Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 4/9/2011

4/9/1987:
In Game 2 of a first-round Stanley Cup series, the Oilers rout the Los Angeles Kings, 13-3, in Edmonton. Wayne Gretzky has a goal and six assists, tying Mikko Leinonen's 1982 playoff record, and Jari Kurri contributes four goals. The Oilers will go on to win the third of five Stanley Cups claimed by the franchise from 1984 through 1990.

Birthdays:
Ebbie Goodfellow b. 1907
Paul Arizin b. 1928
Nate Colbert b. 1946
Seve Ballesteros b. 1957
Olaf Kolzig b. 1970

Packers Fact:
On this date in 1898: Curly Lambeau was born (with the given name Earl) in Green Bay. Lambeau, who died at 67 in 1965, coached the Packers for their first 29 seasons in the NFL (1921-1949).

Guard Fuzzy Thurston's (1959-1967) given first name was Frederick.

ON BUT WE ALWAYS
USE COCKTAIL NAPKINS
TO NAVIGATE!

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Printed on a cocktail napkin showing a mini-map of Hilton Head, South Carolina:

NOT TO BE
USED FOR
NAVIGATION.

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

—BILLIE JEAN KING, American tennis player

CHANNELING DICKENS

Kate Atkinson follows the stunning success of two previous novels featuring P.I. Jackson Brodie with the best yet, a tightly knit web of interrelationships among thrice-married Brodie; Dr. Joanna Hunter; her husband, who may be in big trouble; her mommy’s helper, who is always in trouble; and the recently released convict who long ago murdered Joanna’s family. An alternative title might have been No Great Expectations, as Atkinson displays her Dickensian magic with spectacular coincidence and unforgettable characters.

WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Kate Atkinson (Anchor Canada, 2009)