Tomlin‘s Amazing Streak

Fill in the Blank:

Mike Tomlin’s decision to step down as Steelers head coach marked an end to a 19-year run in which the 53-year-old coach never had a losing season. Only Hall of Famer _________ had a longer streak in NFL history.

Here’s your choices: George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Tom Landry, Tommy Smothers.

Carroll Canned

Pete Carroll was canned as head coach of the Raiders after just one season in Las Vegas. Interestingly, the future Hall of Fame coach was let go after just one season in his first head coaching stint. That leads us to the question – what team gave Pete Carrol his first head coaching job but fired him after just one season, before Carrol rebounded and went on to have a Hall of Fame career?

Is it the Patriots, Titans, Browns, Cardinals or the Jets?

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Crosby Sets Pens Points Record

Congrats to Sidney Crosby on passing Mario Lemieux for most points in Pittsburgh Penguins history. Lemieux held the record since 1989 when he broke the record held by Penguins Hall of Famer Rick Kehoe.

Here’s video of Mario congratulating Crosby who lived with the Lemieux family when Sidney began his pro career as an 18 year old when he was the overall No. 1 draft pick.

With 1,724 career points, Crosby is now 8th on the NHLs all-time list. Which Penguins player ranks second on the NHLs all-time points list, trailing only Wayne Gretzky?

Running Record

Josh Allen had the longest rushing touchdown of his career this past week – 40 yards against the Bengals. Here’s a link to that great run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkd6pHk-plo

A week earlier Allen set the NFL record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.

Who held the NFL record for most rushing TDs by a QB before Josh Allen broke it?

Bobby Douglas

Steve Young

Cam Newton

Fran Tarkenton

Fran Lebowitz

And the answer is….

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Judge vs Raleigh – If I had my druthers…

Lots of debate on the internet as to whether Cal Raleigh should’ve edged out Aaron Judge for AL MVP because in addition to his offensive prowess he also was outstanding playing the demanding position of catcher where he didn’t have one passed ball all season long.

If I had my druthers I would’ve loved to have seen Judge and Raleigh be co-MVPs as both were deserving the award. And that leads me to the question – What players were co-MVPs in 1979, the only time in MLB history where two players shared the regular season MVP?

Dave Parker and Gary Carter

Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez

Steve Garvey and George Foster

Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton

And the answer is:

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Jackie Bradley Jr. in the News

Why is Jackie Bradley Jr. in the news? Here’s your choices.

He became the first former MLB player to qualify for the U.S. World Cup soccer team.

He became the first former MLB player to travel to space on a Space X rocket.

He became the first former MLB player to appear in a lead role on a major Broadway play in NYC.

He became the first former MLB player to commit to playing full time in Banana Ball.

And the answer is…

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Mookie Rookie Cookie

Sports fans love knowing the latest rookies, especially those making a huge impact on the games we watch – so we came up with Mookie Rookie Cookie – a fun quiz about rookies – click here to watch our first video installment of Mookie Rookie Cookie. We named the quiz after players who were rookies awhile ago – Mookie Wilson, Mookie Betts, Cookie Gilchrist, Cookie Rojas and Cookie Lavagetto. All the questions are based on the latest & greatest rookies. Enjoy!!!