# Family Feud Sports Edition - Now With Penalties! \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830 "2008-03-10T12:47:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/61 "2008-03-11T04:52:31Z")
1. Name a former player on the Chicago Cubs. Ernie Banks 1. Name a city that has hosted the Summer Olympics. Los Angeles 1. Name a Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath 1. Name something that Michael Jordan is/has been a paid endorser of. Coca Cola 1. Name a professional sports franchise that is viewed as inept. New York Knicks 1. Name a sport with high worldwide popularity that Americans often overlook. soccer 1. Name an Olympic sport. basketball 1. Name a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Babe Ruth 1. Name an athlete caught up in a drug scandal. Roger Clemens 1. Name a failed professional sports league. USFL ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/62 "2008-03-11T05:10:11Z")
1. Banks. 2. Los Angeles 3. Joe Montana 4. Fruit of the Loom 5. Chicago Cubs 6. Soccer. 7. Gymnastics 8. Hank Aaron 9. Roger Clemens 10. NASL ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/63 "2008-03-11T06:00:21Z")
Hope I’m not too late… 1. Ernie Banks 2. Los Angeles 3. Tom Brady 4. Gatorade 5. Detroit Lions 6. Soccer 7. Long Jump 8. Ted Williams 9. Roger Clemens 10. USFL ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/64 "2008-03-11T11:33:18Z")
5 spots to go. I’ll give it a little time before calling it a feud. Join now people! ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/65 "2008-03-11T16:10:39Z")
1. Sammy Sosa 2. Athens 3. Tom Brady 4. Hanes Underwear 5. Toronto Maple Leafs 6. Soccer 7. Basketball 8. Babe Ruth 9. Barry Bonds 10. The XFL? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/66 "2008-03-11T16:37:47Z")
The game will be called at 3PM Eastern so I can post scores before a big time gap away from the computer. 4 spots left if you want them. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/67 "2008-03-11T17:09:30Z")
I guess I could enter four more times. If you combined my scores I may not get last place. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/68 "2008-03-11T18:20:54Z")
1. Tom Gordon 2. Los Angeles 3. Emmit Smith 4. Nike 5. LA Clippers 6. Soccer 7. 100 Meter Dash 8. Ty Cobb 9. Michael Ervin 10. The USFL ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/69 "2008-03-11T18:52:13Z")
1. Sammy Sosa 2. Los Angeles 3. Tom Brady 4. Nike Shoes 5. Cubs 6. Soccer 7. Gymnastics. 8. Babe Ruth 9. Barry Bonds 10. XFL Hope I made it in time. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/70 "2008-03-11T19:02:05Z")
Two more spots ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/71 "2008-03-11T19:22:25Z")
1. Moises Alou 2. Barcelona 3. Brett Favre 4. Shoes 5. Chicago Cubs 6. soccer 7. gymnastics 8. Babe Ruth 9. Roger Clemens 10. American Basketball Association ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/72 "2008-03-11T19:42:09Z")
And…time! Yeah, I know, just one more to go, but I’m about to be away from the computer for a long time and I’d rather not leave things hanging. So, here goes. As always, I had to make certain answering assumption which is why running (which is ensconced in T&F) was folded into Track & Field but Cal Ripken (since the dad is an option) was not the same as Cal Ripken, Jr. Since the big cash prize for winning this is equal to the value of my autograph, I am not too concerned with impacting the integrity of the feud. That being said, first the answers: With 49 entrants, each answer was worth 2.08 points. Soccer for # 6 was the most uniform answer. Question 5 had the most unique answers. Dan Elway as Super Bowl MVP is officially my favorite answer. Answer Total 1. Ernie Banks 22 2. Sammy Sosa 19 3. Ryne Sandberg 5 4. Keith Moreland 1 5. Moises Alou 1 6. Tom Gordon 1 7. XFL 24 8. USFL 15 9. ABA 3 10. NASL 2 11. ??? 