Beast of the East:
Pitt vs. Villanova
Pitt vs. Villanova
This Pitt guard tied the game 76-76 in their Great 8 battle against Villanova before Scotty Reynolds took the inbounds pass, drove the full length of the court and hit the game winner (after traveling and getting the shot off after the buzzer) to defeat Pitt.
Who is Levance Fields?
Brett Favre played for this many teams in his 20-year career.
What is 4? (Atlanta, Green Bay, NY Jets, and Minnesota)
This is the only Rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP award.
Who is Magic Johnson (1980)?
This is the youngest NHL Captain to win the Stanley Cup.
Who is Sidney Crosby?
This player hit a World Series clinching walkoff home run in 1993.
Who is Joe Carter?
On January 25, 1988, Jerome Lane's thunderous dunk exploded the backboard at the Fitzgerald Fieldhouse against Providence. This player got the assist.
Who is Sean Miller?
This QB earned the most (5) regular season MVP awards?
Who is Peyton Manning?
LeBron James lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to this many NBA Finals...only winning once in 2016.
What is 5 (2007, 15, 16, 17, 18)?
This player averaged 1.921 points per regular season game in his NHL career, the highest in NHL history.
Who is Wayne Gretzky? (Lemieux was second averaging 1.883 points per regular season game)
What is 4 (2004, '07, '13, and '18)?
Villanova won the 2018 National Championship. This player was their leading scorer for the season.
Who is Jalen Brunson?
The 1983 NFL draft saw 6 QB's selected in the first round. #1 Elway, #7 Blackledge, #15 Eason, #24 O'Brien, and #27 Marino. This QB was selected with the #14 overall pick this year.
Who is Jim Kelly?
The LA Lakers appeared in this many NBA Finals from 1980 to 1991 (12 years).
What is 9 (Won '80, 82, 85, 87, 88 and Lost '83, 84, 89, 91)
This is how many NHL teams Jaromir Jagr played for in his career.
What is 9 (Pitt, Wash, NYR, Philly, Dallas, Bos, NJD, Floriday, and Calgary)
He was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series (and the series co-MVP) for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Who is Randy Johnson?
This Philadelphia native snubbed his nose at Villanova and went to play 3 years at Pitt. As a HS player, he was 383 points behind Philadelphia's all-time leading scorer Wilt Chamberlain. Instead of staying his senior year in Philly, this player transferred to Oak Hill Academy for his senior season where he was a McDonald's All-American. He was academically ineligible his Freshman year at Pitt.
Who is Brian Shorter?
Patrick Mahomes was the second QB selected (#10 overall pick) in the 2017 NFL draft. This was the QB drafted before Patrick with the #2 overall pick.
Who is Mitchell Trubisky?
From 1999 to 2014 the San Antonia Spurs went to 6 NBA Finals winning 5 World Championships ('99, 03, 05, 07, and 14). Their only loss in the Finals came to this team.
Who are the Miami Heat (2013)?
This is the NHL all-time leader in goals scored by a USA player.
Who is Brett Hull?
The "small-market" Kansas City Royals beat this "big-market" team 4 games to 1 in the 2015 World Series.
Who are the NY Mets?
In one of the greatest upsets of all-time, Villanova beat Georgetown to win the 1985 NCAA National Title at this iconic arena.
Where is Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY?
In the 2001 NFL draft, Drew Brees was the second QB drafted. Brees was the #32 overall pick (first selection in the second round) by the San Diego Chargers. This player was the only QB drafted in the first round this year (#1 overall pick).
Who is Michael Vick?
12 players in NBA history have won multiple NBA Finals MVP awards. 3 of these 12 players have done so with more than one team, LeBron James (Miami and Cleveland), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee and LA), and this player. (Hint: Willis Reed was the first to win multiple MVP's doing so with NY in '70 & '73 so the "answer is not an "old-timer")
Who is Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio '14 and Toronto '19)
Mario Lemieux has scored the second most regular season points in NHL history playing for only one team. This Detroit Red Wing has the most career points only playing for one team.
Who is Steve Yzerman?
This is how many times the Atlanta Braves made it to the World Series between 1990 and 2000.
What is 5? ('91, '92, *'95, '96, and '99)