Sports Flashcards
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY: Gipper-winning aside, he graduated from Notre Dame in 1914 and taught chemistry at the school before he was head coach
Knute Rockne
SPORT ABILITY: Shooting 18 under at the 2015 Masters, Jordan Spieth tied this man for the tourney’s all-time scoring record
Tiger Woods
TABLE TENNIS, ANYONE?: Americans call a table tennis racket a paddle; Brits use this term familiar from cricket and another sport
a bat
NET FLICKS: Will Ferrell finds he’s inherited his dad’s bad temper when he coaches kids’ soccer in this comedy
Kicking and Screaming
GOALS: Finishing in 1994, this women’s soccer star brought home the bacon for UNC, scoring 103 goals
Mia Hamm
WINNING: The World Series in 2017: this team, Jose Altuve and co.
The Houston Astros
ALSO A BASEBALL WORD: A bargain so amazing it’s almost like you’re paying nothing
steal
ALSO A BASEBALL WORD: You pour it to make pancakes
batter
WE’RE TALKING BASEBALL: Even better than a no-hitter, it’s the rare feat of pitching the whole game and not allowing a single baserunner
a perfect game
WE’RE TALKING BASEBALL: In September 2014 this Yankee drove in the winning run in his emotional last home game of a 20-year career
Derek Jeter
WE’RE TALKING BASEBALL: Playing for the Dodgers, Chan Ho Park was the first MLB player from this country
South Korea
THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS: There’s no more perfect 10, so it was a 15.933 floor exercise that clinched her all-around gymnastics gold
Simone Biles
AN “L” OF A TEAM: They were still based in the Midwest when they won the first NBA title in 1950
L.A. Lakers
DOWNTOWN CABBIE: Sure, I can take you to this L.A. sports arena where Kobe plays; you know it doesn’t sell office supplies, right?
Staples Center
HOW ‘BOUT THOSE…: Golden State Warriors, who in 2015-16 lost 9 and won an NBA record this many regular-season games
73
POP CULTURE GOLD and SILVER: The Golden State Warriors have won 2 NBA titles led by this 2-time league MVP
Curry
NHL TEAMS IN OTHER WORDS: The Great Whites
The (San Jose) Sharks
“B” A SPORT: The pros play it on a 94-by-50-foot court
basketball
6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS: Purim celebrates her rescue of her people from a massacre
Esther
LET’S GO DODGERS!: In 1958 the Dodgers came to L.A. from this Brooklyn ballpark that had been their home for 4 decades
Ebbets Field
LET’S GO DODGERS!: Since 2011 this Dodgers ace has nabbed 3 Cy Young awards and won 100 games while losing only 37
Clayton Kershaw
LET’S GO DODGERS!: Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016, this slugging catcher was 1993 National League Rookie of the Year as a Dodger
Mike Piazza
April 2018 - Villanova beat Michigan to claim its second blank title in three years.
NCAA (Men’s Basketball)
SPORTS NUMBERS: Number of seconds in a full NBA shot clock
24
SPORTS NUMBERS: If you win the first point of a tennis game, you have this number as your score
15
SPORTS NUMBERS: In golf, number of holes played in the Masters Tournament, without a playoff
72
SPORTS NUMBERS: In Major League Baseball, the minimum number of pitches to reach a “full count”
5
SPORTS: On USA Today’s list of magical numbers in sports, each had an explanation except 61, which only had this symbol
asterisk
PRO SPORTS: The official address of the Atlanta Braves is No. 755 on the drive named for this man
Hank Aaron
THE STATE’S SECOND-LARGEST CITY: North Carolina: Home to the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes
Raleigh
GYMNASTICS: 7 perfect scores helped this Romanian girl win 3 gold medals at the 1976 Olympics
Nadia Comenici
SPORTS ABBREV.: It’s also called a walk: BB
Bases on Balls
SPORTS ABBREV.: For a hoopster: PPG
Points per game
SPORTS ABBREV.: He tries to sack the quarterback: DE
Defensive End
SPORTS ABBREV.: In the 2005-06 season, LeBron James averaged 42.5 MPG–that’s not miles per gallon but this
Minutes per game
SPORTS ABBREV.: A cable channel: ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
SPORTS ABBREV.: Baseball - RBI
Runs batted in
2 NUMBERS PLEASE: In baseball, a full count
3 and 2
HQ TRIVIA: Buildings at this company’s Oregon HQ are named for Bo Jackson, Steve Prefontaine & Mia Hamm
Nike
“B” A SPORT: The pros play it on a 94-by-50-foot court
basketball
BASKETBALL: SCREEN andROLE: Michael Jordan and other NBA stars teamed with Looney Tunes characters to defeat aliens in this 1996 film
Space Jam
TIME TO P”UNT”: To gently hit a pitched baseball
bunt
LEGENDS OF THE GAMES: Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky
ice hockey
THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017: This team set a new NBA record on April 13, 2016 when it won its 73rd game of the regular season
Golden State Warriors
AMERICA”NA”: In 1891 he was assigned to create an indoor game to distract an unruly class
James Naismith
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG: Future astronaut Sally Ride was so good at this sport that Billie Jean King suggested she turn professional
tennis
SPORTS STARS: His given name is Eldrick; his more famous nickname honors his father’s Vietnam War buddy
Tiger Woods
SPORTS STARS: He was named after Japanese beef
Kobe Bryant
NHL LOGOS: A sea creature is depicted chomping on a hockey stick on the logo of this San Jose team
Sharks
THE NHL: The Islanders and the Rangers both have this place in their names
New York
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: From 1942 to 1967 it had only 6 teams including the Blackhawks, Red Wings and Maple Leafs
NHL
IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN: After she beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 20, 1973, Riggs admitted, “I underestimated you”
Billie Jean King
THE BEGINNING: With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece
1896
THE 2020 OLYMPICS IN 2021: Momiji Nishiya, at 13 the youngest gold medalist since 1936, came down the rail to win gold in the street type of this debuting sport
skateboarding
