Jeopardy & The 10 Rings
In a book by this man, the hobbit Frodo gets a ring granting invisibility from his cousin Bilbo
Tolkein
To purposefully delay, or, a place where a horse is purposefully delayed
Stall
The Prime Video series "A League of Their Own" recreates the 1940s AAGPBL, the All-American Girls Professional this League
Baseball
Sauerkraut is fermented this
Cabbage
You've heard of Gandalf, one of these; Ursula K. Le Guin wrote of young Ged, a title one of "Earthsea"
A Wizard
"Five golden rings" is a line from this holiday song
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Some say you can't fight this, a municipal government building
City Hall
"We got next" was the slogan of this league when it debuted in 1997 with stars like Lisa Leslie & Rebecca Lobo
The WNBA
It can mean both clothes to wash & a place to do it
Laundry
Peter Beagle wrote of "The Last" this magical equine who lived alone "in a lilac wood"
Unicorn
In the late 1990s Galileo images revealed that this largest planet has a ring made of dust particles
Jupiter
Shady Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer Saul Goodman had his law office in this type of shopping center
Mini-Mall/Strip-Mall
This league was created as part of the successful bid to bring the 1994 World Cup to the United States
MLS (Major League Soccer)
In Judaism, observance of this seventh day of the week begins just before sunset on Friday
Shabbat (Sabbath)
"The Mists of Avalon" focuses on women in this British king's legendary life, like Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar
King Arthur
As Ernestine the telephone operator on "Laugh-In", she would say, "One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingies"
Lily Tomlin
This 2-word phrase means it's almost closing time at the bar & you'd better order your final round now
Last Call
It was founded in Daytona Beach in 1948 to organize races for "stock" or production line cars
Nascar
As the song says, life is a this, a restaurant with booze & live entertainment
A Cabaret
In Neil Gaiman's "American Gods", Shadow crosses paths with Mr. Wednesday, who is actually this Norse deity
Odin
When it was first published in 1922, The Ring called itself "The world's foremost" magazine about this sport
Boxing
Proverbial sphere used to bar someone from membership in a group
Blackball
The Montreal Alouettes & the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are among the teams competing for the Grey Cup in this league
This pain reliever went on the market in 1899, long before ibuprofen
Aspirin
"Dragonfly in Amber" is the sequel to this novel about Claire Randall traveling through time in Scotland
Outlander