Box Score 7/13: Summer sports slide into second half of season

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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what were reading while catching up on ESPY highlights. (We watched Summer League and "Dazed and Confused" instead last night.) 

Happy birthday today to Yadier Molina, Ryan Ludwick and Tony Kornheiser. On this date in 1930 competition for the first ever World Cup got underway in Uruguay. 

Daily brain workout

Name every host of the ESPY awards in our 'The ESPYs will never go beyond the Norm' quiz. 

YB ICYMI

• Forecasting the second half of the season for the American League and the National League.
• The most lopsided MLB trade deadline deals. 
• Most anticipated second half call-ups in the majors. 
• MLB players most likely to be traded at the deadline.
• The 20 best ESPY moments of all time. 

Around the league

• Where have all the Deions gone? How the last of the dual-sports stars did it, why we haven’t seen one since, and why we might never see one again. [SI]
• Takeaways from J.J. Watt's new menswear collection. (Hint: lots of red, white and blue) [NFL.com]
• Wimbledon’s tent village, an experience that rivals the tennis. [Washington Post]

Yup, we've reached the dog days of summer when it's time for college football media days. Literally.