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golf 46x 8.9% stumper $416 avg J:36 DJ:9 FJ:1

J $100 2001 Hit tiny spheroid into woods, curse, hit into lake, curse, score round of 120, go to clubhouse for needed beer

J $500 1993 Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Patty Sheehan

J $1,000 2026 "Making the cut"

basketball 46x 11.1% stumper $484 avg J:35 DJ:10 FJ:1

J $100 1996 The Red Auerbach Trophy is awarded annually to this pro sport's coach of the year

J $600 2023 Ray Allen,"He Got Game"

J $1,000 2022 Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings

baseball 38x 8.1% stumper $389 avg J:30 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $100 2000 Submarine, steal, knuckleball

J $600 2017 The Durham Bulls

J $1,000 2022 James "Cool Papa" Bell & Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown

Canadian football 37x 2.7% stumper $389 avg J:27 DJ:10

J $100 1992 In 1989 Paul Tagliabue was elected to succeed Pete Rozelle as this pro sport's commissioner

J $500 1990 Australian Rules, American & Association describe sports that are all named this

DJ $1,200 2009 "We Are Marshall"

table tennis 36x 13.9% stumper $436 avg J:27 DJ:9

J $100 1997 Racket, baseline, backcourt

J $600 2009 USTA, founded in 1881

J $1,000 2022 Poach, approach, eastern grip

women's soccer 30x 13.3% stumper $577 avg J:22 DJ:8

J $200 2016 Abby Wambach

J $600 2012 1999:Kristine Lilly & her teammates in this sport

J $1,000 2022 The Ballon d'Or

hockey 29x 13.8% stumper $562 avg J:23 DJ:6

J $5 DD 2014 Eddie Giacomin, Herb Brooks, Conn Smythe

J $500 1988 The defensemen in this popular sport are called the "backline"

J $1,000 2020 Crossword puzzle fixture Bobby Orr, Terry Sawchuk

bowling 24x 16.7% stumper $525 avg J:21 DJ:3

J $100 1989 Jeanne Maiden of Solon, Ohio set a women's record by rolling 11 perfect games in this sport

J $500 1997 With 30 tournament wins, Lisa Wagner is the women's career leader in this sport

J $1,000 2017 The pocket,5-step approach, hook

Wayne Gretzky 23x 4.5% stumper $377 avg J:13 DJ:9 FJ:1

J $100 2000 In 1998 The Hockey News named him the No. 1 player of all time

J $500 DD 1998 "(Hi, I'm Al Michaels) This center holds over 60 NHL records including career & single season marks for points, assists & goals"

DJ $1,600 2010 Janet Jones, in 1988

cricket 20x $420 avg J:17 DJ:3

J $100 1987 In 1930, Don Bradman didn't find many sticky wickets as he scored 974 runs in this sport

J $600 2024 Led by top-order batter Meg Lanning in 2022, Australia has won 7 women's ODI World Cup titles in this sport, the most of any nation

DJ $1,600 2006 Sachin Tendulkar of India is a leading bowler in this sport

Jack Nicklaus 20x 10.5% stumper $442 avg J:14 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $400 2008 A statue of this "Golden Bear" with his putter was unveiled in Augusta in 2000

J $500 1985 He's the only golfer ever to win all 5 "major" tournaments, including the U.S. Amateur

DJ $1,000 DD 2001 This golfer was once known by the uncomplimentary nickname "Ohio Fats"

the Indianapolis 500 19x 5.9% stumper $306 avg J:14 DJ:3 FJ:2

J $100 1998 The Borg-Warner Trophy, a replica of which is awarded at this May auto race, is insured for $1 million

DJ $800 2002 The day A.J. Foyt became the first 4-time winner of this race, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to drive in it

DJ $1,200 2017 A Greek-like figure waves a checkered flag atop the Borg-Warner trophy, presented to the winner of this race

Michael Jordan 18x $329 avg J:13 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1994 When he retired on Oct. 6, 1993, this star had the highest NBA career scoring average with 32.3

J $600 2010 1993 & 1999:Retires from the Bulls;2003:Retires from the Wizards

FJ 2007 In 1993 this man said, "What Phil & Nike have done is turn me into a dream"

Ice hockey 17x 5.9% stumper $329 avg J:13 DJ:4

J $100 2001 The Stanley Cup

J $800 2003 Red light, mucking, penalty killer

J $1,000 2012 "Miracle"

boxing 17x 11.8% stumper $488 avg J:14 DJ:3

J $100 2001 Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless

J $500 1987 When "The Gilette Cavalcade of Sports" was on the air, this was the only sport they telecast live

J $1,000 2006 The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport

beach volleyball 16x $620 avg J:13 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1997 In 1996 Kent Steffes & Karch Kiraly won the first gold medal ever presented in this type of volleyball

J $500 1989 Sizzling the pits, lollipop & digging lips are terms in this sport, whether on the court or on the beach

J $1,000 2017 Hoosier Team Pineapple, 2016 men's champs of the PVL, the "Premier" this "League"

Wilt Chamberlain 15x 7.1% stumper $521 avg J:10 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1992 This 7-foot-1-inch athlete is nicknamed "The Stilt"

J $500 1988 He led the NBA in scoring 7 seasons in a row, 1959-66

DJ $1,200 2014 36 points is a great night, but in a March 1962 NBA game he had 36 baskets from the field

skiing 15x 6.7% stumper $527 avg J:9 DJ:6

J $100 1998 In 1988 Italy's Alberto Tomba won both the slalom & giant slalom events in this winter Olympic sport

J $500 1994 If you "cross-country" to Ishpeming, Michigan, you'll find this sport's national hall of fame

DJ $1,000 1988 Telemark

Martina Navratilova 15x 7.1% stumper $186 avg J:12 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1997 Appropriately, Swiss teenage tennis star Martina Hingis was named for this woman

DJ $600 2001 This tennis player is the "Iron Maiden" & "Tini Linguini"

FJ 2004 This oldest tennis player ever to win a Grand Slam title did so at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2003

the Tour de France 15x 8.3% stumper $392 avg J:11 DJ:1 FJ:3

J $100 1990 The 1992 Winter Olympics will be held February 8-23 in Albertville in this country

J $500 1988 The 1992 Winter Olympic Games will be held in this country that hosted the 1968 Winter Games

J $1,000 2016 Zinedine Zidane headbutted his way out of the 2006 World Cup as this country of his fell to Italy

sumo wrestling 14x 7.7% stumper $554 avg J:7 DJ:6 FJ:1

DJ $200 2001 Athletes in this sport train on a stew called chankonabe, along with vast quantities of rice & beer

J $500 1997 Dohyo, chonmage, yobidashi

J $1,000 2009 Iowa State's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from 1978 to 1997

water polo 14x 14.3% stumper $486 avg J:11 DJ:3

J $200 1992 This game in which 8 players on horseback use mallets to drive the ball probably began in Persia

