Tuesday, October 10, 2006

 

Spotlight: Happy birthday to quarterback Brett Favre, who turns 37 today. Considered one of the NFL's best quarterbacks, Favre was drafted to the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. After playing only two games in that first season, he was traded to the Green Bay Packers, where he remained. In the next 14 years, Favre set an NFL record for most consecutive starts (221), most MVP awards (3) and most consecutive years reaching 3,000 yards (14).

Quote: "The only thing you ever play for is to be the best, regardless of the situation — preseason, postseason, regular season, in the playoffs or out of it... I don't see how you can ever step out on the field and not care." — Brett Favre

Word of the day: foetor -- /fee'-tor/  an offensive odor: stench (also fetor) (© )

Holiday: Shuangshijie (Double Tenth National Day, Taiwan)

Today's News:

• MySpace: to host concert for Sudan aid (story)
• pumpkin: little Rhode Island may have grown the largest ever (story)
• snake charmer: kissed 19 king cobras (story)
• exercise: not enough to stop obesity in preschoolers (story)
• Rio Grande: 7.5 foot crocodile found in river used by illegal migrants (story)

Today's History:

• Battle of Tours: the Franks defeated the Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe (732)
• Fiji: became a British colony (1874); became independent of Britain (1970)
• black tie: the tuxedo debuted at the autumn ball of the Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York (1886)

Today's Birthdays:

• Thelonious Monk: jazz pianist/composer, founder of bebop (1917-1982)
• Ben Vereen: actor/dancer (60)
• Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: winner of the 2004 Daytona 500 (32)