Front Game Rules

Two teams of two players compete. In each round, a board with nine sport-related categories were shown to the teams, and the team in control chose one by throwing a Nerf ball at the desired screen. Three toss-up questions were then asked to the players, worth 1, 2, and 3 points. A wrong answer deducted the value from the team's score. Among the sports available was "Mystery Sport", which added 5 points to a team's score if they could sweep the category; also, some screens hid "Speedball" categories, where the team got 10 seconds to name items fitting a certain subject, scoring 1 point for each valid response. The second round was played in the same manner, with point values doubling.

End Game Rules (2000 version)

The final round of the game was the "2-Minute Warning", a speed round lasting 2 minutes (natch). During the round, host Dwyer first read a sports question worth 10 points, then a non-sports follow-up question (The "Get a Life" question) worth 5 points. For example:

Who led the Pittsburgh Penguins in points in the 1997-98 NHL season? (Jaromir Jagr)
Spell "Jaegermeister." (J-A-E-G-E-R-M-E-I-S-T-E-R)
Where is San Francisco's AAA minor league team located? (Fresno)
What music group had hits with "Particle Man" and "Ana Ng"? (They Might Be Giants)

The team with the highest score at the end of the speed round was the winner, although both teams won prizes.

The Tournament

The league consisted of 20 teams in 4 different divisions. Each team played 6 games. At the end of the "season", the four division champions and two wild-card teams advanced to the championship week. The eventual champions won a trip to the Super Bowl, a trip to MLB's All-Star Game, and a big-screen TV.