J $500 1991 About 1870 it was brought to England from India & was played by 8-man teams with few rules

J $1,000 DD 2006 By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head

figure skating 13x 9.1% stumper $527 avg J:8 DJ:3 FJ:2

J $100 1985 This sport uses a Salchow, Lutz, Walley & Axel jump

J $500 2001 Bust butt learning the "triple salchow", hope Guam judge doesn't hate your costume & give you a 5

DJ $1,000 1986 From 1956-'60, Carol Heiss was world champion in this sport

synchronized swimming 13x 7.7% stumper $677 avg J:8 DJ:5

J $200 1992 In this event swimmers perform acrobatic movements to music

J $600 2013 Janet Evans

J $1,000 2016 Missy Franklin

Tiger Woods 12x 8.3% stumper $300 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $100 2000 By winning the British Open, this 24-year-old became the youngest to win golf's career Grand Slam

J $800 2013 Saying he'd be considered legally blind without specs, this golfer got LASIK in 1999, then--natch--won the Disney Classic

J $100 1997 On April 13, 1997 this 21-year-old golfer became the youngest to win the Masters

Muhammad Ali 12x $375 avg J:10 DJ:2

J $100 1997 This boxer had his first professional fight in 1960 under his given name, Cassius Clay

J $500 1991 He's the only boxer to have won the World Heavyweight Title three separate times

DJ $1,600 DD 1998 (Hi, I'm Austin Peck & I play boxer-turned-executive Austin Reed on "Days Of Our Lives") One of the largest crowds in indoor boxing history gathered on Sept. 15, 1978 when Leon Spinks fought this man

the Kentucky Derby 12x $283 avg J:10 DJ:2

J $100 1987 Only Johnny Longden has ridden, then trained a winner of this legendary May race

J $600 2016 Names associated with this event held annually in May include Spend a Buck, Twenty Grand &, of course, Regret

J $200 2019 The first event annually in horse racing's Triple Crown

Babe Ruth 11x 20.0% stumper $200 avg J:8 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1993 He slugged his 714th & last home run in 1935, while with the Boston Braves

FJ 2018 This athlete lost a 1931 lawsuit against the Curtiss Candy Company

J $100 1990 On April 18th, 1923, he hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium

Wimbledon 10x 12.5% stumper $412 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $100 1995 This, the world's oldest tennis competition, became an "Open" in 1968

DJ $800 2017 The Duchess of Kent Challenge Cup is the ladies' doubles trophy at this event

FJ 2017 Since 1986, reaching the quarterfinals of this event has entitled you to free tickets & free tea for life

Surfing 10x 10.0% stumper $340 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $200 2013 In June 2012 a golden retriever named Ricochet hung 10 & won this event for dogs at Coronado Bay resort in San Diego

J $1,000 2018 "Blue Crush"

J $200 1990 This prehistoric South Seas sport was banned by missionaries in the 1820s

Mike Tyson 10x $390 avg J:9 DJ:1

J $100 1999 Denying he lost his temper at a licensing hearing, he said, "I was just expressing my hurt"

J $600 2006 After the death of Cus D'Amato & the end of his marriage to Robin Givens, he spent time in prison

J $1,000 2008 In 1988 it took all of 91 seconds for him to K.O. Michael Spinks to remain the undisputed heavyweight champ

Lance Armstrong 10x 11.1% stumper $700 avg J:5 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2012 2002:American cyclist

J $600 2007 The book "It's Not About The Bike" is this athlete's own inspirational story

DJ $1,600 2011 A co. statement said he "will compete for team Radio Shack as a cyclist (in events) including the 2010 Tour de France"

Joe Louis 10x 22.2% stumper $544 avg J:8 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1991 In 1941 this heavyweight boxing champ successfully defended his title a record 7 times

J $500 1996 "The Brown Bomber"

J $1,000 2012 1935:Heavyweight boxer who defeated Primo Carnera & Max Baer in a 3-month period

Jesse Owens 10x $400 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $100 1985 A major thoroughfare in W. Berlin is named for this Olympic legend

J $500 1991 This American set a long jump record in 1935 that stood for 25 years

J $200 2020 (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset ...

Gordie Howe 10x 10.0% stumper $570 avg J:6 DJ:4

J $100 1990 In October 1989 Wayne Gretzky broke this man's NHL record for career points

J $500 1995 He played with the Detroit Red Wings for 25 years & was named to the NHL all-star team 21 times

DJ $1,000 1998 On Feb. 29, 1980 this 51-year-old ex-Red Wing scored his 800th NHL goal

curling 10x $611 avg J:8 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 1987 All that's needed to play this sport in the U.S. are 16 stones, 8 brooms, & an ice rink

DJ $500 DD 2005 The Air Canada Silver Broom

J $1,000 2019 A bonspiel is a meet where teams from various clubs compete in this Olympic sport; a molson or 2 may get consumed

badminton 10x 33.3% stumper $611 avg J:6 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2009 In tournament play, the birdie used in this sport must be made of duck or goose feathers

J $500 1989 This racket game was named for the Duke of Beaufort's estate, where it supposedly originated

J $1,000 DD 2019 The Thomas Cup & the Uber Cup are presented by the BWF, this racket sport's world federation

Arthur Ashe 10x $660 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $200 1999 The first U.S. tennis player to win $100,000 in a year, in 1975 he became the first black man to win at Wimbledon

J $500 1992 After retiring from tennis, he wrote "A Hard Road to Glory", a study of African-American athletes

DJ $1,200 2004 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title

softball 9x 11.1% stumper $244 avg J:8 DJ:1

J $100 1989 A modified version of baseball was given this name in 1926 by a YMCA official

J $500 1997 The U.S.O.C. named Dot Richardson this Olympic sport's 1996 Female Athlete of the Year

J $100 1987 1st called "kitten ball," it was invented in 1887 as an indoor derivative of baseball

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9x $367 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $100 1989 In 1989 this Los Angeles Laker completed his 20th & last season--an NBA record

DJ $800 2016 After an eye injury in 1974, this legendary NBA center began wearing Plexiglas goggles

DJ $1,000 1985 Only NBA player to win most valuable player award 6 times

Joe Montana 9x 22.2% stumper $356 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $100 1991 In 1987 this 49ers quarterback completed an NFL record 22 consecutive passes

J $600 2006 Late in a close Super Bowl, this 49er QB casually noted John Candy was in the crowd, then won the game

J $200 1996 In April 1995 25,000 fans turned out to honor this former 49er QB who announced his retirement

gymnastics 9x $589 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1992 Nadia Comaneci won 3 consecutive European Championships in this sport

