Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 10/7/2011

10/7/1945:
In the second quarter of a 57-21 win by the Green Bay Packers over the Detroit Lions, Don Hutson scores 29 points on four touchdowns and five extra points, setting an NFL record for points in one quarter. After being held without a point in the first quarter, the Packers collect 41 in the second to set another league record. During an 11-year career that will end this season, Hutson leads the league in receptions eight times, in scoring five times and in interceptions once. He hauls in 99 TD passes, an NFL record that will stand until Steve Largent exceeds it with 100 passes in 1989.

Birthdays:
Willie Naulls b. 1934
Johnnie Morton b. 1971
Priest Holmes b. 1973
Charles Woodson b. 1976
Evan Longoria b. 1985

Packers Fact:
Linebacker A.J. Hawk started each of the first 51 games in his NFL career until the Packers opened in a nickel defense against the Vikings in Week 4 of 2009.

“You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.”

—WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, British prime minister

ON AND HOW BIG IS YOUR BRAIN?

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Game show host Bob Eubanks (questioning people on the street):
How big is your epidermis?

Man: Six, seven inches.

THE CATS WILL PLAY

In this caustic look at modern life, Zoe Heller follows the bravura performances of Everything You Know (2006) and What Was She Thinking? Notes from a Scandal (2003) with a scathing look at the modern family. Jeff, a successful New York lawyer, lies comatose in the hospital after suffering a stroke in the courtroom while defending a Muslim terrorist. His wife, Audrey, holds court, spouting platitudes and dripping venom, criticizing her daughters, insulting Jeff’s mistress, and enabling the drug habit of her adopted son. Audrey’s special brand of harridanism is a botched, self-serving version of ’60s left-wing politics, gone horribly awry.

THE BELIEVERS, by Zoe Heller (HarperCollins, 2009)