American Pharoah Wins the Breeder's Cup Classic

American Pharoah wins the first Grand Slam of American Thoroughbred racing.  He won the 2015 Breeder's Cup Classic in dominating fashion by 6 1/2 lengths.  Effinex was 2nd and Honor Code was 3rd.   He adds this win to his wins at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to complete the Grand Slam in his final race before retiring.

Your Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (10/30/2015)

Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

Hold Out - Jackson Browne

(1 week at #1)

September 13th 1980

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Browne except where noted:

1. "Disco Apocalypse" – 5:08
2. "Hold Out" – 5:37
3. "That Girl Could Sing" – 4:34
4. "Boulevard" – 3:15
5. "Of Missing Persons" – 6:31
6. "Call It a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley) – 4:35
7. "Hold On Hold Out" (Browne, Craig Doerge) – 8:08

Your Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (10/28/2015)

Top 10 Pilot Episodes of TV Sitcoms

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (10/25/2015)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10 List

Week Ending October 25th 2015

10 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(39 weeks on list)

9  -  After You - Jojo Moyes
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson
(Debut)
In a follow-up to "The Alloy of Law", the Mistborn world is shaken by terrorism and assassination.

7  -  Make Me - Lee Child
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee
(13 weeks on list)

5  -  The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz
(6 weeks on list)

4  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(75 weeks on list)

3  -  The Murder House - James Patterson
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)

2  -  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin
(Debut)
A collection of three official prequels to "A Song of Ice and Fire".


1 - The Survivor - Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills
(Debut)
The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must control the damage from a leak of C.I.A. documents.  Mills finished the book for Flynn, who died in 2013.

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Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week (10/23/2015)

October 23rd 1993

Joe Carter wins the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays with a home run off of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams.  Carter became only the 2nd player to end a World Series with a home run. 

Your Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (10/22/2015)

WE LOVE THE 70s!

circa 1975

Andre the Giant meets Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr

2001 Major League Baseball Rookies of the Year

2001 American League Rookie of the Year

 Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners)

2001 National League Rookie of the Year 

Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals)