997.

DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW....WHO WERE THE MARLINS' 4 STARTING PITCHERS IN THE 1997 WORLD SERIES?

Answer: LIVAN HERNANDEZ, KEVIN BROWN, AL LEITER, TONY SAUNDERS

Bernie Brewer not even born then
Asked Oct. 16: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THE YANKEES LOST A GAME 7 AT YANKEE STADIUM?
Answer: 1957 VS. MILWAUKEE BRAVES

Drought in the Permian basin
Asked Oct. 15: IT WILL BE THE MARLINS VERSUS THE CUBS TONIGHT IN GAME 7 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

THE CUBS WILL TRY TO ADVANCE TO THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 58 YEARS.

THE WHITE SOX HAVE THE "2ND" LONGEST CURRENT WORLD SERIES DROUGHT..

DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHICH FRANCHISE "NOW" HAS THE "3RD" LONGEST WORLD SERIES DROUGHT?
Answer: TEXAS RANGERS

Cardinal sin
 Oct. 14:   THE MARLINS VISIT THE CUBS TONIGHT IN GAME 6 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.   (7:45 Pre Game on ESPN Radio)    AFTER LOSING 3 OF THE FIRST 4 GAMES, FLORIDA WON GAME 5 TO STAY ALIVE.   ONLY 3 TEAMS HAVE OVERCOME 3 GAME TO 1 DEFICITS IN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES HISTORY.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO WAS THE "LAST" TEAM TO OVERCOME A 3 TO 1 GAME DEFICIT AND WIN A LEAGUE CAMPIONSHIP SERIES?
  Answer: ATLANTA BRAVES, 1996 NLCS, DEFEATED ST. LOUIS 4 GAMES TO 3

Dirty Bird is the word
Oct. 13:   IT WILL BE THE ATLANTA FALCONS VERSUS THE ST. LOUIS RAMS IN NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.   PEERLESS PRICE LEADS THE FALCONS IN RECEPTIONS THIS SEASON WITH 27.   DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE FALCONS RECORD FOR "CAREER" TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS?
   Answer: TERENCE MATHIS, 1994-2001, 57 TD RECEPTIONS

Two active players on list
Asked Oct. 10: BOSTON'S MANNY RAMIREZ HAS HIT 15 CAREER POSTSEASON HOME RUNS.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO ARE THE ONLY 4 PLAYERS WHO HAVE HIT "MORE" POSTSEASON HOME RUNS THAN MANNY RAMIREZ?
Answer: 18 -- MICKEY MANTLE, REGGIE JACKSON. 17 -- JIM THOME, BERNIE WILLIAMS

Mike Garman? Nope
Asked Oct. 9: CUBS BEAT THE MARLINS IN GAME 2 IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

IT IS THE FIRST NLCS FOR THE CUBS SINCE 1989.

DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 3 CUBS WERE THE STARTING PITCHERS IN THE 1989 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AGAINST THE GIANTS?
Answer: GREG MADDUX, MIKE BIELECKI, RICK SUTCLIFFE

Not to be confused with Orenthal
Asked Oct. 6: IT WILL BE THE MARLINS VERUS THE CUBS IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. IT WILL BE THE MARLINS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE NLCS SINCE 1997 WHEN THE MARLINS BEAT THE INDIANS TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES. LIVAN HERNANDEZ WON 2 GAMES IN THE 1997 WORLD SERIES. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH "INDIANS" PITCHER "ALSO" WON 2 GAMES IN THE 1997 WORLD SERIES?
Answer: CHAD OGEA

A good digger finds answer
Asked Oct. 3: TIM WAKEFIELD IS 1 OF 7 ACTIVE PITCHERS WHO HAVE WON AT LEAST 100 GAMES WITH THEIR CURRENT TEAMS.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS THE ONLY PITCHER WHO HAS WON AT LEAST 100 GAMES WITH HIS CURRENT TEAM WHOSE TEAM IS "NOT" IN THE 2003 POSTSEASON?
Answer: JAMIE MOYER
(OTHERS): GREG MADDUX, PEDRO MARTINEZ, ANDY PETTITTE, BRAD RADKE, JOHN SMOLTZ, TIM WAKEFIELD

Dent procession
Asked Oct. 2: THE YANKEES HOST THE TWINS TONIGHT IN GAME 2 IN THEIR AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES.

1 OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOMENTS IN YANKEES HISTORY OCCURRED 25 YEARS AGO TODAY.

BUCKY DENT HIT A 3-RUN HOMER OFF MIKE TORREZ TO GIVE THE YANKEES A 3-2 LEAD AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, A 5-4 WIN IN A 1 GAME PLAYOFF FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST TITLE.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHICH 2 YANKEES WERE ON BASE WHEN DENT HIT HIS FAMOUS HOME RUN?

