| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $600: Stephen A. Smith & Molly Qerim talk sports & more on this ESPN show First Take |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | TV PERSONALITIES $2000: She can talk football or the fandango as a sports reporter & a co-host of "Dancing with the Stars" Erin Andrews |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $800: In track, the "metric mile" is this many meters 1,500 |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crews presents by a display monitor.) Tennis players shouldn't linger in this area between the service line and the baseline where returns are hard to hit; it shares its name with an area between trenches that World War I soldiers also wanted to avoid no man's land |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $1600: Water polo players stay afloat with this kick that sounds like it could help to scramble an omelet the egg beater kick |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | SPORTS TALK $2000: In archery it's the 4-letter word for the groove at the rear end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring nock |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SPORTS TALK $200: It's not to eat; it's to use in the on-deck circle a doughnut |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SPORTS TALK $400: Lepidopterans excel at this third stroke in the medley relay the butterfly stroke |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SPORTS TALK $600: A tennis player who serves & scores the first point after deuce has this edge advantage (ad-in) |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SPORTS TALK $800: Boxers "bob &" this to avoid getting punched in the face weave |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | SPORTS TALK $1000: It's sports talk for a scheme in which players defend an area of the court, not a particular opponent zone |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $800: (Here's Jay Leno with the clue.) At a time when most cars had huge engines & heavy bodies, the speedy & nimble 1913 Mercer Raceabout pioneered the sports car by pairing a small engine with a lightweight one of these; it's a French word for a car's frame, hmmm chassis |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | DOC TALK $1200: Humeral epicondylitis is doc talk for this sports-influenced condition tennis elbow |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | SPORTS ABBREV. $2000: In cricket, a batsman can be dismissed (that's cricket talk for "out") for LBW, "leg before" this leg before wicket |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | TV TALK $200: "Wide World of Sports" showed us "The Thrill of Victory, & the Agony of" this defeat |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SPORTS TALK $200: Oh I do say, sticky wicket is a term that comes from this team sport cricket |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SPORTS TALK $400: In figure skating a spin executed in the arabesque position is named for this beast of burden camel |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SPORTS TALK $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) In bowling, try to get your ball in this area, between the 1 & 2 or 1 & 3 pin to get a strike the pocket |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SPORTS TALK $800: At the first Winter Olympics in 1924, the Brits swept up in this sport curling |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | SPORTS TALK $1000: Who's there? Oh, it's this notch at the end of an archer's arrow, into which the bowstring fits the nock |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $200: In a racquet sport, you whack this object seen here a shuttlecock |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $400: In 1996 MLB expanded this area, moving one boundary from the top to the bottom of the batter's knees the strike zone |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a racetrack diagram on a monitor.) At the start of a NASCAR race, the top cars line up according to their qualifying times; best time gets this 2-word spot, a term said to have originated in horse racing pole position |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $800: Fouls in the NBA include technical, personal & these, for unnecessary &/or excessive contact against an opponent flagrant |
| #6856, aired 2014-06-09 | SPORTS TALK $1000: This 5-letter rugby play also means "hubbub" or "confusion" scrum |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | "PHIL"-OSOPHY $1200: This former talk show host brings his passion for sports to his gig as the host of "Crowd Goes Wild" on Fox Sports (Regis) Philbin |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | SPORTS TALK $200: In sewing it's a paper model of a garment; in football it's a receiver's route pattern |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | SPORTS TALK $400: When Michael Phelps talks about the 200 fly, he means a race using this stroke butterfly |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | SPORTS TALK $600: Try a jumper from beyond the 3-point line & you're shooting the basketball from this part of a city downtown |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | SPORTS TALK $800: At this baseball position, having a great cutter can make you a star pitcher |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | SPORTS TALK $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a soccer field in Johannesburg, South Africa.) Leaping almost upside-down to volley the ball overhead makes this reverse kick one of soccer's most exciting plays bicycle kick |
| #6435, aired 2012-08-03 | SPORTS STARS $600: In 2012 he was the talk of the NBA with 136 points in his first 5 starts for the Knicks Jeremy Lin |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $1200: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) My greatest inspirational moment ever was Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium in 1939, talk about class
