Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 12/12/2007

12/12/1987:
Mookie Blaylock accounts for 13 of Oklahoma's 34 steals, both NCAA basketball records, as the Sooners embarrass Centenary, 152-84, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. Hoisting up 110 field-goal attempts in a 40-minute game, the Sooners also set a new Big Eight scoring record, breaking their own mark of 133. Coached by Billy Tubbs, they'll compile a 35-4 record this year and just miss winning the national title.

Birthdays:
Bob Pettit b. 1932
Emerson Fittipaldi b. 1946
Cathy Rigby b. 1952
Tracy Austin b. 1962
John Randle b. 1967


Scumble River, a sleepy, fictional town in rural Illinois, sees more than its fair share of homicides. Luckily school psychologist and sometime detective Skye Denison lives there. When town tastemakers Barbie and Ken Addison are found murdered, Skye investigates and finds some flaws in their perfect lives. Swanson’s fifth book in her Scumble River series is good, light diversion, perfect for a cozy window seat on a winter’s afternoon.

MURDER OF A BARBIE AND KEN: A SCUMBLE RIVER MYSTERY, by Denise Swanson (Signet, 2003