The gambler and racketeer Arnold Rothstein was shot on Nov. 4, 1928 in apparent retaliation for refusing to pay a $320,000 debt accrued at a poker game. On his deathbed, when a police detective asked for the name of his killer, Rothstein allegedly replied, “I’m not talking to you. You stick to your trade, I’ll stick to mine.” Name the (specific) sporting incident with which Rothstein was most famously associated.

On ESPN’s College Gameday, in 2008, Lee Corso (a former Maryland assistant) recounted the story of Darryl Hill, the Maryland running back who was the first and only black player in the ACC in 1963. In an away game at Wake Forest, in what Corso called “the worst atmosphere” of the ACC season, a Demon Deacons captain walked Hill to the front of the student section and put an arm around his shoulders to quiet the fans. Name that Wake Forest captain, who died at age 26 of embryonal cell carcinoma and was played in a 1971 TV movie by James Caan.

“It ain’t like that,” says the character D’Angelo Barksdale, while trying to explain the immutability of (most) chess pieces to Bodie and Wallace while they wait for a re-up in the courtyard of a West Baltimore housing project. “See,” he says, holding up one piece, “____ ____ ____ ____ ____.” Fill in the blank with the five missing words. (Note: Your answer must be exact.)

Between the 1976-77 and 1988-89 seasons, the hockey club CSKA Moscow won 13 straight titles in the Soviet Championship League. What was CSKA Moscow regularly called in the west, due to the team’s (former) affiliation?

In the high jump, techniques known as “straddle,” “scissors jump,” “eastern cut-off,” and “western roll” have been almost entirely replaced at the highest competitive levels by a technique named after what 1968 gold medal winner?