Baseball

PRE-QUESTION NOTE: Today is a Theme Day. In today's theme, the first word in parentheses provides a clue to the answer's first name, and the second word provides a clue for the last name. If the question said "Running back (Drink, Homer)," for instance, the answer would be "O.J. Simpson." In every answer today, for obvious reasons, BOTH FIRST AND LAST NAME ARE REQUIRED.

Pioneering GM nicknamed “the Mahatma”  (Arm, Cocktail)

Note: Both first and last name are required.

Branch Rickey

Racing & Combat

On Sept. 11, 2019, the New York Times broke a story on an apparent cover-up which began in the spring of 2018 in Arcadia, CA (in a location that was once part of an 1845 land grant called Rancho Santa Anita). The story included the following line: “He tested positive for the drug scopolamine.” To which mononymic star does the “he” in that sentence refer?

Justify

Racing & Combat

Give the name of either the Dutch/Belgian supermarket chain or the Norwegian software company that teamed up to sponsor the team that boasted this year’s (and last year’s) Tour de France winner.

Jumbo, Visma