Basketball

Bruce Hale played in the NBA from 1948-1951. He had one son, who didn’t play in the NBA, nor have that son’s children played in the NBA. Today, Hale is the only NBA player in history with three grandchildren who also played in the NBA. Name any one of those three.

Brent Barry, Jon Barry, Drew Barry

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In 2003 the minor league Calgary Cannons moved to Albuquerque and renamed themselves the Isotopes—an homage to the Springfield Isotopes of the Simpsons universe, and specifically the Season 12 episode “Hungry Hungry Homer”, in which the team threatens to move to Albuquerque. The real-life Isotopes are the Triple-A affiliate of which National League team in Major League Baseball?

Colorado Rockies

Hockey

Slap Shot

Speaking of Butch and Sundance… here’s another film starring Paul Newman and directed by George Roy Hill. This 1977 comedy about minor league hockey is replete with quotable lines and cult characters, the most enduring of which are the Hanson brothers.  The original plan was to have three real-life brothers who played minor-league hockey portray the Hansons… until one of them got called up to the Edmonton Oilers and had to be replaced. What is the real last name of the three brothers originally cast as the Hanson brothers… a name which is also the last name of a current NHL player with more than 1,000 games played? 

Carlson