J $500 1998 With 18, this sport's Larissa Latynina has more Olympic medals than any other person

DJ $2,000 2006 In 1984 Carl Lewis' 4 Olympic golds in track & field were matched by Romania's Ecaterina Szabo in this sport

the Boston Marathon 9x $356 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1989 The 1988 winner of this April marathon beat the 2nd place finisher by only 1 second

DJ $600 1998 Running barefoot, Abebe Bikila surprised the track world by winning this Olympic event in 1960

DJ $1,000 1999 Kenyan men took first & second in this race April 20, 1998

Ted Williams 8x $575 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $300 1997 The last Major League Baseball player to hit .400 in a season, he was John Glenn's wingman in the Korean War

J $500 1997 In 1941 this Red Sox star led the major leagues in both batting average, .406, & home runs, 37

DJ $1,200 2013 This Red Sox legend had a brother who died of leukemia, helping inspire his timeless work with the Jimmy Fund starting in 1953

Kobe Bryant 8x $314 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2008 One explanation for this Laker's jersey switch from 8 to 24 was that 24 was his high school number

FJ 1999 He was named after Japanese beef

J $200 2007 After this man's 81-point game, a writer: "The only bad news? The other four Lakers were arrested for loitering"

George Foreman 8x 12.5% stumper $362 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1995 In 1994 he reclaimed his heavyweight title, lost 20 years earlier to Muhammad Ali

J $600 2003 In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP's Male Athlete of the Year

J $200 1996 On Nov. 5, 1994 he became the oldest to win a heavyweight title--or any boxing title--at age 45

Australia 8x 14.3% stumper $257 avg J:7 FJ:1

J $100 1986 The goals were 1 mi. apart for 1st recorded football match in this land Down Under

J $600 2009 In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle

FJ 2002 It's the only country to host the Summer Olympics in November & December

archery 8x $329 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 1998 Justin Huish of the U.S. took a bow when he won a gold in this sport at the 1996 Olympics

J $500 1990 In 1457, Scotland's James II complained golf was interfering with this sport used in wartime

FJ 2023 A Geena Davis Institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise film's release, women's participation in this sport rose 105%

the Detroit Red Wings 8x 25.0% stumper $750 avg J:7 DJ:1

J $400 1997 [sports logo]

J $800 2019 The first octopus thrown on the ice at a home game of this NHL team came form fishmongers Pete & Jerry Cusimano in 1952

J $1,000 2006 This professional hockey team plays its home games at Joe Louis Arena

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Willie Shoemaker 7x $271 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1985 Nicknamed "The Shoe", he holds the record for single season wins

DJ $600 1984 Billy the Cobbler, or a famous jockey

J $200 2006 This legendary jockey was known as "The Shoe"

the New York Yankees 7x 14.3% stumper $314 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1989 "The Bronx Bombers"

J $500 1985 This team's 39 winning seasons, from 1926 to 1964 is the longest in any pro sport

J $200 1997 This team's John Wetteland was named MVP of the 1996 World Series for saving all 4 wins

the Masters 7x $500 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 2023 In 2022, a year after a bad car crash, Tiger Woods returned to the greens in Augusta to play in this tournament

J $500 1994 In 1934 Bobby Jones co-founded this major golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia

DJ $1,000 1985 With a win in this April tourney, Bernhard Langer became most famous German golfer since Hermann Tissies

the Harlem Globetrotters 7x $280 avg J:5 FJ:2

J $100 1992 In 1970 Abe Saperstein, who founded this barnstorming team, was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

FJ 2023 In 2010 they introduced the 4-point shot, 35 feet from the basket

FJ 1987 In 1951, 1952, 1959, & 1986, this team performed for an audience of 1, the pope

the America's Cup 7x $600 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 1994 This sterling silver yachting trophy was designed by London's Robert Garrard Crown jewelers in 1848

J $800 2023 Dating back to the 1850s, the oldest trophy in international sports goes to the winners of this yachting competition

DJ $1,200 2005 Among those who took part in this event's 150th Jubilee in 2001 were Juan Carlos, Prince Philip & Dennis Conner

Rugby 7x 14.3% stumper $529 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1990 This sport was derived from a soccer game played at the British school for which it was named

DJ $1,000 2000 New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport

J $100 1987 This offshoot of soccer is named for a school in England

Richard Petty 7x 42.9% stumper $900 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $400 1989 He is the only person with more than 200 career victories in stock car racing

J $500 1997 In 1992 George Bush presented this stock car racer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

J $1,000 2025 With a record 200 Cup Series wins during his career, this King of NASCAR drove the Number 43 car for much of his reign

New Orleans 7x $483 avg J:4 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1990 The NBA's Jazz franchise spent 5 years in this city before moving to Salt Lake City in 1979

J $500 1985 World's largest indoor stadium is the domed one in this city

DJ $1,600 2019 Representing this city's Pelicans, "The Unibrow" Anthony Davis was MVP of the 2017 NBA All-Star game

Mario Lemieux 7x $643 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $300 1997 Only Wayne Gretzky & this Penguins star have scored over 190 points in an NHL season

J $500 2000 In 1999 this former Penguins star became the first retired player to own a major sports team he had played for

J $1,000 2003 In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title

Larry Bird 7x $257 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1999 In his first year as a coach, this former Celtic led the Pacers to their best NBA record ever

DJ $800 2006 Indiana State's career scoring leader, he was the 1997-98 NBA Coach of the Year while with the Pacers

J $100 1995 Co-captains of the 1992 Olympic basketball "Dream Team" were Magic Johnson & this Celtics star

Lacrosse 7x $1,000 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 1990 The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 & '89 in this Native American sport

J $500 2001 (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley Country Club.) In 1990 coach Carole Kleinfelder led Harvard to the NCAA title in this sport

DJ $1,600 2010 As in hockey, cross-checking is a foul in this sport, where it might more logically be spelled "crosse"-checking

fencing 7x $257 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1994 In the Olympics men compete in the sabre, foil & epee events in this sport; women compete only in foil

DJ $800 1988 Counter-riposte

J $100 1992 The entire body is the target are when epees are used in this sport, so be "on guard"

Canada 7x 28.6% stumper $529 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $100 1986 Vast majority of National Hockey League players are from this country

DJ $600 1996 Elvis Stojko of this country won a 2nd consecutive men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships

DJ $1,200 2013 Figure skating's Elvis Stojko

Brett Favre 7x $400 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2014 This longtime Packer QB who truly never knew when to quit started 297 straight games

J $600 2002 This Packers quarterback was the NFL's MVP in 1995, '96 & '97

J $200 2009 This longtime Green Bay Packer is the only QB to throw more than 300 career interceptions

the Boston Red Sox 7x $543 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2020 This team's mascot Wally the Green Monster is named for the team's famous left field wall

