Sports Quiz: Let’s play ball

1. Two players in baseball history have had three consecutive seasons of at least 41 home runs and 139 RBIs. Name them.

2. The first two managers inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame were in the Class of 1937. Who were they?

3. When Dallas running back Emmitt Smith set an NFL mark in 1995 for most touchdowns in a season (25), whose record did he break?

4. How many times did Eddie Sutton take a men’s basketball team to the Final Four?

5. Name the three years the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup.

6. Who was the coach of the 1960 U.S. men’s gold-medal-winning Olympic hockey team?

7. In November 2006, golfer Tiger Woods lost for only the second time in 16 official pro tournament playoffs, to Padraig Harrington. Who handed Woods his first playoff loss?

Answers

1. Babe Ruth (1926-31) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1996-98).

2. Connie Mack and John McGraw.

3. John Riggins had 24 touchdowns for Washington in 1983.

4. Three times — 1978 (Arkansas), 1995 and 2004 (both Oklahoma State).

5. The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 1934, 1938 and 1961.

6. Jack Riley.

7. Billy Mayfair at the 1998 Nissan Open.