Answer: CHRIS CHAMBLISS, ROY WHITE

Fast company
Asked Sept. 30: THE MARLINS VISIT THE GIANTS THIS AFTERNOON IN GAME 1 OF THEIR NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES. IT WILL BE JOSH BECKETT VERSUS JASON SCHMIDT. SCHMIDT LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN EARNED RUN AVERAGE THIS SEASON. DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW..."BEFORE" SCHMIDT, WHO WAS THE LAST GIANT TO LEAD THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN ERA?
Answer: BILL SWIFT, 1992

How could Golic miss this one?
Asked Sept. 29: 3 OF BASEBALL'S 4 DIVISION SERIES BEGIN TOMORROW. THIS IS THE 9TH YEAR OF THE DIVISION SERIES FORMAT. THE BRAVES AND THE YANKEES WILL PLAY IN A DIVISION SERIES FOR THE 9TH TIME. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW..."BESIDES" THE BRAVES AND THE YANKEES, WHICH TEAM HAS PLAYED IN THE MOST DIVISION SERIES?
Answer: 6 CLEVELAND
4: BOSTON, HOUSTON, OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, ST. LOUIS

Playing four-ball
Asked Sept. 26: RANDY WOLF IS 7TH IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN STRIKEOUTS. KERRY WOOD "LEADS" THE LEAGUE IN STRIKEOUTS.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW....WHICH PITCHER LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN WALKS?

Answer: RUSS ORTIZ

Four by 200
Sept. 25: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS HAVE 4 PITCHERS WITH MORE THAN 200 INNINGS PITCHED?
Answer: NEW YORK YANKEES (MUSSINA/CLEMENS/WELLS/PETTITTE), SEATTLE (MOYER/FRANKLIN/GARCIA/PINEIRO)

A Walk in the Park
Sept 23: BARRY BONDS LEADS BOTH LEAGUES IN WALKS WITH 147. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO LEADS THE "AMERICAN" LEAGUE IN WALKS?

Answer: JASON GIAMBI

Griese relief
Sept 19: DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO HOLDS THE VIRGINIA TECH CAREER RECORD FOR PASSING YARDS?

Answer: DON STROCK, 1970-72

Land of the Giant
Sept. 18: BARRY BONDS LEADS BOTH LEAGUES IN ON BASE PERCENTAGE AND IS THE CAREER LEADER AMONG ALL ACTIVE PLAYERS IN ON BASE PERCENTAGE.
DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW....WHO IS "2ND" AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS IN ON BASE PERCENTAGE?
Answer: FRANK THOMAS

Land of the Giant
Asked Sept. 15: THE RAIDERS EDGE THE BENGALS 23-20. JERRY RICE CAUGHT 4 PASSES FOR 40 YARDS. HE HOLDS THE NFL CAREER RECORD FOR COMBINED YARDS WITH 22,288. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHICH PLAYER IS "2ND" IN NFL HISTORY IN COMBINED YARDS?
Answer: BRIAN MITCHELL, NEW YORK GIANTS, 22,110

Three-bag king
Asked Sept. 10: DID YOU KNOW....DID YOU KNOW...WHICH ACTIVE PLAYER HAS THE MOST CAREER TRIPLES?
Answer: STEVE FINLEY, 107

Walking shoes
Asked Sept. 9: RICKEY HENDERSON OF THE DODGERS HAS MORE CAREER WALKS THAN ANYONE IN BASEBALL HISTORY.

DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...."BESIDES" HENDERSON, WHO IS IN THE TOP 10 AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS IN CAREER WALKS?
Answer: 1) RICKEY HENDERSON
2) BARRY BONDS
3) FRANK THOMAS
4) FRED MCGRIFF
5) JEFF BAGWELL
6) RAFAEL PALMEIRO
7) EDGAR MARTINEZ
8) JOHN OLERUD
9) GARY SHEFFIELD
10) JIM THOME

Ricky Bell? Nope
Asked Sept. 8: THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPION TAMPA BAY BUCS OPEN THEIR 2003 SEASON TONIGHT AGAINST THE EAGLES IN PHILADELPHIA. MICHAEL PITTMAN LED THE BUCS IN RUSHING LAST SEASON WITH 718 YARDS. DID YOU KNOW...DID YOU KNOW...WHO IS THE LEADING CAREER RUSHER IN TAMPA BAY BUCS HISTORY?
Answer: JAMES WILDER