Baseball Terminology
Baseball Almanac describes this pitch as "(A pitch that is) "pushed" with little or no spin so that it will dance, float, flutter, dart, bob, weave, wobble, sail, or dip in a totally unpredictable manner"
Knuckleball
Despite being known for a low-IQ play in the NBA Finals that angered his teammate LeBron James, this player earned a 4.0 GPA during his college career
J.R. Smith
Mike Breen is known for yelling this four-letter word after long or clutch 3-pointers
Bang!
Death Halladay (fun fact: he's dead)
Football
Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant battled in the main event of WrestleMania 3. Gorilla Monsoon called Andre the Giant "the immovable object". This is what he referred to Hogan as.
The irresistible force
A batter who rounds all four bases after a hit - but not over the wall - has hit this variation of a homer
Inside-the-park home run
This 2x NBA champion dropped out of medical school to play professional basketball. His younger brother has been successful on the court, too, winning a championship in 2019
Pau Gasol
This sportscaster is a play-by-play commentator on both Sportsnet and TSN. He mainly covers Toronto Raptors games, but has also filled in for Maple Leafs and Blue Jays games, as well as the CFL and National Bank Open
Matt Devlin
Dilly Dally
Football
WrestleMania 6 saw The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan clash in a Winner Takes All match. This stadium hosted the event.
SkyDome
This is a nickname for the section of the infield that has been occupied by greats such as Mike Schmidt, George Brett, and Chipper Jones
Hot corner
This former NBA MVP could have attended Stanford on an academic scholarship. You could say he's a "wizard" academically, but he only played one season for them in 2020-21 before being traded
Russell Westbrook
Former Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo is now an analyst for CBS. This fellow retired Cowboys field general is now on the call for ESPN's Monday Night Football
Troy Aikman
Coco Crisp (fun fact: he has a cereal named after himself)
Baseball
When Cody Rhodes returned to the WWE at WrestleMania 38, commentator Cory Graves exclaimed, "From undesirable to __________, the Prodigal Son has returned!" This is the missing word.
Undeniable
This rule exists due to the unusual conditions at ballparks around the MLB. This rule is called when the ball is stuck in the ivy at Wrigley or when the ball becomes unplayable for whatever reason at fields around the league.
Ground rule double
This retired journeyman has started at QB for more teams than anyone else in history. He also graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics
Ryan Fitzpatrick
This former 5-time all-star and member of the NBA 75 team spent his entire career from 1987-2005 with the same Central Division team. Now, he's a commentator for NBC.
Reggie Miller
Quincy Pondexter
Basketball
Danhausen may have been born in Detroit, Michigan, but that's not the only place he's from. This is his four-digit address on Mockingbird Lane (hint: first two digits + last two digits = 24)
1311
The rare 1-2-3 double play occurs when a pitcher fields a ground ball and throws home for an out before the ball is thrown to this base
First base
This NFL QB is nicknamed "the Passtronaut" because he graduated with a 4.0 GPA in aerospace engineering from the University of Tennessee
Joshua Dobbs
Foster Hewitt was a legendary Canadian radio broadcaster who is most famous for calling Hockey Night in Canada. He famously began the broadcast with, "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland." This is his signature goal call, still used commonly today
He shoots, he scores!
Jimbob Ghostkeeper
Hockey
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan won the first ever Royal Rumble in Hamilton, Ontario in 1988. This former Intercontinental champion defeated Rick Rude in the show's opening match
Ricky Steamboat