Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 1/19-20/2011

1/19/1998:
Legendary Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn, credited with inventing the phrases slam dunk, charity stripe, triple-double and air ball, broadcasts his 3,000th consecutive game. The streak began in 1965 and will eventually reach 3,338 consecutive Lakers games before ending midway through the 200-102 season when Hearn undergoes cardiac bypass surgery. Hearn also appeared as an announcer in several movies and was the voice on the castaways' radio in the TV series Gilligan's Island.

Birthdays:
Joe Schmidt b. 1932
Dan Reeves b. 1944
Ottis Anderson b. 1957
Stefan Edberg b. 1966
Junior Seau b. 1969

Packers Fact:
The Packers were unbeatable at Lambeau Field for much of the 1990s. From 1995 to 1998, they won a club-record 25 games in a row at home.


Jimmy Connors, winner of eight Grand Slam singles titles between 1974 and 1983, on court technique in the new century: "In an era of specialists, you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist, or a hard court specialist...or you're Roger Federer."

Birthdays:
Norm Stewart b. 1935
Carol Heiss b. 1940
John Naber b. 1956
Ron Harper b. 1964
Brian Giles b. 1971

Packers Fact:
Wide receiver Desmond Howard was the first special-teams performer to earn the Super Bowl MVP award. He was honored for his kick returns in Green Bay's victory over New England in Super Bowl XXXI.

ON HIGHER EDUCATION, A LITTLE TOO HIGH

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Course descriptions from Indiana University, Duke University, and Oklahoma State University, respectively:

Art & Science of Beer: We will explore the place of beer in ancient as well as modern life, and the role beer has played in important achievements in microbiology, biotechnology, and physics.

Campus Culture and Drinking: The cultural understandings that motivate and shape undergraduate drinking.

International Beverage Education: The history of beverages such as wines, distilled spirits, and beers. Prerequisite: Must be 21 years of age.

ON WE’RE THERE!

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MUD-FILLED PARADISE.

AN UNFORGETTABLE SENSATION,

AS IF YOU ARE ENTERING RIGHT

INTO HELL.

sign outside a hot spring in Japan

“The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

—CALVIN COOLIDGE, U.S. president

“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”

—HENRY KISSINGER, American diplomat and political scientist

THE VEGETARIAN BIBLE

It’s hard to believe that more than 35 years have passed since a little vegetarian enclave in Ithaca, New York, published its first cookbook. The recipes seem fresher and more exciting than ever: crispy chickpea crepes that can be stuffed with a zillion fillings; spicy Cuban black bean soup; carrot muffins bursting with fiber and flavor; fruit smoothies and zesty tofu taco fillings and so much more. With a helpful glossary of ingredients and techniques.

THE MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT COOKING FOR HEALTH, by the Moosewood Collective (Simon & Schuster, 2009)

MAD SCIENTISTS IN LOVE

In Luminous Fish, renowned scientist Lynn Margulis explores the infinite mysteries of love both between men and women and of scientists for their subjects. Ambition, lust, and ideas fuel these modern love stories, in which poetic lyricism and predatory aggression are intertwined and interdependent in the quest for knowledge and pleasure.

LUMINOUS FISH: TALES OF SCIENCE AND LOVE, by Lynn Margulis (Chelsea Green, 2007)