Memorize these and you could recognize 14.7% of all Sports clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | golf | 46 | In "Confessions of a Hooker", Bob Hope tells of his love affair with this sport |
| 2 | basketball | 46 | Spalding marketed 1st one with a woman's name--Nancy Lieberman--on it |
| 3 | baseball | 38 | In a typical major league game of this sport, there is less than 10 minutes of action |
| 4 | table tennis | 36 | The ITTF, the International Federation for this sport, holds a World Championship every 2 years |
| 5 | Football | 35 | Sport in which you might button hook into the coffin corner |
| 6 | women's soccer | 30 | Abby Wambach is the offensive powerhouse on the USA's national team in this sport |
| 7 | hockey | 29 | Hartford, Conn. is represented in the major pro league of this sport |
| 8 | bowling | 24 | In 1988, this may be played in the "alleys" of Seoul as an Olympic demonstration sport |
| 9 | Wayne Gretzky | 23 | Saying he's “simply the best” Time Magazine agrees he's hockey's “Great One” |
| 10 | cricket | 20 | The 1st recorded match in this forerunner of baseball took place in 1719 |
| 11 | Jack Nicklaus | 18 | When he won the U.S. Amateur Golf title in 1959, this "Golden Bear" was just a cub |
| 12 | Michael Jordan | 18 | Saying he had achieved everything he could in basketball, he retired from the Bulls in October |
| 13 | the Indianapolis 500 | 17 | 204.824 miles per hour was the speed of the slowest car qualifying for this 1985 race |
| 14 | Ice hockey | 17 | Minnesota & Wisconsin have each won 6 titles at the Women's Frozen Four, the NCAA championship of this |
| 15 | boxing | 17 | In 1947, John Garfield got into this sport "Body and Soul" |
| 16 | Wilt Chamberlain | 15 | "The Stilt" |
| 17 | skiing | 15 | Sport in which you can compete in the Nordic World Championships |
| 18 | Martina Navratilova | 15 | Winning tennis' Grand Slam earned her $1,000,000 bonus in 1984 |
| 19 | the Tour de France | 15 | In '86, American Greg Lemond pedalled 2500 miles to become the 1st non-European ever to win this |
| 20 | volleyball | 14 | Only Olympic sport in which, when one team has possession of the ball, just 3 players may touch it |
| 21 | sumo wrestling | 14 | A yokozuna is a grand champion in this Japanese sport |
| 22 | water polo | 14 | The Encyclopedia of Sports calls it "A goal game, usually played in a swimming pool, w/7 men on a team" |
| 23 | figure skating | 13 | This sport uses a Salchow, Lutz, Walley & Axel jump |
| 24 | synchronized swimming | 13 | This Olympic sport was once known as water ballet |
| 25 | Tiger Woods | 12 | In his first 2 months on the pro golf tour in 1996, this 20-year-old won almost $800,000 |
| 26 | the Kentucky Derby | 12 | Only Johnny Longden has ridden, then trained a winner of this legendary May race |
| 27 | Babe Ruth | 11 | In "Pride of the Yankees", he played Babe Ruth |
| 28 | Wimbledon | 10 | The tournament held here each summer is considered the unofficial world championship of tennis |
| 29 | Surfing | 10 | Considered oldest sport in America, Hawaiians did it before Columbus discovered America |
| 30 | Muhammad Ali | 10 | He's the only boxer ever to appear on Time magazine's cover 3 times, in 1963, 1971 & 1978 |
| 31 | Mike Tyson | 10 | This former heavyweight boxing champ is known as "Iron Mike" |
| 32 | Lance Armstrong | 10 | On July 23, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France in consecutive years |
| 33 | Joe Louis | 10 | In 1934, as a beginning pro, this great heavyweight won only $52 for his 1st fight |
| 34 | Jesse Owens | 10 | He outran a racehorse in a hundred-yard dash in 1936 |
| 35 | Gordie Howe | 10 | During his 26 yrs. in the NHL, he got 801 goals & 500 stitches in his face |
| 36 | curling | 10 | Described as shuffleboard on ice, the goal is to get a 44 lb. stone closest to a target |
| 37 | badminton | 10 | Called "poona" in India, 19th c. British officers took this racquet sport home & called it this |
| 38 | Arthur Ashe | 10 | After retiring from tennis, he wrote "A Hard Road to Glory", a study of African-American athletes |
| 39 | softball | 9 | This "underhanded" game can be played slow or fast pitch |
| 40 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 9 | Lanky Laker who's an Oriental rug expert |
| 41 | Joe Montana | 9 | In 1987 this 49ers quarterback completed an NFL record 22 consecutive passes |
| 42 | gymnastics | 9 | Tsukahara |
| 43 | Ted Williams | 8 | The last player to hit .400 was this Boston Red Sox great in 1941 |
| 44 | Kobe Bryant | 8 | In 1998 this L.A. Laker became the youngest NBA All-Star ever at age 19 |
| 45 | George Foreman | 8 | In 1994 he reclaimed his heavyweight title, lost 20 years earlier to Muhammad Ali |
| 46 | Australia | 8 | The goals were 1 mi. apart for 1st recorded football match in this land Down Under |
| 47 | archery | 8 | In the 'Odyssey", Homer hit the bullseye describing competition in this sport |
| 48 | the Detroit Red Wings | 8 | [sports logo] |
| 49 | Willie Shoemaker | 7 | Nicknamed "The Shoe", he holds the record for single season wins |
| 50 | the New York Yankees | 7 | Pitching for this team, Don Larson threw a no-hitter in the '56 World Series |