The Pop Culture Grid

[This articlecontains a table. Please see hard copy or pdf.]

How do sports stars fit in?

 	Animal I most resemble	Sudoku is …	Favorite '80s song	News story you're sick of	Concert you'd like to attend this summer	Has seen The Da Vinci Code
JUSTIN VERLANDER Tigers P	A "liger." A lion and tiger mix	That numbers game. I suck at it	You Spin Me Round (Dead or Alive)	Gas prices	Not a big concertgoer	No
TAMIKA WHITMORE Fever F	Koala bear	A headache	Anything by Tina Turner	Everything with the Iraq war	Anthony Hamilton	Yes. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars
SHAWN HORCOFF Oilers C	A hawk. That's my nickname. It's my nose	Addictive	More Than a Feeling (Boston, 1976)	Nick and Jessica	Pearl Jam	Yes. It's not great. 2 1/2 stars
MATT HOLLIDAY Rockies LF	A lion	For smart people	I can't think of one. I'm not a fan of the '80s	The Barry Bonds steroid scandal	Dave Matthews	Yes. Three stars

PHOTO

JOHN BIEVER (VERLANDER)

PHOTO

RON HOSKINS/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (WHITMORE)

PHOTO

ANDY MARLIN/GETTY IMAGES (HORCOFF)

PHOTO

JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (HOLLIDAY)

PHOTO

TOM BRAKEFIELD/CORBIS (LIGER)

PHOTO

PAUL A. SOUDERS/CORBIS (KOALA)

PHOTO

DLILLC/CORBIS (LION)

PHOTO

DARRYL BAUTISTA/POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL/AP (GAS)

PHOTO

COLUMBIA PICTURES/IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT/PHOTOFEST (DA VINCI CODE)

PHOTO

KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE.COM (PEARL JAM)