Tiles and Balls

The National Puzzlers' League has been abuzz over this Slate article about a recent record-setter of a Scrabble game. Highest score for one player in a game: 830. Highest total score for a game: 1,320. Highest score on a single play: 365. All set in this one game. Stefan Fatsis (author of the enjoyable Word Freak) provides a breakdown of the game.

Jack sent me a link to this neat piece about an analysis of the new NBA basketballs, relative to the old model.