Sports Spoilers - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Bobby Knight. The former Indiana coach won his 880th game with Texas Tech on January 1, 2007, topping Dean Smith, who retired in 1997 with 879 wins, 254 losses, and two NCAA Final Four Championships.
  
• A2) Roger Federer. Four weeks after his Australian Open conquest, the righty extended his streak at the top to 161 weeks and now sits at 206 weeks, leaving Jimmy Connors 160-week stretch from July 29, 1974 to August 23, 1977 far behind.
  
• A3) Mike Modano. The Dallas Stars center netted his 502nd and 503rd goals on March 17, 2007 against the Nashville Predators, tieing and then passing Joey Mullen, who had held the mark since retiring in 1997.
  
• A4) Florida. The Gators knocked off UCLA in the 2006 final, and the entire starting lineup returned to repeat the feat against Ohio State in 2007, supplanting the Duke Blue Devils, who won in 1991 and 1992.
  
• A5) Ryan Howard. The Phillies phenom smashed Ralph Kiner's sixty-year-old record of 385 by reaching the century mark in his 325th game on June 27, 2007.
  
• A6) #23 (Venus Williams). The four-time champion was ranked 31st in the world in 2007, breaking her own record two years after winning the tournament as the 15th seed. Karen Hantze Susman had captured the 1962 title as the number 8 seed.
  
• A7) Alex Rodriguez. When he went deep for the 500th time on August 4, 2007, the New York Yankees third baseman was 32 years and 8 days old, almost a year younger than Jimmie Foxx, who reached the milestone at 32 years and 337 days old in 1939.
  
• A8) Barry Bonds. The San Francisco Giants outfielder went deep for the 756th time with a blast off of the Nationals' Mike Bacsik on August 7, 2007, officially if controversially besting the 755 Hank Aaron hit from 1954 to 1976 despite never launching more than 47 in a season. Bonds finished the season at 762, possibly his final total.
  
• A9) Brett Favre. The veteran Green Bay Packers signal caller won his 149th game against the New York Giants on September 16, 2007, leapfrogging John Elway, the #1 pick of the 1983 draft, who led the Denver Broncos to 148 victories over sixteen seasons.
  
• A10) Prince Fielder. The Milwaukee Brewers first baseman was only 23 years old when he hit his 50th homer of 2007 on September 9, a year younger than Willie Mays when he circled the bases 51 times in 1955.
  
• A11) Brett Favre. Number 4 set the new touchdown record on September 23 and the new yardage record on December 16, surpassing Dan Marino's 61,361 yards and 420 touchdowns with the Miami Dolphins from 1983 to 1999.
  
• A12) Tom Brady. The New England Patriots signal-caller finished 2007 with a nice round 50 touchdown passes (Peyton Manning had 49 with the 2004 Indianapolis Colts), including a record 23 catches by Randy Moss (Jerry Rice caught 22 with the 1987 San Francisco 49ers), en route to an NFL team record 589 points (the Minnesota Vikings scored 556 in 1998).