Brazil’s Italo Ferreira is considered by some to be the world’s greatest male athlete in a certain sport. His counterpart on the women’s side (again, arguably) is America’s Carissa Moore. Name either one of the two states where Moore has had the vast majority of her American professional success.

A comparison of the top 40 career scorers in WNBA history with the top 40 career scorers in NBA history finds only one last name that appears on both lists. What is it?

Identify the man who has been artfully redacted from this photograph taken in 1994, and who was much less jubilant than those in the background.

What was the name of the bat that broke in half during the ninth inning of a one-game playoff between the New York Knights and the Pittsburgh Pirates with Roy Hobbs at the plate?

Finally, we reach the dignified conclusion of the opening week: Among the informal names for a certain game is the unfortunate variant “testicle toss.” Give any of the more seminal common names of this game.