Quite a sports influence in today’s News In World Records, and we’ll start in Miami, where last night the NBA title favorite Heat lost a stunner at home to the Chicago Bulls in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup.
Not only is Chicago depleted with injuries and fresh off a taxing 7-game, opening series win over the Brooklyn Nets, but Miami is laden with record-breaking talent. To wit, LeBron James was honored with his fourth MVP trophy earlier this week, leaving him just shy of the record for most wins of the award (6, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) at the age of just 28. Also, the Heat fell just shy of the NBA record for longest-ever winning streak this year, notching 27 consecutive victories from Feb. 3 to March 27, second only to the record mark of 33 games by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1971-72 season.
On the opposite U.S. coast, the NHL announced Monday that the Los Angeles Kings will use baseball’s Dodger Stadium to host the Anaheim Ducks in a regular-season game next year. Average high temperatures for L.A. in January run to 68 degrees, so it’ll certainly make for a unique hockey experience (and plenty of melted ice for post-game drinks).
While Dodger Stadium boasts a capacity of 56,000 – massive for a hockey game – it will still fall well short of the largest-ever attendance for an ice hockey game, set at the similarly outdoor Michigan Stadium in 2010. “The Big Chill at the Big House” saw the University of Michigan defeat Michigan State University, 5-0, in front of 104,173 verified fans. Here’s a look at that frigid, record-breaking day.
In sad news from Hollywood, it was announced the mother of “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, Margaret, died in her sleep last month at the age of 94. Margaret served, of course, as the naming inspiration for Marge Simpson, as did Matt’s father Homer and siblings Lisa and Maggie. Margaret Groening’s namesake has served as a tentpole for one of the most successful TV shows of all time, as the Simpsons holds records for both the longest running animated series and longest running sitcom by episode count.
And while Marge Simpson may be most famous for her epic blue hair, the big news in follicles today comes in gray – as in there soon may be no more of it.
Researchers in Europe have published a report claiming to not only have gotten to the root of gray hair among aging adults, but to have developed a permanent treatment for it.
This will come as welcome news to men and women of all ages, and records indicate a demand for the cure: when Schwarzkopf Professional and Sergio & Margarida Hair Salon of Lisbon put on a 24-hour hair dyeing event in 2009, it brought a record-breaking 380 people to get the coiffures colored in the time frame.