DJ $800 2008 Bill Simmons' "Now I Can Die in Peace" chronicles this team's 2004 World Series win, its first since 1918

DJ $1,200 2006 2004:A baseball team

Wrigley Field 6x $425 avg J:4 FJ:2

J $200 1995 This Chicago baseball park, built in 1914, was originally called Weeghman Park

J $800 2011 Though WLS-TV did not exist, I covered Babe Ruth's called shot in the 1932 series in this park's "friendly confines"; I'm old

FJ 2012 When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility

Toronto 6x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1989 NHL teams in this Canadian city have included the Arenas, the St. Pats & the Maple Leafs

J $500 1999 The NBA's Raptors

FJ 2008 The first baseball World Series game played outside the U.S. was played in this city in 1992

the Stanley Cup 6x $417 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2025 It's the oldest trophy awarded in North American pro sports; one early winning team was the Vancouver Millionaires

J $600 2008 The original of this trophy, a silver bowl, is on permanent display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

J $200 1985 The NHL's play-off team trophy

the Preakness 6x $383 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1990 From 1895 to 1908 this Triple Crown race was run in Brooklyn, then it returned to Pimlico

J $600 2019 Bodexpress didn't win this 2019 race, the second in the Triple Crown, but did finish--not bad for running with no jockey

J $200 1985 The million-dollar Woodlawn Vase is the trophy for this Triple Crown race

the Heisman Trophy 6x $367 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1990 In recent years, Doug Flutie & Bo Jackson won this award for outstanding college football player

DJ $800 2004 (Hi, I'm Eddie George of the NFL.) As a senior at Ohio State, I received this award, given to the top player in college football

J $200 1985 Ohio State running back Archie Griffin has been only player to win this trophy twice

the Chicago Bears 6x 16.7% stumper $467 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1995 In 1993 Dave Wannstedt replaced Mike Ditka as this team's coach

DJ $800 2009 The aptly named Willie Thrower, the NFL's first black quarterback, played one game in 1953 for this team at Wrigley Field

J $300 1991 When it was first formed in 1920, this NFL team was called the Decatur Staleys

Steve Cauthen 6x 16.7% stumper $733 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $300 1991 In 1977, at the age of 17, he became the 1st jockey to win more than $6 million in one year

J $500 2000 He was riding Affirmed in 1978 when he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown

DJ $1,000 1986 This Athlete of the Year picked by both Sports Illustrated & A.P. in 1977 stood only 5'1" tall

Steffi Graf 6x $317 avg J:6

J $100 2000 She retired from tennis in August 1999 & was soon seen getting cozy with Andre Agassi

J $1,000 2021 Thistennis great was known as "Fraulein Forehand"

J $100 1997 When this German beat Martina Navratilova in the 1987 French Open, she became its youngest champ to date

Stanford 6x 16.7% stumper $667 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2016 John Elway, Kerri Strug & Tiger Woods had fun out west on the Farm

J $500 1999 John McEnroe, Janet Evans & Tiger Woods all competed for & then left this California school

DJ $2,000 2007 Caught red-limbed drinking from a flask, the tree mascot for this school near Palo Alto was suspended

Shaquille O'Neal 6x $333 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1997 His rap album "Shaq Diesel" sold over a million copies

J $600 2018 With as many as 25, this superstar may have had the most nicknames in NBA history, including "Diesel" & "The Big Baryshnikov"

J $100 1996 "Shaq"

Notre Dame 6x $417 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1986 College whose football teams have often won one for the Gipper

J $600 2016 Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Rudy Ruettiger, Carl Yastrzemski & Bill Laimbeer

J $200 2008 On this school's home football weekends, the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend stays open longer

Mickey Mantle 6x $400 avg J:6

J $200 1996 In 1995, just 2 months after a liver transplant, this legendary Yankee passed away

J $600 2009 In 1969 this alliterative athlete's No. 7 was retired by the New York Yankees

J $300 1999 (Hi, I'm Bob Costas.) In 1956 this N.Y. Yankee became the only player ever to win baseball's Triple Crown while hitting more than 50 home runs

Man o' War 6x 50.0% stumper $983 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $400 1995 In 1920, after winning 20 of 21 races, this "Big Red" thoroughbred was retired

J $500 1995 Known as "Big Red", this race horse was the father of War Admiral

J $1,000 2018 On Aug. 13, 1919 a 100-1 shot came in as this horse lost his only race to the fittingly named Upset

John McEnroe 6x $450 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2006 Known as "Mac the Strife", this tennis champ once told an umpire, "You are the pits of the world"

DJ $1,200 2010 Tatum O'Neal, in 1986; singer Patty Smyth, in 1997

DJ $200 1996 This American tennis champ was once married to Tatum O'Neal

jai alai 6x 16.7% stumper $417 avg J:6

J $200 1990 A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport

J $800 2012 A cesta is the basket used to catch & throw the pelota, or ball, in this fast sport

J $300 1992 In this sport, a player wears a curved basket called a cesta on his hand

Jackie Robinson 6x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $200 2022 In 2013 Chadwick Boseman played this trailblazing legend in "42"

FJ 2014 He was featured on the September 22, 1947 cover of Time with the caption "He and the boss took a chance"

FJ 2004 Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt

horse racing 6x 33.3% stumper $367 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1993 Sport whose programs list sires, dams & morning lines

DJ $800 1993 In 1992 Angel Cordero, Jr. retired from this sport with over 7,000 career wins

J $200 1989 Julie Krone is on the right track in this sport after breaking the women's record of 1,203 wins

Hank Aaron 6x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $400 2007 "Baseball OF. 'Hammerin' Hank'...Career span 1954-76"

DJ $600 1998 On Feb. 29, 1972 he signed a new contract with Atlanta making him the highest paid player in baseball

FJ 2024 50 years ago Vin Scully announced he got "a standing ovation in the Deep South" for breaking a longtime record

Brazil 6x $400 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $300 1995 In World Cup soccer competition, this South American country leads all others in matches won with 49

J $500 1989 Accommodating over 205,000 fans, world's largest soccer stadium is in this South American country

FJ 2020 It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times

3 6x 16.7% stumper $300 avg J:6

J $200 1989 In the 1979-80 season, the NBA began giving this many points for long-shot baskets

J $200 1986 Up through 1920, baseball fans could see this many games in a day for the price of only 1

J $300 1987 On Feb. 24, 1987, for the 1st time in his career, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored this many points on 1 shot

2 6x 16.7% stumper $317 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1987 Due to the East German sweeps in '76 & '80 Olympics, # of entrants from any country was cut from 3 to this

DJ $600 1986 Number of horses a bettor must correctly pick to win an "exacta"

J $200 1998 In football, the defense earns this many points by tackling the opposing team's ball carrier in his own end zone

the Belmont 6x $467 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $300 1986 Of the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont, & the Preakness, the oldest race of the Triple Crown

J $600 2017 Eddie Arcaro & Jim McLaughlin are tied at 6 in jockey wins of this, the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown

DJ $600 1994 This third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown is the oldest of the 3 races

Los Angeles Dodgers 6x 16.7% stumper $333 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1984 Baseball team named for how its Brooklyn fans evaded trolley cars

DJ $600 1998 In 1965 Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, at the plate with a bat, attacked John Roseboro of this rival team

DJ $800 1987 In 1986, this California team would sell you a box seat for $6.00, lowest box seat price in baseball

the NBA 6x $1,083 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1988 At 5' 3", Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is this pro league's shortest player ever

DJ $2,000 2008 Tampa Bay

J $1,000 2012 Named in honor of one of its former commissioners, the Larry O'Brien Trophy goes to the champion of this pro league

Willie Mays 5x $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1992 "Say hey!" He played in 24 All-Star Games & slugged 660 career homers--3rd on the all-time list

J $500 1998 This Giants centerfielder hit more than 50 home runs in a season twice, in 1955 & 1965

J $1,000 2020 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him th...

Walter Payton 5x $820 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1994 On Nov. 20, 1977 this Chicago Bears running back set an NFL record by rushing for 275 yards

J $600 2011 "Sweetness" on the gridiron

DJ $2,000 2004 (Hi, I'm Eddie George of the NFL.) For consecutive starts among running backs, I rank second only to this late, great Chicago Bear

UCLA 5x $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1993 In the 1960s & 1970s, this school's basketball team won a record 10 NCAA championships

J $500 1994 Bill Walton of this school was the outstanding player of the NCAA basketball tournament in 1972 & 1973

J $1,000 DD 1998 (Hi, I'm Dot Richardson) I led this school's Bruins in hitting 3 consecutive years & was named NCAA Player of the Decade for the 1980s

the Indy 500 5x $233 avg J:3 FJ:2

J $100 1995 Rick Mears has earned the pole position to start this Memorial Day weekend race a record 6 times

FJ 2008 With an estimated sellout crowd of 267,925 people, it claims to be the best-attended single-day sporting event in the U.S.

FJ 1986 Established in 1911, this yearly event has largest single day attendance in sports

Sugar Ray Robinson 5x 60.0% stumper $780 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 1989 This boxer, described as "Sweet as Sugar", won the middleweight title 5 times

J $500 1984 '50s middleweight champ some say was pound-for-pound the best boxer ever

DJ $1,600 2004 How sweet--he was the world welterweight champ from 1946 to 1951

squash 5x 60.0% stumper $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $400 2019 The name of this racket game that's played on a 4-walled court also means "to crush"

J $500 1990 This racquet sport, first played at Harrow School in England, was named for its soft ball

J $400 1988 Sport in which a player loses the point if he hits the telltale

speed skating 5x $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1992 Already a world champion bicycle sprinter, in 1976 Sheila Young won a gold in this fast winter sport

DJ $800 2003 In this sport the short track is an oval, 364 feet in circumference

DJ $1,000 1994 Bonnie Blair, a competitor tn this sport, is the only U.S. woman with 3 Olympic gold medals

Slap Shot 5x $1,060 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1985 A strong hockey stroke to the net, or a '77 hockey film known for strong language

J $800 2022 After demonstrating spearing in this classic hockey film, a player says, "You go to da box... 2 minutes by yourself, & you feel shame"

J $1,000 2015 Paul Newman coaches the Chiefs, a losing minor league hockey team, in this favorite

Skydiving 5x 40.0% stumper $280 avg J:5

J $100 1985 To do this, you fly to a drop zone & fall free

J $300 2000 A canopy, risers, ripcord pins

J $300 1998 Now a sport that can include a 10,000 foot free fall to a target, the equipment dates back to 1797

Shirley Muldowney 5x 40.0% stumper $600 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1990 Female drag racer nicknamed "Cha Cha"

J $500 1989 Bonnie Bedelia spun Jeff Bridges' wheels playing this auto racing champ in "Heart Like a Wheel"

DJ $1,000 1996 Nicknamed "Cha Cha", she exceeded 250 mph as the first woman licensed to drive top fuel drag racers

Seattle 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 2000 The NFL's Seahawks

DJ $1,000 1985 Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers began as the Pilots playing in this city

J $200 1999 MLB's Mariners

rowing 5x $725 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1992 Begun in 1715, the "Doggett's Coat and Badge contest on the Thames River is this sport's oldest race

DJ $600 1998 The Washington Huskies won the 1997 title in this sport on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey

DJ $1,000 1985 The oldest of organized college sports, since 1841 Oxford & Cambridge have contested yearly

Rocky Marciano 5x $400 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1987 Professional name of Rocco Machegiano

DJ $800 1985 In ’51 Joe Louis lost the last fight of his career to him

J $300 1988 Retiring in 1955, he became the only heavyweight champion who never lost a fight in his career

Reggie Jackson 5x $320 avg J:5

J $200 1988 "Mr. October", he said, "The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play"

J $600 2011 I was at New York City's WABC in 1977 when this ever-quotable man said that he was "the straw that stirs the drink" for the Yankees

J $200 1985 Calif. Angels' home run king, he holds all-time record for striking out

Pete Rose 5x $440 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $200 1993 Only Ty Cobb & this former Cincinnati Reds player have exceeded 4,000 hits in a career

DJ $600 2001 At the 1999 World Series, Jim Gray apologized for his probing interview with this record-setter

J $200 1984 With his return as player/coach, the Reds are really in the pink

Michelle Kwan 5x 50.0% stumper $725 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 1997 On March 23, 1996 this 15-year-old American won the women's world figure skating title in Edmonton, Alberta

J $500 1997 14-year-old Tara Lipinski upset this world champion at the 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championship

J $1,000 2002 At the 2001 Goodwill Games, this U.S. figure skater came in 2nd to Russia's Irina Slutskaya, who won the gold

Mark Spitz 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1986 Only athlete to win 7 gold medals in single Olympics, all his time records have been broken

DJ $400 2015 Inducted in 1977, this American who'd been laden with gold at Munich 5 years earlier

DJ $400 1998 Named 1971's best amateur athlete in the U.S. on Feb. 29, 1972, he went on to win 7 Olympic gold medals

Lou Gehrig 5x $280 avg J:5

J $100 2001 On June 1, 1925, pinch hitting for Pee Wee Wanninger, he played his first of 2,130 games in a row

J $500 DD 1987 N.Y. Yankee great seen & heard in thefollowingnewsreel:"I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"

J $100 2000 Cal Ripken broke this man's consecutive-games record

Los Angeles 5x 20.0% stumper $540 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1987 MISL "Lazers"

DJ $800 2007 In 1967 Memorial Coliseum in this West Coast city hosted the first Super Bowl as Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10

DJ $1,000 2000 The WNBA's Sparks

LeBron James 5x $360 avg J:5

J $200 2016 He took "Heat" leaving the Cavs, but that televised "decision" raised $2.5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America

J $600 2011 This MVP from Akron considered petitioning to enter the NBA draft after his junior year... of high school

J $200 2015 announced he was taking his talents back to Cleveland in 2014

Johnny Weissmuller 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 2000 At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines

DJ $600 1996 At the 1924 Olympics, he won the 100-meter & 400-meter freestyle gold medals

DJ $1,600 DD 2003 Alexander Popov was the first man to win Olympic swimming's 100-meter freestyle twice since this man in the 1920s

Joe Namath 5x $380 avg J:5

J $100 1995 In 1967 this New York Jets quarterback became the first pro to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season

J $600 2024 (Phil Simms presents the clue.) In 1987 with the Giants, I led the second New York team to win the Super Bowl, though I admit I didn't quite have the flair ofthisQB for the first one who took the Jets all the way

J $400 2020 On the arm of this quarterback in Super Bowl III in 1969, the Jets beat the heavily favored Colts, 16-7

Joe DiMaggio 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:5

J $200 2007 In a nice 2-year run, he married Marilyn in 1954 & was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in '55

J $500 1989 Although T. Williams batted a league-leading .406 in 1941, this Yankee centerfielder was voted AL MVP

J $200 1997 In 1933 he hit in 61 straight games for the San Francisco Seals; he only reached 56 as the "Yankee Clipper"

Jim Brown 5x 20.0% stumper $620 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1990 In 1984 Walter Payton broke this Cleveland Browns' NFL record for total yards rushing

J $600 2004 No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies

J $1,000 2018 In 1960 Shirley Povich noted that this Cleveland runner "integrated the Redskins' goal line with more than deliberate speed"

Jackie Joyner-Kersee 5x 20.0% stumper $440 avg J:5

J $200 1995 In Russia in 1994, she ran off with her third Goodwill Games heptathlon title

J $500 1994 She called her heptathlon win at the '93 World Track & Field Championships "my greatest triumph"

J $400 1995 This heptathlete was named for Mrs. John F. Kennedy

Hakeem Olajuwon 5x $340 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1998 Until 1991 this NBA star's name was listed as "Akeem" because the "H" is silent in his native language

J $300 2000 (Hi, I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) 3 NBA players have officially blocked over 3,000 shots in their career: myself, Mark Eaton & this Houston Rockets star

DJ $400 1999 This Nigerian-born athlete who rocketed to fame playing center for the Rockets became a U.S. citizen in 1993

Cleveland 5x $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2011 Whether I reported on Carlos Santana (the catcher, not the guitarist) or a pre-Heat-ed LeBron, I loved it at this city's WEWS

J $500 1988 The NFL's Rams got that name when they played for this city

J $600 2002 The NBA's Cavaliers

Churchill Downs 5x $380 avg J:5

J $100 1988 The Kentucky Derby was 1st run in 1875 when this racetrack opened

J $600 2022 This Triple Crown racetrack that opened in 1875 was named for the landowners, not for a future British prime minister

J $200 1995 Seating 48,500, this Kentucky Derby racetrack is the largest of the Triple Crown stadiums

Chris Evert 5x 20.0% stumper $280 avg J:5

J $100 1998 This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis

J $100 1991 In 1979 this American married English tennis player John Lloyd, but they divorced 8 years later

J $400 2007 After divorcing British tennis pro John Lloyd in 1987, she married former olympic skier Andy Mill

bullfighting 5x $600 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1987 By not wearing pink socks or frilly shirts Mex. daredevil "El Gleason" offends purists of this sport

DJ $600 1989 Sport that was the subject of "Blood & Sand”, the "gore"y film which starred Tyrone Power

DJ $1,600 2004 A Veronica is a movement done in this sport, popular in Mexico

Bonnie Blair 5x $680 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $400 1997 At the 1994 Olympics, this U.S. woman speed skater surpassed Eric Heiden's medal total

J $600 2008 This speed skater was an AP Athlete of the Year & S.I.'s Sportsman (Sportswoman?) of the Year in 1994

DJ $1,200 2003 This speed skater was Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year for 1994

Billie Jean King 5x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $400 1987 Early in her career, British fans referred to this tennis star as "Little Miss Moffitt"

J $600 2012 She beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition tennis match

J $1,000 2016 In world team tennis in the 1970s, this 6-time Wimbledon singles champ was one of the first women to coach pro men

auto racing 5x $560 avg J:5

J $400 1996 Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan &Michael Andretti

J $500 2001 The Winston Cup

J $1,000 2013 Janet Guthrie

Arnold Palmer 5x $480 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $200 1985 His fans are known as "Arnie's Army"

DJ $600 1999 This golfer famous for his comebacks lost to a Billy Casper charge on the last day of the 1966 U.S. Open

J $400 1994 In 1963 this golfer became the first in his sport to earn more than $100,000 in 1 year

4 5x 80.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1986 Number of pins across the back row in 10 pin bowling

J $500 1991 If you form a polo team to take on Prince Charles', you’ll field this many players

DJ $1,000 1986 A rink of players--it's the number of persons on a curling team

the World Cup 5x 25.0% stumper $800 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 2015 In 2010 Spain's cup runneth over after it won this tournament & trophy for the first time

J $600 2006 In June 2006 Munich hosted several games of this international competition, including the opening match

DJ $2,000 DD 2017 The Jules Rimet Cup was replaced by this trophy in 1974

the Ryder Cup 5x $1,180 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $800 2019 Tiger & Phil went 0-6 as the European team beat the U.S. 17 1/2-10 1/2 to claim this trophy in 2018

DJ $1,600 2017 Here's Colin Montgomerie with this cup he won as captain of the 2010 European team

DJ $2,000 2004 The golfer on the top of this trophy is Abe Mitchell, friend of the seed merchant for whom the trophy is named

the Dallas Cowboys 5x $280 avg J:5

J $300 1996 Super Bowl XXX, in which this team beat the Steelers, drew a record 138.5 million U.S. viewers

J $300 1985 NFL club that's been called "America's Team"

J $400 2018 In 2017 Forbes Magazine listed this NFL team that plays in Arlington as the world's most valuable at $4.8 billion

a bogey 5x 40.0% stumper $500 avg J:5

J $100 1998 One stroke under par on a hole in golf is a birdie; one stroke over is one of these

J $2,000 DD 2017 The PGA says that this sports term dates to a 19th c. song about a monster who cackled, "Catch me if you can"

