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Good Thursday to you all and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while getting out our beads for the All-Star Game this weekend in New Orleans.
Happy birthday John McEnroe, Keith Gretzky, Jerome Bettis and Eric Byrnes. On this date in 1952, Honus Wagner retired from coaching after forty years with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Daily brain workout
Name every player with a retired number on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Around the league
Not everything is terrible with the Knicks
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 16, 2017
We're almost at the weekend. Everyone be safe out there today.
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