A type of backflip in gymnastics that can be performed on either the uneven bars—where a gymnast stands atop either bar, flips backward, and regrasps the bar, sometimes adding a full twist—or the balance beam—where the gymnast flips backward and lands in a straddle position—is named after the Soviet gymnast who first performed them internationally in 1972 en route to winning a gold on balance beam and silver on uneven bars. Who was this "sparrow from Minsk"?

One of Spike Lee’s first forays into NBA culture came when he starred alongside Michael Jordan in a series of Nike commercials in which he reprised his role from the 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It. What was the full name of Lee’s character? First and last name required.

If we describe the AFC era as beginning in 1970, when the NFL and AFL merged, there are only two teams that currently meet the definition of “former AFC teams.” As it happens, these two teams are in the top ten of NFL city pairs that are geographically farthest from each other. Name both teams. (Note: This does not count teams that have relocated but remain in the AFC, or teams that have relocated and then reformed in the original city, but remain in the AFC.)

In September 2015, the media center at the U.S. Open was renamed in honor of a man who would die six months later at age 86, but who, in his long career, covered tennis in print for the Boston Herald and Boston Globe, and on television for WGBH in Boston, CBS Sports, NBC, PBS, and ESPN. Name him.

"I couldn't do anything else. When you're cut from the church baseball team, the junior high basketball team, and you can't make the junior high track and field team ... I'd go to bed at night and I'd say, "Dear God, if you've got a plan for my life, I'd appreciate it if you'd show up sooner or later because it's not really going very well."

Name the speaker, who became the first high school runner to break the four-minute mile, won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics, and represented Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives for a decade.