1 12. AFL (American Football League, I think?) 1 13. Arena Football 1 14. World Football League 1 15. World League of American Football 1 16. Los Angeles 20 17. Atlanta 18 18. Athens 6 19. Barcelona 2 20. Sydney 2 21. Munich 1 22. Tom Brady 17 23. Joe Montana 11 24. Eli Manning 6 25. Brett Favre 2 26. Joe Namath 2 27. John Elway 2 28. Peyton Manning 2 29. Dan Elway 1 30. Deion Branch 1 31. Emmit Smith 1 32. Hines Ward 1 33. Jerome Bettis 1 34. Jerry Rice 1 35. Troy Aikman 1 36. Nike 27 37. Hanes 15 38. Gatorade 4 39. Aftershave 1 40. Coca Cola 1 41. Fruit of the Loom 1 42. Chicago Cubs 18 43. Los Angeles Clippers 11 44. Detroit Lions 5 45. Arizona Cardinals 2 46. New York Knicks 2 47. Toronto Maple Leafs 2 48. Buffalo Bills 1 49. Dolphins 1 50. Indy Racing League 1 51. Miami Heat 1 52. pass 1 53. Pirates 1 54. Tampa Devil Rays 1 55. Washington Generals 1 56. Washington Nationals 1 57. Soccer 47 58. Cricket 1 59. Rugby 1 60. Gymnastics 15 61. Track and Field 12 62. Basketball 5 63. Figure Skating 4 64. Swimming 4 65. Decathlon 2 66. Luge 2 67. Skiing 2 68. Biathlon 1 69. Boxing 1 70. Soccer 1 71. Babe Ruth 40 72. Hank Aaron 4 73. Cal Ripken 1 74. Cal Ripken, Jr. 1 75. Mickey Mantle 1 76. Ted Williams 1 77. Ty Cobb 1 78. Barry Bonds 31 79. Roger Clemens 12 80. Darryl Strawberry 2 81. Ben Johnson 1 82. Dwight Gooden 1 83. Marion Jones 1 84. Michael Irvin 1 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/73 "2008-03-11T19:48:10Z")
I PMed the mods asking them to mark the thread title “Closed.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/74 "2008-03-11T19:51:20Z")
1 Deep Fried 526.53 2 Diomedes 510.20 3 villa 506.12 4 Wargamer 502.04 5 Omniscient 497.96 6 Spoons 495.92 7 USCDiver 491.84 8 UncaStuart 489.80 9 Hal Briston 475.51 10 Thudlow Boink 471.43 11 Happy Lendervedder 469.39 12 Hawkeyeop 469.39 13 Kid\_A 467.35 14 Lamar Mundane 467.35 15 Mullinator 465.31 16 anyrose 459.18 17 Justin\_Bailey 444.90 18 MadTheSwine 444.90 19 Least Original User Name Ever 442.86 20 Justin Credible 436.73 21 OneCentStamp 430.61 22 Paintcharge 422.45 23 RickJay 422.45 24 KSO 420.41 25 Gangster Octopus 418.37 26 silenus 414.29 27 cmkeller 410.20 28 bmoak 410.20 29 5 time champ 408.16 30 KGS 400.00 31 Darth Sensitive 391.84 32 Wilson 387.76 33 tarragon918 383.67 34 Airman Doors, USAF 383.67 35 Ponch8 361.22 36 DudleyGarrett 357.14 37 Zebra 346.94 38 tesseract 338.78 39 astorian 336.73 40 Amazingrace 314.29 41 Enginerd 314.29 42 ShibbOleth 308.16 43 Green Bean 308.16 44 Mhaye 306.12 45 RachelChristine 291.84 46 mshar253 287.76 47 Dolores Reborn 283.67 48 pravnik 269.39 49 El\_Kabong 210.20 ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/75 "2008-03-11T19:57:56Z")
Holy Crap! I finally won one. Its a freaking miracle. Thanks **Mullinator**! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/76 "2008-03-11T20:04:35Z")
[QUOTE=Mullinator] Cal Ripken (since the dad is an option) was not the same as Cal Ripken, Jr. [/QUOTE] Psst, Cal Ripken Sr is not in the Hall of Fame while Cal Ripken Jr is. So dad is not an option. 😛 But good game, these were great questions. Damn those LA people, I coulda been a contenduh! And can we ask the mods to just mark these threads as “Completed” instead of closing the thread? I really enjoy the after game discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/77 "2008-03-11T20:15:08Z")
Curse you Babe Ruth! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/78 "2008-03-11T21:08:36Z")
How many people incurred the wrath of the Penalizer? ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/79 "2008-03-11T21:10:27Z")
Hmm… I’m not in there. What happened?! ETA D’oh! #33. Mea Culpa, and apologies!!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830/80 "2008-03-11T21:22:30Z")
Middle of the pack again? ☹ Great game. Nice questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-sports-edition-now-with-penalties-closed/440830.md?page=5)