Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 3/1/2009

3/1/1956:
All-American Tommy Heinsohn of Holy Cross plays the best game of his college career in his last home appearance in Worcester. The rugged front-line performer scores 51 points and grabs 42 rebounds to lead a 111-75 rout of Boston College. After finishing fourth in the nation in scoring (27.4 ppg) and eighth in rebounding (21.1 rpg), he'll join the Boston Celtics next season and be part of eight NBA championship teams during his nine years in the league. In 1986, he'll be elected to the Hall of Fame.

Birthdays:
Harry Carey b. 1914
Pete Rozelle b. 1926
Elvin Bethea b. 1946
Mike Rozier b. 1961
Chris Webber b. 1973

YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG LOVE

If you haven’t OD’d on Valentine’s Day, try this classic love story about perennial love. Vince and Joy were each other’s first kiss, first love, first hit to third base—well, you get the idea. Separated by time and distance and a good-bye note that Vince couldn’t read because the rain washed away the writing, the two have met again after almost 20 years. The attraction is still irresistible, but what of Joy’s pending marriage and Vince’s child by another woman?

VINCE AND JOY, by Lisa Jewell (Harper Paperbacks, 2006)

ON THE JOB

WHAT DID THESE GREAT WRITERS DO TO PRODUCE THEIR MASTERPIECES?

• Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past) wrote in a cork-lined room.
• Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) wrote while lying down.
• T. S. Eliot (“The Waste Land”) believed he was more creative when he had a cold.
• Colette (Gigi) picked fleas from her cat to focus her mind.
• D. H. Lawrence (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) liked to get the creative juices flowing by climbing naked up mulberry trees.

IN 1984 A CANADIAN FARMER BEGAN RENTING AD SPACE ON HIS COWS.

GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE

See the answer tomorrow.

Q: True or False? Santiago Calatrava introduced distinguished modern architecture to the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin when his glass-walled reception hall was added in 2001.

Answer: False. Calatrava’s work was added to a museum already known for fine architecture, with existing buildings by Eero Saarinen and David Kahler.

On Great Moments in Live Broadcasting

Anchorman: Nina Nannar is live on the red carpet for us. Let's go live to her now.

Reporter Nina Nannar: Well, they've taken the red carpet away and are packing up because all the stars are now inside.

ITV News coverage of the BAFTA awards (Great Britain's equivalent of the Oscars)