The Price Is (Not) Right!
This popular Minnesota sport can be especially expensive because of equipment costs and ice time.
Hockey
This type of financial assistance helps college athletes pay for their education.
Athletic scholarship
The movie 42 tells the story of this baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Jackie Robinson
James Naismith invented this sport in 1891 as an indoor activity for the winter.
Basketball
Which soccer league had players standing AGAINST the kneeling protests happening throughout it?
Premier League
This term describes when athletes or families must pay fees to participate in organized sports.
Pay-to-play
This NBA superstar grew up facing poverty in Akron, Ohio, before becoming the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.
LeBron James
In Remember the Titans, the football team must overcome tensions caused by this process.
Integration
This sport has Indigenous North American roots and traditionally held spiritual and community significance.
Lacrosse
Which former Buffalo Bills star broke rushing records in the NFL, but afterwards tarnished his legacy?
OJ Simpson
This term describes athletes focusing on one sport instead of playing multiple sports, sometimes increasing the risk of burnout.
Sports specialization
This term describes when someone improves their economic or social position, something sports can sometimes help people achieve.
Social mobility
In 42, what is the name of the Brooklyn Dodgers owner?
Branch Rickey
This Black American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens
This pitcher won 4 Cy Youngs, and also became the oldest pitcher to ever throw a perfect game at the age of 40.
Randy Johnson
This economic term describes what a school gives up when it chooses to spend money on sports instead of something else.
Opportunity cost
Venus and Serena Williams began developing their tennis skills on public courts in this California city.
Compton
In Remember the Titans, Coach Herman Boone works alongside this white assistant coach as they attempt to unite the team.
Bill Yoast
This Olympic athlete attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and won two gold medals in 1912.
Jim Thorpe
Which NBA team earned their franchises first victory in 1967?
Seattle Supersonics
According to a 2024 national survey, American families spent approximately this much per year on their child's primary sport.
$1,016
According to the NCAA figure covered in class, approximately this percentage of high school athletes receive college athletic scholarships.
2%
The Judson Jr. Rockets spent approximately this much on new equipment for their youth football program in one year.
$16,000
This 1968 Olympics protest organization, abbreviated OPHR, addressed racial discrimination and the treatment of Black athletes. What was the full name?
Olympic Project for Human Rights
Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run in 2022. Including him, how many players have hit at least 700.
4