This Week in Sports Trivia: May 15, 2025
If you were looking for a busy week in sports news, you found it, as the NBA staged one of the most stunning draft lotteries ever, MLB changed a rule that suddenly made Pete Rose eligible for the Hall of Fame, and the NFL released its 2025 schedule.
All of this happened within a couple of days, and it was just the tip of an athletics iceberg that also included some wild NBA and NHL postseason action, a baseball manager losing his job and a potential presidential commission being established on college sports. And did we mention that the new pope is a sports fan, too?
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With all of this going on, we hope you've been paying attention as you dig in to tackle this week's quiz.
So enjoy, and while you're at it, make sure to play our daily Connections: Sports Edition.
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(Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; photos: Grace Smith / IndyStar / USA Today Network via Imagn Images, David Banks / Imagn Images, Joe Robbins, Christopher Furlong, Ron Jenkins / Getty Images)
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