Numerical Nonsense

40…points scored by Pitt forward Levon Kendall, playing for Canada, in a quarterfinal… 40…points scored by Pitt forward Levon Kendall, playing for Canada, in a quarterfinal upset win over the United States in the Under-21 World Basketball Championships. The forward landed on the all-tournament squad in leading Canada to a bronze medal.

0…members of the United States team, which finished fifth in the same World Basketball Championship tournament, who made it onto the tournament’s all-star team.

14…gold medals won by the United States at the World Championships of Track and Field. The mark sets a new record for gold medals in a single event.

6…years since a San Francisco Giant hit for the cycle in a Major League Baseball game. Randy Winn, who the Giants just acquired from Seattle, accomplished the feat in his first four at-bats in a 7-3 win over Cincinnati.