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October 15, 2007

Go Figure

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51 Times Russell (Rock Bottom) Byars, 43, an engineer from Franklin, Pa., skipped a stone on the Allegheny River, a Guinness World Record.

2 Major leaguers who had a double, triple and home run in a postseason game: Lou Brock in 1968 and the Rockies' Kazuo Matsui last week.

3 Shutouts the Red Sox' Josh Beckett has thrown in six career postseason starts.

2 Shutouts by Beckett in 166 career regular-season starts.

77% Overall graduation rate for Division I athletes who enrolled between 1997 and 2000, according to an NCAA study.

95% Graduation rate for women's skiing, the highest rate of any sport in the study; fencing, gymnastics and lacrosse had the highest rate (88%) among men's sports.

4 Interceptions returned for touchdowns by Nicholls State in a 58--0 win over Northwestern State, tying an NCAA record.

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