NFL
Everyone knows the all-time leaders in passing yards (89,214), rushing yards (18,355), and receiving yards (22,895). But which players are SECOND all-time on these same leaderboards?
Passing: Drew Brees (80,358)
Rushing: Walter Payton (16,726)
Receiving: Larry Fitzgerald (17,492)
This quarterback is the only player in NFL history to win a Super Bowl MVP without ever being named to a Pro Bowl.
Joe Flacco
(Super Bowl XLVII - 2012)
The "Conference of Champions" has at times been known as the Pac-12, the Pacific 10, Pacific 8, Big 6, Big 5, and AAWU. But before all of these, it was the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915. Which four universities are the founding members of the PCC?
Cal
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
These two NBA franchises are the only ones to have never moved and never changed their team name.
Boston Celtics
New York Knicks
In NFL history, a player has racked up over 5000 passing yards in a single season 15 times. Of these 15 individual seasons, 13 earned that player a Pro Bowl nod. Who are these two players?
Matthew Stafford (2011)
Ben Roethlisberger (2018)
Since the Associated Press began awarding the title of Most Valuable Player in 1957, it has only gone to a non-back thrice (1986, 1982, 1971). Who are these three players?
1986 - Lawrence Taylor (LB)
1982 - Mark Moseley (K)
1971 - Alan Page (DT)
This first-ballot Hall of Fame third baseman is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades.
George Brett (1976, 1980, 1990)
There are two distinct rivalries (both between original Big 10 teams) that play for "Paul Bunyan's Axe" and the "Paul Bunyan Trophy" respectively. Which teams compete in each of these rivalries?
Paul Bunyan's Axe: Minnesota-Wisconsin
Paul Bunyan Trophy: Michigan-Michigan State
During the 1992 "Dream Team's" Olympic run, head coach Chuck Daly never -- not ONCE during any game that they played -- did what?
Not once did he call a timeout across 14 games.
This athlete was one of the greatest college football players of all time when he left the University of Illinois after the 1925 season. His 1925-1934 career with the Chicago Bears -- and the associated attention he garnered -- is widely credited as having "saved the NFL" from bankruptcy.
Red Grange