Sports Fact of the Day 1/20/2007

1/20/1952:
George Mikan, pro basketball's first great big man and marquee star, scores 61 points to lead the Minneapolis Lakers to a 91-81 victory in double overtime against the Rochester Royals. The towering center is unstoppable once he receives the ball in the low post, laying in shots with either hand at close range while delighting a large Sunday crowd at the Minneapolis Auditorium. His outburst falls just two points short of Jumpin' Joe Fulks' NBA record of 63, set in 1947.

Birthdays:
Carol Heiss b. 1940
John Naber b. 1956
Ozzie Guillen b. 1964
Ron Harper b. 1964
Brian Giles b. 1971