FOOTBALL
The Seattle Seahawks' mascot is named this a football term for an assault on the opposing quarterback
BLITZ
This term for a tapering or triangular flag is also used to mean a baseball league championship
PENNANT
It sounds like a swimming style but this occurs when your body temperature rises to 104 degrees; be wary
HEATSTROKE
In 1994 he took a basketball time out to hit .202 for the Birmingham Barons
michael jordan
In 2017 Alabama elected its first Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1992--this man who beat Roy Moore
Doug Jones
The McKinley Museum & the Pro Football Hall of Fame are both in this Ohio city
CANTON
XBH is this baseball slugging statistic
EXTRA BASE HIT
It's a swimming stroke as well as a type of wrestling skiing & skating
FREESTYLE
In 2014 both the men's & women's teams from this university located in the small town of Storrs won basketball titles
UCONN
Apply to be a counselor--I mean crew trainer--at NASA's space camp in this Alabama city
Huntsville
In 2016 Sunday Night Football blitzed the competition as Cris Collinsworth & this play-by-play man led the league
AL MICHAELS
Baseball star Anthony Garciaparra goes by this middle name his dad's name backwards
NOMAR
She won 5 Olympic golds for the USA so being 2017's Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year... not a big surprise
KATIE LEDECKY
Opened in 1976 this university's basketball arena is named for legendary coach Adolph Rupp
u kentucky
She was born April 28 1926 in Monroeville Alabama & died there February 19 2016
Harper Lee
Last name of college football legend Bobby whose sons Jeff Terry & Tommy have followed him into coaching
BOBBY BOWDEN
'50s MLB star Ray Boone sired Bob who sired this Boone named in 2017 as the Yankees' manager
AARON BOONE
An autobiography of this legendary Olympic swimming champion was appropriately titled Beneath the Surface
MICHAEL PHELPS
One of the 2 basketball stars from the 1990s to have statues outside the Utah Jazz' home arena
john stockton or malone
This liquor brand is also the name of Alabama's state game bird
wild turkey
Widely used on football fields this grass named for a British dependency is native to the African savannas
bERMUDA
He holds the MLB record for home runs by a shortstop 345; there was a reason his manager let him play every day
CAL RIPKEN JR
This swimming costume suitable for Muslim women covers everything but the face hands & feet
BURKINI
1965: Princeton basketball player (& future U.S. senator)
Bill Bradley
This blues composer born in Alabama in 1873 lived to be 84
WC Handy