Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 4/23-24/2011

4/23/1950:
The Detroit Red Wings defeat the New York Rangers, 4-3, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. The winning goal is scored by Pete Babando after 28 minutes and 31 seconds of overtime. It's the only time in Stanley Cup history that the seventh game of a final is decided in double overtime.

Birthdays:
Jim Bottomley b. 1900
Warren Spahn b. 1921
Tony Esposito b. 1943
Gail Goodrich b. 1943
Andrew Jones b. 1977

Packers Fact:
Star end Max McGee also served as the Packers' punter in coach Vince Lombardi's first season in 1959.

4/24/1988:
The Clippers' Michael Cage needs 29 rebounds to win this year's rebounding title over Charles Oakley of the Chicago Bulls. Cage plays all 48 minutes tonight in the last game of the season and pulls down 30 rebounds in a 109-100 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics in Los Angeles. he beats out Oakley 13.03 rebounds per game to 13.00.

Birthdays:
Vince Ferragamo b. 1954
Omar Vizquel b. 1967
Chipper Jones b. 1972
Eric Snow b. 1973
Carlos Beltran b. 1977

ON CLICHÉS, CONFUSED

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I’ve gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn

ON HOWEVER TURKEYS
OR RIBS CAN BE

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HAMS MAY NOT
BE STORED IN
COAT CHECK.

sign in the lobby, Mount Airy Casino Resort

A MAN
WITHOUT
DETERMINATION
IS BUT AN
UNTEMPERED
SWORD.

—Chinese proverb

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.”

—Matthew 6:34 (King James Version)

“CUDGEL THY BRAINS NO MORE ABOUT IT”

After all, it’s April 23, probably Shakespeare’s birthday and so one of the most glorious days of celebration of the English language. Marjorie Garber has been lecturing with renown at Harvard and Yale about the Bard for the last 30 years. In Shakespeare After All, she has distilled her abundant knowledge into 38 (one for each play, in chronological order) enlightening, engaging, and utterly smart essays. She has generously included an introduction and bibliography.

SHAKESPEARE AFTER ALL, by Marjorie Garber (Anchor, 2005)