| Sports Event | Answer | Date |
|---|
| This NBA veteran star announces his retirement on Twitter. | |
| This team wins their first ever NBA championship. | |
| The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup, sparking rioting and anarchy in this city after their team's loss. | |
| In golf, the US Open is won by this golfer. | |
| This baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. | |
| Team owners in this league lock out their players. | |
| This 21-year-old defeats Maria Sharapova to win the Women's Singles Championship at Wimbledon. | |
| Novak Djokovic defeats this tennis star to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles title and become world #1. | |
| This player becomes the first Yankee to reach 3,000 hits. | |
| A mistrial is declared in this former baseball star's perjury trial. | |
| This Chinese basketball star retires. | |
| The PGA Championship is won by this golfer in a playoff with Jason Dufner. | |
| This baseball player becomes the 8th player to hit 600 home runs. | |
| Players in this football (soccer) league go on strike. | |
| For the first time in MLB history, a team hits this many grand slams in one game. | |
| This baseball star breaks the record for most career saves. | |
| These two MLB teams complete epic comebacks for playoff spots on the last day of the regular season. | |
| For the first time since Oct. 13, 1996, this golfer is not one of the top 50 golfers in the world. | |
| These two MLB teams compete in the first 7-game World Series in 9 years, with the NL's team winning the epic final 2 games. | |
| Geoffrey Mutai and Firehiwot Dado win the men's and women's races, respectively, in this race. | |
| This former world champion boxer dies of liver cancer. | |
| This legendary college football coach is fired after allegations of a coverup of an assistant's sex scandal. | |
| This MLB star is kidnapped in Venezuela and found alive 2 days later. | |
| This quarterback is awarded the Heisman Trophy. | |
| FC Barcelona defeats this Brazilian team to win their 2nd FIFA Club World Cup in 3 years. | |
| This college football program is hit with several penalties, including a 1-year bowl game ban, for a scandal earlier in the year. | |
| This quarterback breaks the NFL record for most passing yards in one season. | |
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