Yes, very, very classy, but for pure inspiration, I'll take this coach telling his Notre Dame team to "win one for the Gipper" & then rallying to defeat Army in 1928 Knute Rockne |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $400: You can talk Bears or Black Hawks on "The A.L.L. Sports Hour" on WHPK, from the University of this town Chicago |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | SPORTS TALK $200: In baseball's American league, it's a player whose only job in the game is to bat for the pitcher as many times as needed the designated hitter |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | SPORTS TALK $400: Begun in 1877, it's the oldest of tennis' 4 grand slam tournaments Wimbledon |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | SPORTS TALK $600: The Staples Center in Los Angeles is home court to these 2 NBA teams the Lakers and the Clippers |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | SPORTS TALK $800: 42-pound polished stones with a handle on top are slid on ice in this sport curling |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | SPORTS TALK $1000: What was originally the Houston Oilers is today this NFL team the Tennessee Titans |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | "TALK" SOUP $1000: "Wasteful" taunting or boastful comments between players during a sports competition trash talk |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | "LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $400: A college sports participant, or a popular late-night talk show host Letterman |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | SPORTS TALK $400: During a baseball game, it's the off-field area where relief pitchers warm up the bullpen |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | SPORTS TALK $800: In volleyball it's a hard smash close to the net going almost straight down into the opponent's court a spike |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | SPORTS TALK $1200: In figure skating, a single one of these jumps named for Mr. Paulsen is 1 1/2 revolutions; a triple is 3 1/2 an Axel |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | SPORTS TALK $1600: Ja, this German term means to ski straight down a slope at full speed schuss |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | SPORTS TALK $2000: It's a race in which 4 swimmers on a team each do a different stroke a medley |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | AN ENGLISH-SPORTS DICTIONARY $600: English: a father's coming-of-age talk with his son;
basketball: the opposite of zone man-to-man |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $400: On Memorial Day in 1911 Ray Harroun drove into history as the first winner of this auto race the Indianapolis 500 |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew knocks 'em over at the Nat'l Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV.) Sort of like in billiards, it's where you want your ball to go so you're more likely to get a strike the pocket |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $1200: In a game of tennis, deuce is the same as 3 points all, which is called this tie score 40-to-40 (or 40 all) |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $1600: You can sweep up on this one if you know that a besom, used in curling, is one of these a broom |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $2000: In October 2000 his son Brett surpassed him on the NHL's list of top goal scorers Bobby Hull |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $200: In baseball, the designated hitter usually hits in place of this person the pitcher |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $400: In basketball, this line is 15 feet from the basket the foul line (or free throw line) |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $600: It's typical in this sport to "address the ball" golf |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $800: In tennis, 2 of the tournaments that make up the Grand Slam 2 of (the U.S. Open, the French Open, Wimbledon & the Australian Open |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $1000: (Hi, I'm Trent Green of the NFL.) A football field is often called this, because the pattern of lines resembles a certain cooking utensil a gridiron |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SPORTS TALK $400: During a baseball game, it's the off-field area where relief pitchers warm up bullpen |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SPORTS TALK $800: (For this clue, we'll hear from soccer star Brandi Chastain.) As in basketball, this is what a soccer player does with the ball to advance it by herself dribble |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SPORTS TALK $1200: In figure skating a single one of these jumps named for Mr. Paulsen is 1 1/2 revolutions; a triple is 3 1/2 axel |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SPORTS TALK $1600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from a golf course.) In most iron shots, good or bad, a piece of turf called this gets dislodged divot |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SPORTS TALK $2000: Ja, this term means to ski straight down a slope at full speed schussing |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $200: A preliminary contest; when preceded by "dead", it's a tie heat |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the golf course.) This name for my present location sounds like a place to seek shelter from an air raid bunker |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $600: It's a swimming race in which each of the contestants does a different stroke each quarter individual medley |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $800: A reprise is an attack done in fencing after a brief return to this position en garde |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | SPORTS TALK $1000: Unless there's a puck in this area in front of a hockey net, attacking players aren't allowed in it the crease |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | SPORTS ON FILM $600: In "A League of Their Own", this talk show host played third baseman Doris Murphy Rosie O'Donnell |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $1000: She was a sports commentator before pioneering call-in therapy in the 1950s Dr. Joyce Brothers |
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