Box Score 12/22: We're waiting for an NBA and NFL Christmas

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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for the Santa Tracker 8000 to warm up.

Happy birthday to Steve Carlton, Steve Garvey, Ray Guy, Mike Jackson and Jason Lane. On this date in 1996 quarterback Kordell Stewart ran a record 80 yards for a touchdown, a mark that would stand until Terrelle Pryor broke the record in 2013.

Daily brain game

Name the replacement for these notable NFL quarterbacks.

YB ICYMI

• Wait, the same person has been winning free game tickets from the Eagles mascot Swoop every week? What's going on here? That and everything else important for Week 16. Please remember most of the action happens on Saturday, so please plan your eggnog drinking accordingly.
• Heading to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl next week? We've got your guide to seeing the city. Can't recommend feeding the otters enough at the Georgia Aquarium, along with inhaling all the pimento cheese you can get your hands on. 
• 2016 was rough but for many athletes, a bad 2016 wasn't their fault. The players we would give a mulligan to in 2017.
• Listen it's not too late for next-day shipping. Your last gasp at shopping with style. 
• Still giving you all the reasons to watch the bowl games, including potato-infused superpowers.
• And lastly, the best moments of the NBA Christmas Day series. 

Around the league

• Rashaan Salaam spent the past few years in Colorado mentoring students before he took his own life. Friends wonder if the pressure of winning the Heisman more than twenty years ago helped contribute to his personal downward spiral. [NYT]
• The AHL's Craig Cunningham of the Tucson Roadrunners had a heart attack on the ice during a game. This is the story of the advanced medical techniques that brought him back from the dead. [Arizona Daily Star]
• Defender Molly Engstrom is now the third player to leave for international play after the NWHL cut players' salaries in half. [Excelle Sports]

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