Sports quiz

1. When Tony La Russa became the St. Louis Cardinals’ all-time winningest manager in 2007, whose mark did he surpass?

2. Who holds the record for highest batting average for a career in NCAA Division I baseball?

3. Only two NFL coaches have guided their teams to at least nine consecutive playoff appearances. Name them.

4. When did Jim Calhoun begin his career as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Connecticut?

5. Only two countries have won the women’s World Hockey Championship since it began in 1990. Name them.

6. Name the last midfielder before Carli Lloyd in 2008 to win U.S. Soccer’s award for top female athlete of the year.

7. Who won the first Iditarod sled-dog race in 1973?

Answers

1. Red Schoendienst won 1,041 games for the Cardinals (1965-76, ‘80, ‘90).

2. Rickie Weeks hit .465 during his college career at Southern University.

3. Tony Dungy and Tom Landry each had at least nine consecutive seasons of making the playoffs.

4. It was 1986.

5. Canada has won nine titles, and the U.S. two.

6. Shannon MacMillan in 2002.

7. Dick Wilmarth.