J $100 1994 In golf a score of 3 over par on a given hole is a "triple" one of these

Tommy Lasorda 4x $175 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2000 He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers to World Series wins in 1981 & 1988

J $100 1998 This former Dodger manager threw out the first pitch in the Dodgers' 1997 opening game

J $100 1985 The Dodgers' mouthy manager

Tokyo 4x 25.0% stumper $975 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $500 1989 It was the 1st Asian city to host the Summer Olympics

DJ $2,000 2012 Colorado senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was on the U.S. Judo team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in this Asian city

DJ $600 2001 On March 29, 2000 the Cubs faced the Mets in this city's dome, the first MLB game played outside North America

the Olympics 4x 25.0% stumper $225 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1985 Sporting event held in years 392 & 1896 but not in between

DJ $200 1984 Horse racing was a sport at these ancient Greek contests

DJ $200 1984 The Greeks reckoned time from this event, first held in Olympia in 776 B.C.

the Green Bay Packers 4x $375 avg J:4

J $100 1994 This Wisconsin football team's Hall of Fame includes a Vince Lombardi collection

J $1,000 2019 (Hi, I'm Eric Perkins from KARE11.) In the first regular-season NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Vikings beat this team that plays its home games the closest to Minneapolis

J $100 1992 The stadium & headquarters for this NFL team is located at 1265 Lombardi Avenue in Wisconsin

the Four Horsemen 4x $425 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $75 1983 Famous Notre Dame football backfield with apocalyptic nickname

J $800 2014 Some say they're the Apocalypse guys; I say they're the 1-2-4-7 bowling pins I left standing

FJ 2016 Collective nickname for the group who "formed the crest of the South Bend Cyclone"

the Daytona 500 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1996 Dale Jarrett won this 500-mile Florida NASCAR race over Dale Earnhardt by 0.12 seconds

J $800 2015 (I'm Jeff Gordon.) Known as the "Great American Race", this Florida competition has been the traditional opening race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series since 1982

J $400 2020 (Kevin Harvick presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway: "I'm Kevin Harvick...") I might have only won one NASCAR Cup Series points race in 2007, but I sure did make it count, winning this event, the Super Bowl of stock car racing, by .02 seconds

sumo 4x $675 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1997 In this sport, huge men in loincloths compete in a round ring about 15' in diameter

J $800 2022 A grand champion is called a yokozuna in this Asian sport

DJ $1,600 2011 The ISF (it's big in Japan)

Sugar Ray Leonard 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:4

J $100 1992 Named for singer Ray Charles, this boxer retired in 1991 for the fourth time

J $500 1993 This "sweet" boxer was named Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" for 1981

J $200 1984 1982's "sweet" welterweight champ

St. Louis 4x $700 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $300 1998 From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city's Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome

J $600 2022 The Los Angeles Rams

DJ $1,200 2018 From 1974 to 1976, this city had a pro basketball team called the "Spirits of" it

Sonja Henie 4x 33.3% stumper $567 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $400 2006 The career of this 1930s Norwegian figure skater was damaged by a photo of her shaking hands with Adolf Hitler

J $500 1984 In '24 this Norwegian introduced the miniskirt to figure skating

FJ 1988 In her 1st Olympics, she finished last but later won 3 consecutive gold medals in figure skating

Secretariat 4x $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $600 1994 In 1973 this horse became the first in 25 years to win the Triple Crown

J $1,000 DD 2023 He was born March 30, 1970, in a Virginia stable

J $800 2022 No horse had run the Kentucky Derby in under 2 minutes until this Triple Crown winner performed the feat in 1973

Philadelphia 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2025 7-time all-star Dick Allen said, "I'll play 1st, 3rd, left. I'll play anywhere, except" this city, home to a Phanatic

DJ $1,000 1988 In winning the 1910 World Series, the Athletics, then from this city, only used 2 pitchers

J $400 1991 From 1901-54 the Athletics represented this city in the American League

Pele 4x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1996 He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now he's Brazil's special minister for sports

DJ $800 1998 June 3, 1975: This aging superstar "Signs With The Cosmos"

J $100 1988 It's said Edson Arantes do Nascimento got this nickname from pelada, a street form of Brazilian soccer

Nolan Ryan 4x 25.0% stumper $525 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 1999 Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999, he walked 2,795 batters but struck out twice as many

J $500 1993 This Texas Rangers pitcher ended the 1992 season with 319 victories & a record 5,668 career strikeouts

J $600 2005 No. 6:His 7 career no-hitters

New York 4x 50.0% stumper $475 avg J:4

J $300 1985 Along with L.A., the only other city represented by 2 NFL teams

J $500 1986 It is said there are more handball players in this U.S. metropolis than anywhere in the world

J $400 2002 (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the National Air & Space Museum.) The Spirit of St. Louisabove me made history in 1927 when it flew from this U.S. state to Paris in 33 1/2 hours

Mia Hamm 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2000 On May 22, 1999 this American scored her 108th goal, becoming the all-time leading scorer in int'l soccer

DJ $800 2004 This female soccer star earned the nickname "Jordan" after a certain basketball player

J $1,000 2007 "Soccer player...(She) debuted with national team against China on 8-3-87 as its youngest player ever, at age 15"

Lee Trevino 4x 25.0% stumper $300 avg J:4

J $100 1992 He wrote "Groove Your Golf Swing My Way" & "They Call Me Super Mex"

J $500 1991 "Super Mex"

J $100 1986 This golfer's followers are known as "Lee's fleas"

Karl Malone 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 2001 He really delivers as the "Mailman"

J $800 2003 Only 2 players in NBA history have sunk over 8,500 career free throws: Moses Malone & this Jazz forward

J $1,000 2019 Fox Sports:This Utah Jazz man, aka the Mailman, "may be the first human to be even more chiseled than his own statue"

Kansas City 4x 50.0% stumper $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1986 This city of his birth provided Charles Dillon Stengel with his nickname, Casey

DJ $800 1985 Formerly football's Dallas Texans, they now play for this Midwest city

J $400 2002 MLB's Royals

John Elway 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2000 In 1987 this Broncos quarterback became the first quarterback to receive a pass in the Super Bowl

DJ $800 2011 Hitting .361 as a sophomore got him a contract with the Yankees, but he'd win Super Bowls as a Bronco quarterback

DJ $400 1996 This quarterback took the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl in 1987, 1988 & 1990

Jimmy Connors 4x 25.0% stumper $381 avg J:4

J $25 1983 He's won 5 of the 10 last U.S. Open tennis titles

J $500 2000 The top U.S. male tennis player of the 1970s, he's the only man to win more than 100 singles titles

J $400 2004 (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.) From 1978 to 1984 the title of U.S. Open men's singles champ volleyed between John McEnroe &this other volatile lefty

