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Box Score 1/13: Warming up for the playoff weekend
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown goes through drills during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The Steelers face the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC Divisional playoff game on Sunday. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

Box Score 1/13: Warming up for the playoff weekend

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Good morning on this Friday the 13th and welcome to the Yardbarker Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for Jason to come and get us just before the credits roll.

Happy birthday to Nate Silver, Reggie Brown, Nick Mangold, Joannie Rochette, Marc Staal, Josh Freeman, Ivan Provorov and Connor McDavid. 

On this date in 1983 the American Medical Association called for a ban on boxing due to Muhammad Ali's declining health. Dr. George Lundberg wrote in the medical journal JAMA, boxing was a "throwback to uncivilized man (that) should not be sanctioned by any civilized society."

Daily brain workout

Name the NFL starting quarterbacks with the most playoff losses.

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