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Some High, Hard Ones
Steve Rushin
September 19, 2005
We've all seen those lists of life's most vexing questions, such as: Why do drive-through ATMs have instructions in Braille? How does Teflon stick to the pan? If you choke a Smurf, what color will he turn? But with a single exception--Why is it called a foul pole when it's in fair territory?--the unanswerable sports questions never get asked. Until now.
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September 19, 2005

Some High, Hard Ones

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Why do hockey players remove their gloves to fight but fighters put them on to do the very same thing?

If the Cleveland Browns were named in 1945 for their football coach ( Paul Brown), why weren't the Georgia Bulldogs named in 1945 for their football coach ( Wally Butts)?

Why did the Jazz retain their name when they moved to Salt Lake City, where there is plenty of honky but very little tonk?

Is it possible to get emphysema from a secondhand cigarette boat?

If the opposite of pro is con (and the opposite of progress is Congress), how did so many of our ex-pros become ex-cons?

During a shirts-and-skins basketball game at a nudist colony, do the players in shirts feel self-conscious?

While you're waiting, what do you call a player to be named later?

Why are Pro Bowlers rich and famous but pro bowlers are not?

Why is it always the case that the only score you're interested in has just passed by on the ticker? And why does that same ticker always go to a commercial just as your score is coming around again?

If it's physically impossible to be on the hill and over the hill at the same time, how do you explain Randy Johnson?

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