Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 3/10/2011

3/10/1952:
The first half of an NBA game between the Baltimore Bullets and the Milwaukee Hawks is played with the officials sitting off-court. In an experiment, the NBA has stationed referees Charley Eckmann and Julie Myers in tennis umpire's chairs at opposite corners to reduce congestion on the court. The New York Times will report that Eckmann and Myers "treated the experiment seriously and both appeared pleased with the result."

Birthdays:
Ara Parseghian b. 1923
Jim Valvano b. 1946
Austin Carr b. 1948
Rod Woodson b. 1965
Shannon Miller b. 1977

Packers Fact:
In 2009, second-year tight end Jermichael Finley posted his first career 100-yard pass-catching game against Minnesota (week 4). Finley had 6 catches for 128 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown.

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—MARGE PIERCY, American poet and novelist

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Following his acclaimed and controversial White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, Tim Wise looks at how racism remains entrenched in all levels of society, and how it affects all of us, through media, housing, legislation, education, and, of course, social policy. The hot issues of our time—institutional responses to Katrina, the Duke lacrosse incident, the Obama presidency, racism-inspired school shootings—are illuminated as a first step toward change that will benefit all of us.

SPEAKING TREASON FLUENTLY: ANTI-RACIST REFLECTIONS FROM AN ANGRY WHITE MALE, by Tim Wise (Soft Skull Press, 2008)