Our History
Unique, Fascinating, Obscure, Never-to-Forget Trivia. Most frequently described as "oh
wow", "oh my gosh", "how did he find that one", "down right head scratchin'" trivia.
Michael King self proclaims
himself as the first SPORTS ARCHEOLOGIST.
In June 2006, Michael
King began researching a few novelty baseball trivia facts, such as who was the first American League Designated Hitter
to hit a home run and who was the leading scorer on Bill Russell's high school basketball team? Within a week, King was researching
assorted trivia facts. Within 60 days a daily trivia fact found its way into over 125 different email boxes, throughout
the entire country. By summer 2007, the daily emails halted and instead became the start of trivia books, soon made
available to family and friends.
Read Us For Fun Publishing was established in the summer of 2007, under the name Trivia
Is Fun Company. Our initial name was TIFCO until it was discovered the name was already in use. Keep this tidbit
in mind, one day it will be an answer to a famous trivia question. In April 2008 Read Us For Fun
became an official publishing house and now the sky is the limit.
In January
2008, King wrote, published and marketed a Super Bowl trivia book. After sales topped 1,000 copies sold, the author
realized the potential opportunity available. With 30 seconds remaining in the Pats-Giants Super Bowl, THE HEARTACHE YEARS became reality. Realizing he was not upset over the unexpected New England lost, it dawned on Michael
why no tears were shed for our beloved Patriots. With three Super Bowl championships under New England's belt, how could
Pats fans have a feeling of emptiness. With this loss having no over-riding effect, suddenly a bolt
of lightning struck. Thinking of all the heartaches caused by the Sox over the past 45 years and thanks to 2004 &
2007 World Series championships, the pain has lost its sting!!! Before the clock wound down to 0:00 on Super Bowl
XLII, Michael King was already pounding the keys of his lap top, starting R.U.F.F.'s first book,
THE HEARTACHE YEARS. King's second book, PATRIOTS
PASSION From Day One will be available soon
to fans worldwide in celebration of the New England Patriots 50th Anniversary. For the avid fan who can't get enough
of King's writing R.U.F.F. has set up a blog with daily trivia on Facebook. Just look for R.U.F.F. (readusforfun) to get your daily trivia fix.
Next on the agenda, how about revisiting the Celtics and Bruins? And how about the 44 United States Presidents?
Publisher - Michael A. King
Board of Directors - Roger Bruggemeyer,
Jarred Crece, Kathy Cugini, Jay Hughes, Steve Irish, Bill Lucy, Penny Pappas.
Executive Vice President - Public Relations/Sales - Wendy Bornstein
Senior Vice President - Fund Raising - Gregory
W. King
Director - Finance - Kathy
Cugini
Director - Business Development
- Steve Irish
Editors
- Beth DeBor, Debbie Mackey, Pat Barksdale
Advisor - Mark Claflin
Illustrators - Rachael Bornstein, Heather Balchunas
Research - Michelle Bornstein, Michael Morris
R.U.F.F. Mascot - Delilah
