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1. December 9, 1977: Who can forget 'the punch'? During a typical NBA basketball game, a skirmish broke out between Kareem Abdul-Jabaar of the Lakers and Kevin Kunnert of the Houston Rockets. Standing near the fracas was Kareem's teammate Kermit Washington. Kermit's life would never be the same as he turned to his side and dealt a near-fatal blow to the face of which Rocket player who was rushing to assist Kunnert in the brawl?
2. June 28, 1997: In a heavyweight boxing match between the champion, Evander Holyfield and the #1 contender, Mike Tyson, things went rather awry. Holyfield easily handled Tyson in the first two rounds of the match, causing enough frustration in the latter to provoke a bizarre and memorable set of incidents. Angered by what he claimed were several intentional headbutts in the first two rounds, Tyson attacked Holyfield with a barrage of punches in the third round. This barrage was followed by not one but two bites, yes bites, by Tyson. On which part of Holyfield's anatomy did the apparently cannabalistic Tyson take a nibble?
3. November 20, 1982: 'The Big Game' is the title of the annual meeting between the Stanford Cardinal and Cal Bears football teams. The biggest of these games occurred in 1982, the final game of Stanford quarterback John Elway's career. Stanford led the game 20-19 after a remarkable drive, led by Elway, that resulted in a field goal. With four seconds left and given no chance, the Cal Bears received the ensuing kickoff and, after a blinding display of lateral passing, somehow the Bears' Kevin Moen found himself in the endzone! The Bears won 25-20! To make what is now called 'The Play' even more intriguing, Moen was forced to wend his way through the Stanford band which had entered the field prematurely. Moen somehow managed to sift his way through the band but ended up plowing down a band-member who was playing which instrument?
4. August 5, 1993: The worst idea in baseball history occurred on a nationally televised game when Robin Ventura, angry at having been brushed back in what seemed to be a retaliation pitch for an earlier home run by the White Sox 3rd baseman, charged the mound. What Ventura seemingly failed to realize was that he was heading toward a devastating pummeling by which legendary pitcher?
5. September 19, 1988: U.S. Olympic diver and gold medal favorite Greg Louganis injured his head in a shocking diving board accident during a preliminary medal-qualifying round at Seoul, Korea. Did Louganis go on to win the gold medal in that springboard diving event the next day?
6. February 23, 1985: The infamous Indiana coach Bobby Knight has been involved in his share of controversy. He's been accused of choking his players, punching a policeman in Puerto Rico and a myriad of other embarrassing acts. Perhaps his most well-documented act of poor sportsmanship came in 1985 during a game against arch-rival Purdue. During that game Knight tossed what item across the Indiana basketball court to 'protest' what he considered to be unfair officiating?
7. July 12, 1979: Did I suggest that Robin Ventura's ill-fated decision to charge the pitchers' mound was the worst idea in baseball history? Perhaps I am mistaken. The end of the disco age was upon us in 1979 and the owner of the Chicago White Sox, being the glorious showman that he was, decided to host a 'Disco Demolition Night' during the break between the two games of a double-header. The demolition of thousands of disco albums and tapes soon became a riot, however, and the field at Comiskey Park was torn apart. Who was the owner of the White Sox that was behind this stunning debacle?
8. January 6, 1994: The ice skating world was shocked to its foundations when American Olympic figure skater and media darling Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by a thug with a pipe. With her knee injured questions arose as to whether she would be able to compete in the Olympic games that year in Lillehammer, Norway. Appearing to benefit from the unfortunate turn of events was Kerrigan's rival Tonya Harding, second best American figure skater that year. Unfortunately for Tonya, the brilliant plot to advance her career was uncovered, as it was discovered that her ex-husband was the mastermind behind the nasty knee-whacking, and Tonya was implicated. What was this ex-husband's name?
9. December 10, 1989: In a spectacle of 'wonderful' sportsmanship, fans of the Philadelphia Eagles, taking full advantage of a recent snow storm that had lain piles of fresh snow within their grasp at Veteran's Stadium, began pelting the Dallas Cowboys with snowballs. Who was the coach of the Cowboys at that time, towards which the snowballs were primarily aimed?
10. January 9, 2003: The Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes skated to an unbelievable 0-0 tie in an NHL hockey game. Is it true or false that this was the first scoreless tie in NHL history?
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