Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 10/23/2007

10/23/2000:
Trailing 30-7 amidst catcalls from an angry Monday night crowd at the Meadowlands, the New York Jets rally for a 40-37 victory in overtime over the Miami Dolphins. Vinny Testaverde throws five touchdown passes in all, including a game-tying three-yarder with 42 seconds left in regulation. Well after 1:00 A.M., John Hall's 40-yard field goal wins it for Gang Green, completing the greatest comeback in franchise history.

Birthdays:
Bruiser Kinard b. 1914
Chi Chi Rodriguez b. 1935
Pele b. 1940
Doug Flutie b. 1962
Keith Van Horn b. 1975

CROWD CONTROL

The upside and the downside of being one of many. Cheaper by the Dozen is the classic delightful memoir of a big family being raised by two efficiency experts. It’s sweet and funny—a great read for children and parents alike. Fourteen offers an alternative view of big families. Zanichkowsky was the eighth of fourteen, and he grew up feeling lost in the crowd. A dark, yet riveting story.

	CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1948; HarperPerennial, 2002)
	FOURTEEN: GROWING UP ALONE IN A CROWD, by Stephen Zanichkowsky (Basic Books, 2003)