The word “RasenBallsport,” which translates to “lawn ball sports,” is widely known as a workaround to a rule governing permissible team names. What corporation serves as the main shareholder for the team with this word in its name?

In 1979, a boycott of Molson Breweries in three major Canadian cities began to spread across the country, and was so effective that it allegedly resulted in the company’s owners changing a critical (and decisive) vote in their roles as team owners. (There was also a bomb threat and bullet holes in a brewery door.) Name any one of the three cities where the boycott originated.

Among male professional golfers under the age of 55, Phil Mickelson is missing only the U.S. Open to complete the career grand slam, Rory McIlroy is missing only the Masters, and another golfer is missing only the (U.S.) PGA Championship. Name him.

A proposed new ending for basketball games seeks to end the tyranny of intentional fouls by turning off the game clock at a specific point—under four minutes left in the fourth quarter, for example—and for a “winning score” to be established by adding a set number of points to the leading team’s score, which both teams would then try to reach. At the behest of Chris Paul, the NBA has used a modified version of this idea in its last two All-Star games. Name the Ball State professor (no relation to any former NFL kickers) for whom this concept is named.

Defunct leagues with the acronyms TFL (1879-2000) and VFA (1877-1995), in which the first letter of each stands for a state, were associated with what sport? Your answer must be specific.