Japan 4x 25.0% stumper $625 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1993 Sadaharu Oh has been called "the Babe Ruth of" this country

DJ $1,000 1988 This country has hosted 7 min. 54 sec. of heavyweight championship boxing in 2 quick matches

DJ $200 2001 At the 1998 Winter Olympics, "Happy" Harada helped this home team win gold in ski jumping

horseshoes 4x 25.0% stumper $150 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1998 Close proverbially counts in this sport, but a ringer counts the most

J $100 1990 This sport probably originated when ancient Roman soldiers didn't have any quoits to throw

DJ $200 1986 Top bowling pro Walter Ray Williams Jr. has been scoring ringers in this other game

Greco-Roman 4x $1,300 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1998 Olympic wrestling style in which the wrestlers are forbidden to use their legs

J $800 2018 Undefeated for 13 years in this wrestling style, Alexander Karelin was upset by Rulon Gardner at the Sydney Olympics

DJ $1,000 1986 Type of wrestling developed in 19th century France, not in ancient times

Evander Holyfield 4x 50.0% stumper $625 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2016 Mike Tyson, claiming he was fouled before biting off part of this boxer's ear: "I have to retaliate"; not like that, Mike!

J $500 2000 On Nov. 13, 1999 Lennox Lewis defeated him in a unanimous decision, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champ

DJ $1,600 DD 2002 As his last name suggess, this boxer who's twice beaten Mike Tyson is a devoted Christian

Duke 4x 25.0% stumper $1,150 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2025 After rugby at Eton, memorably named Memorable Factor crossed the pond to play football for this school's Blue Devils in 2023

DJ $1,200 2010 Shane Battier's jersey was retired by this school before he led it to the NCAA basketball title

J $800 2016 The real "Crash" Davis, Sonny Jurgensen & Christian Laettner had Carolina in their minds

diving 4x 50.0% stumper $675 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $500 1989 Italian Klaus Dibiasi won Olympic gold medals in the summers of '68, '72 & '76 in this sport

J $600 2022 A shammy towel is key; Olympian Jennifer Abel used a black one

J $800 2018 Most faked injuries? Gotta be soccer, where faking an injury is called this, also an Olympic sport

Detroit 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1988 Aptly, the 1 U.S. city that has a Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit is this one most identified with autos

DJ $600 1985 Denny McLain was last Major League pitcher to win 30 games in a season, in ’68 for this team

DJ $200 1987 Basketball's former Fort Wayne Pistons now represent this city

Denver 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2003 This city's Nuggets have never won an NBA title since joining the league in 1976

DJ $600 2000 MLB's Rockies

J $300 1997 In 1995 the NHL's Quebec Nordiques moved to this city & became the Colorado Avalanche

Dan Marino 4x $325 avg J:4

J $300 1998 Only Fran Tarkenton & this Miami Dolphins quarterback have thrown over 300 career touchdown passes

J $300 1997 In 1996 Emmitt Smith, with $16.5 million, & this Dolphins QB, with $11.7 million, led the NFL in total earnings

J $300 1993 This Dolphins quarterback has passed for over 400 yards in a single game a record 10 times

Buffalo 4x $750 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1997 NHL teams that have moved to new, luxury box-filled arenas include the Boston Bruins & this city's Sabres

DJ $2,000 2008 Billy, the mascot of this city's NFL team, gets his likeness from the city's name

J $300 1993 In 1993 this AFC team coached by Marv Levy became the only team to lose 3 straight Super Bowls

Bicycles 4x 75.0% stumper $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1985 The "Tour de France" features these vehicles

J $800 2011 "American Flyers"

J $1,000 2014 A charitable movement, B4H 4 short:____ for Humanity

Andre Agassi 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1997 This American tennis star's father was an Olympic boxer for Iran

J $800 2020 All the kids in the first graduating class of this retired tennis great's charter school in Vegas got into college

J $300 1990 He's the brother-in-law of tennis great Pancho Gonzales & the son of Olympic boxer, Mike Agassi

a split 4x $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2002 When 2 bowling pins are separated & you need to knock them down to get a spare, it's called one of these

J $800 2007 In bowling, if only the 2 & 7 pins or 3 & 10 pins are left standing after the first roll, it's called a baby this

J $300 1984 The 7-10 is one in bowling

6 4x 25.0% stumper $300 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1985 Of 6, 10, or 100, a perfect score in figure skating

J $500 1991 The number of innings in a regulation Little League baseball game

DJ $200 1984 Number of games to win a normal set in tennis

the Minnesota Vikings 4x $1,050 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 1986 The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was built to keep this NFL team from moving to warmer climes

DJ $2,000 2016 The Purple People Eaters were this NFL team's defensive line of the late 1960s & '70s

DJ $800 DD 1985 This team lost all 4 times it appeared in the Super Bowl during the '70s

the Rose Bowl 4x $175 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1996 With a capacity of 100,184, this Pasadena football stadium is the largest west of the Mississippi

DJ $400 1986 Football stadium with the greatest seating capacity in America, it's the UCLA Bruins' home field

J $100 1996 Since 1947 teams competing in this Pasadena bowl game have come from the Pac 10 & Big 10 conferences

the pole vault 4x $200 avg J:4

J $100 1993 On September 19, 1992 Sergei Bubka broke the world record in this event for the 32nd time

J $300 1994 Sergei Bubka, the world record holder in this event, did not clear any height in it at the 1992 Olympics

J $200 1989 In this track & field event, the upper hand cannot move or climb after takeoff

the New York Mets 4x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1998 This team notched a modern record of 120 losses in 1962, its first season

J $400 1988 After losing 737 games in just 7 years, they won the 1969 World Series

J $100 1995 In 1962 baseball's National League expanded to 10 teams, adding the Houston Colt .45s & this N.Y. team

the L.A. Lakers 4x $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1986 In 1985 after 8 tries, they beat the Celtics for the NBA title

DJ $600 1984 Minnesota's, not L.A.'s terrain gave this basketball team its aquatic name

J $200 1992 This NBA team reached the championship series 8 times in the 1980s, winning 5 titles

the goalie 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1994 This soccer player has to dress differently from the other players & the referees

J $800 2003 Anaheimers learned to say "Jean-Sebastien Giguere", who was the NHL playoffs' MVP playing this position

J $1,000 2021 The NHL's Vezina Trophy goes to the league's top player at this position

the Boston Celtics 4x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 2000 Bob Cousy, who spent 13 years as a guard for this team, can now be found in its broadcast booth

DJ $600 1993 Red Auerbach, the only NBA coach to win over 1,000 games, coached this team for 16 seasons

J $100 1988 Tom Heinsohn was a player, coach & now is a sportscaster covering this Boston NBA team

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