Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 3/16/2012

3/16/1969:
The Boston Bruins tie an NHL record with eight goals in the second period of an 11-3n victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Boston Garden. The Bruins are held scoreless int he first period before their eight-goal eruption in the second. The goals are scored by right wing Ken Hodge at 1:02, left wing Ron Murphy at 4:36, center Derek Sanderson at 5:22, Hodge against at 9:49, center Phil Esposito at 10:25, Sanderson again at 11:14, left wing Wayne Cashman at 15:38, and Sanderson a third time at 16:33. Left wing Garnet Bailey records two of the three Boston goals in the third period. They are the first two goals of 107 in his NHL career, which lasts until 1979. Bailey will later become director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings, and is employed in that position until he dies on September 11, 2001, while onboard United flight 175, which crashes into the World Trade Center.

Birthdays:
Roger Crozier b. 1942
Rick Reichardt b. 1943
Ozzie Newsome b. 1956
Mel Gray b. 1961
Curtis Granderson b.1981

LIVING HISTORY

Civil War. The South falls. Chaos ensues as Northern troops march into Southern cities. In his hasty retreat, one Confederate soldier loots the Statehouse of North Carolina, making off with one of only 14 original copies of the Bill of Rights. The 138 years between theft and recovery are populated by a cast of characters more colorful than you find in most fiction, including shady antiquarians, auction houses, lawyers, and FBI agents. The final sting in Philadelphia is a nail-biter. American history at its madcap best.

LOST RIGHTS: THE MISADVENTURES OF A STOLEN AMERICAN RELIC, by David Howard (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)