RIP Dmitri Nabokov (1934-2012)

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Dmitri Nabokov, son of the great novelist Vladimir Nabokov, died Wednesday in Vevey, Switzerland. He was 77 years old.

During his life, Dmitri Nabokov was "a bon vivant, a professional opera singer, a race car driver and a mountain climber," to quote the New York Times. He also never married, leaving no immediate survivors.

And A Star Is Born

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Harvard graduate and late roster addition Jeremy Lin, scores 38 points to lead the Knicks over Kobe Bryant's Lakers, culminating a week of spectacular play during which he averaged 25 points and 8 assists which in turn led to three Knicks' victories.

What Was Vegas Thinking?

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To be honest, I thought the Pats had this game won with about 4 minutes left. But Eli comes through again. What a season he's had. The stuff of legends.

Trivia of the Day

In 1890, two Americans Allen and Sachtleben, having just graduated from college, decided to bicycle around the world. Three years later they returned home, having bicycled 15,000 miles, much of those miles spent bicycling between Constantinople (present day Istanbul, Turkey) to Peking (present day Beijing, China). Oh to be young again.

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