Sports Quiz: Bramall Lane

By Ryan A. Berenz

1. What Baseball Hall of Famer was known as "The Fordham Flash" for his speed on the basepaths?

2. What member of the Chicago Bulls was selected No. 1 overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft?

3. Bramall Lane is the home stadium of what English Premier League football team?

4. Japanese pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii made his Major League Baseball debut with what team in 2002?

5. "The Battle for the Rag" was the name of a college football rivalry game between what two teams?

6. Tighthead prop, openside-flanker and fly-half are player positions in what sport?

7. What annual ultramarathon race in Greece commemorates the 153-mile run of messenger Pheidippides before the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?

Answers

1. Frankie Frisch.

2. B.J. Armstrong.

3. Sheffield United F.C.

4. The Los Angeles Dodgers.

5. The LSU Tigers and Tulane Green Wave.

6. Rugby union.

7. The Spartathlon.

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