Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 8/29/2011

8/29/1951:
Midway through his fourth-round match against Gardnar Mulloy in the U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills, Earl Cochell attempts to climb the umpire's chair and grab the microphone. The fans have been booing him for interrupting play to argue about calls, and he wants to give them a piece of his mind. He's allowed to finish the match, which he loses in four sets, but two days from now he'll become the first player ever to be banned for life by the United States Lawn Tennis Association.

Birthdays:
Womia Tyus b. 1945
Bob Beamon b. 1946
Jerry Bailey b.1 957
Pierre Turgeon b. 1969
Roy Oswalt b. 1977

Packers Fact:
Cornerback Charles Woodson's Pro Bowl berth in 2008 was the fifth of his 11-year career, but his first since joining the Packers in 2006.

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KNOWING LOSS

Award-winning novelist Elizabeth McCracken was a happy, self-proclaimed spinster when in her mid-30s she fell in love, married, moved to France, and got pregnant. The pregnancy ended in a stillborn child, however—“the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending,” as she characterizes it. This memoir of the experience is thought-provoking and sensitive, heartfelt and ultimately wise.

AN EXACT REPLICA OF A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION: A MEMOIR, by Elizabeth McCracken (Little, Brown, 2008)