Football

Name the man who uttered the following quote:

"That punt was higher than Marion Barry on a fact-finding tour of Cartagena."

Dennis Miller

Uncategorized

Your Author's beloved Mets have had plenty of ballplayers whose names have bedeviled the most diligent scorekeepers. Mientkiewiecz, Ishii, Nieuwenhuis—I have no idea if I've even gotten those right, but that's beside the point. One Mets reliever's first name (pronounced Henry, or perhaps Yenry) was so difficult to spell that in a 2014 article about the Hardest Names to Spell in Sports, Sports Illustrated even spelled it wrong. He is probably best remembered for being the first player to receive a permanent suspension due to violating MLB's drug policy three times; he never pitched in the majors again after that, although he was reinstated in 2018. Spell him, first and last name required.

Jenrry Mejia

Hockey

In response to the effectiveness of the neutral zone trap, in 2005 the NHL ordered its officials to call every obstruction penalty, and removed the longstanding prohibition on what offensive tactic?

Two-Line Pass (offside pass)