Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 2/9/2011

2/9/1980:
Three days after making seven three-point baskets in a 115-114 victory over the New Jersey Nets, Rick Barry becomes the first NBA player to hit eight three-pointers in one game as the Rockets outscore the Utah Jazz in Houston, 117-95. It's the league's first season using the three-point shot and Barry's last season in professional basketball. His sons Scooter, Jon, Drew and Brent will become professional basketball players; all but Scooter will play in the NBA.

Birthdays:
Dit Clapper b. 1907
Bill Veeck b. 1914
Phil Ford b. 1956
Mookie Wilson b. 1956
Vladimir Guerrero b. 1976

Packers Fact:
The Packers celebrated the franchise's 90th birthday in 2009; the 2010 season was to mark the club's 90th season in the NFL.

ON LET THEM EAT FISH

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It’s so bad being homeless in winter. They should go somewhere warm like the caribbean where they can eat fresh fish all day.

model-socialite Lady Victoria Hervey

“Few men are brave by nature, but good order and experience may make many so.”

—NICCOLÓ; MACHIAVELLI, 15th-century Italian political philosopher

COURTROOM CAPERS

William Bernhardt’s bestselling D.C. series, featuring intrepid lawyer Ben Kincaid, brings us another addictively readable legal thriller. Ben is up against a sharp district attorney in his case to defend a professor accused of killing a cop whom he believed responsible for his wife’s death. As Kincaid drills deep to help his client, he taps into the workings of a vast and frightening political conspiracy that takes all of his considerable ingenuity to fight.

CAPITOL OFFENSE, by William Bernhardt (Ballantine, 2009)