Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 10/21/2007

10/21/1995:
Phil Dawson nails a 50-yard field goal into a stiff wind at the final gun, giving the Texas Longhorns a 17-16 victory over Virginia at Memorial Stadium in Austin. Texas drives 47 yards in 14 plays with three minutes left to set up the game-winning placement, twice converting fourth-down plays to stay alive. Rafael Garcia's third field goal of the game, a 56-yarder with 3:12 remaining, had given Virginia a 16-14 lead. It's the second nightmarish loss of the year for the Cavaliers (6-3). They were beaten on a circus catch by Michigan on the final play of the game in their season opener at Ann Arbor.

Birthdays:
Red Klotz b. 1921
Whitey Ford b. 1928
Vern Mikkelsen b. 1928
Ted Uhlaender b. 1940
Joey Harrington b. 1978

COUCH TRIP

Rubin’s stories of her years as a psychotherapist are like the best eavesdropping you’ve ever done. She reveals to us, through real (though disguised) patients of hers, not only the details of several fascinating cases, but also how therapy works and breakthroughs are made. What Oliver Sacks is to the body, Rubin is to the mind.

THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE: AND MORE STORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUCH, by Lillian B. Rubin (Beacon Press, 2004)