Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 6/15/2007

6/15/1975:
Lured out of retirement by a multimillion-dollar contract with the New York Cosmos, Brazilian soccer star Pele plays the entire 90 minutes in a 2-2 tie with the Dallas Tornado at Randall's Island Stadium. Pele's impact on the nearly invisible North American Soccer League is immediate but short-lived. When he reitres again following the 1977 seasons, soccer will return to the backburner on the American sports landscape.

Birthdays:
Billy Williams b. 1938
Mike Holmgren b. 1948
Wade Boggs b. 1958
Ramiro Mendoza b. 1972
Andy Pettitte b. 1972


Wickedly amusing,” raves Publishers Weekly. Can former child star Jarrod Jarvis elude the stalker who has trailed him since his first Oscar Mayer commercial and nab a murderer? Copp’s second novel in The Actor’s Guide series is as sunny and frothy as a day on the beach. Dive in.

THE ACTOR’S GUIDE TO ADULTERY, by Rick Copp (Kensington, 2005)