Sports Fact of the Day 1/18/2007

1/18/2005:
Five-foot-five Earl Boykins, the littlest man in the NBA, sets an all-time league record with 15 points in one overtime period as the Denver Nuggets beat the Seattle SuperSonics, 116-110, at KeyArena. Playing without Kenyon Martin (strep throat) and Nenê (suspension) and losing Carmelo Anthony to a sprained ankle in the second half, the Nuggets take hold when Boykins steps into the breach along with center Marcus Camby, who scores 25 points of his own.

Birthdays:
Syl Apps b. 1915
Curt Flood b. 1938
Mark Messier b. 1961
Brady Anderson b. 1964
Mike Lieberthal b. 1972