Connections Sports Edition #736 hints and answers
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Four grand titles, one very large appetite
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Jazz Age sportswriters gave a single home run hitter a pile of royal epithets.
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One of the four: SULTAN OF SWAT
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BABE RUTH NICKNAMES: BABE, BAMBINO, COLOSSUS OF CLOUT, SULTAN OF SWAT
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Cold weather made these names famous
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Competitors from the snow-and-ice Games: downhill skiing, short track, cross-country, figure skating.
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One of the four: APOLO OHNO
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FAMOUS WINTER OLYMPIANS: PICABO STREET, APOLO OHNO, MARIT BJØRGEN, ALYSA LIU
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Same leading man, different locker room
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Movie titles, all starring one actor who kept making sports pictures across several decades.
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One of the four: BULL DURHAM
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KEVIN COSTNER SPORTS FILMS: BULL DURHAM, DRAFT DAY, FIELD OF DREAMS, TIN CUP
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Some conferences hand out furniture instead of medals
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Midwestern college rivals play annually for oddly named physical keepsakes involving tools, animals and household objects.
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One of the four: PAUL BUNYAN'S AXE
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BIG TEN RIVALRY TROPHIES: PAUL BUNYAN'S AXE, VICTORY BELL, OLD OAKEN BUCKET, FLOYD OF ROSEDALE
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