BASKETBALL GREATS
In 2008, Candace Parker won her second Final Four MVP for leading Tennessee to the NCAA title & was recognized as the top women's college player with the trophy named for this inventor of the sport
Who is Naismith?
This MMA champ made her big screen debut among some veteran action stars in "The Expendables 3"
Who is Ronda Rousey?
Desmond Howard's 99-yard kick return touchdown helped him earn Super Bowl 31 MVP honors over Brett Favre for this team
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
Goal, swimsuit
What is water polo?
A below-ground fortification, or the beach a golfer never wants to visit
What is a bunker?
Tim Hardaway was a master of the "crossover" this, switching the ball from one hand to the other to confuse defenders
What is the dribble?
In 2023 ringtv.com ranked Oleksandr Usyk as the world's best boxer P4P, standing for this
What is pound-for-pound?
Football's Ted Lasso knows this pre-snap line of scrimmage penalty well; soccer's Ted Lasso found the sport's version... complex
What is offsides?
Rocks, brooms
What is curling?
What some cute little faces have, or what a golf ball has hundreds of
What are dimples?
The winner of 11 NBA titles as a player & the first black coach in the NBA, this legend passed away in 2022
Who is Bill Russell?
Before turning to MMA, UFC champ Henry Cejudo won a 2008 Olympic gold medal in freestyle this
What is wrestling?
This Premier League system of sending the 3 bottom-finishers to a 2nd-tier league is like sending 3 MLB teams to AAA
What is relegation?
Hoops, ribbons
What is rhythmic gymnastics?
Actress Carey & jazz's Gerry, or an uncounted golf shot
What is mulligan?
The 1940s dominance of 6'10" George Mikan led to this rule that prohibits touching a ball on it's downward flight to the basket
What is goaltending?
Who is Sugar Ray Leonard?
In 2022 quarterback Stetson Bennett led this school to the national title over SEC rival Alabama, 33-18
What is Georgia?
Bindings, & a tube with 22-foot high walls
What is snowboarding or skiiing (halfpipe)?
An item you use in art class, or what you use on the green when other players get to putt first
What is a marker?
In 1992 & '93 Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson and Jalen Rose played in back to back NCAA title games as the University of Michigan starting squad, known by this alliterative name
What is the Fab Five?
In 1982 middleweight great Marvin Hagler changed his first name to this, an adjective often applied to him
What is Marvelous?
In 2020, thousands thronged the presidential palace as this national soccer hero lay in state
Who is Maradona?
Horse, epee
What is modern pentathlon?
Protective cloth worn in the kitchen, or the well-trimmed grass around the green
What is the apron?