Behind a career day for quarterback Matt Schaub, the Houston Texans erased a 17-14 halftime deficit to score– points in the second half and defeat the host Cincinnati Bengals 28-17. Schaub threw for 342 yards and 4 touchdowns against one interception in the solid road victory. Against a team that had won three straight games in the final seconds, Houston never gave Cincinnati the chance to create any late drama. Cincinnati dropped to 4-2 with the loss while Houston evened their record at 3-3.
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Professional hockey players from the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia are now ubiquitous, but Stan Mikita was something of a pioneer. The Chicago Blackhawks legend was sometimes relegated to secondary status behind more telegenetic stars like teammate Bobby Hull, but you can make a very good case that Mikita was the best NHL forward of the’60′s. He was born in Sokolce, in what is now known as Slovakia. In the conflict torn years prior to WW II, he was sent to Canada and adopted by an aunt and uncle. Like most young Canadian boys, he started playing hockey and quickly exhibited significant talent at the country’s national sport.
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The popular comic cartoon The Smurfs was produced in Brussels in 1958 and created by “Peyo”. These undersized, blue skinned beings are living in some mushroom-like house inside Smurf Village, located in a clearing in the middle of a deep forest. Smurfs are very small, blue colored and their speech is distinguished by the regular employment of the word “Smurf”. Sarsaparilla leaves (Smurfberries in Smurf dialect) is their choice regarding food and their way of traveling is by hopping on both feet.
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