Box Score 1/5: Westbrook's clunker costs him
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for Woody Johnson's endorsement in 2017.
Happy birthday to Sam Wyche, Vinnie Jones, Jeff Fassero, Joe Juneau and Kyle Calder. On this date in 2007 Bill Cowher resigned as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Coincidentally enough, also the date of former Steelers head coach Chuck Noll's birth.)
Daily brain workout
Name every Steelers defensive Pro Bowler in the Super Bowl era.
YB ICYMI
- We still have one more outdoor game left this season, but we have to ask, are the NHL spectacles still worth it?
- If you're heading to Tampa for the College Football Playoff Championship here is your guide to eating, drinking and partying with other fans. Did somebody mention barbecue and smoked fish?
- Already have your eye on the draft? Here are the college players who helped their case during bowl season.
Around the league
- The Eagles PR team wasn't having it with, um, the press box being loud and kicked out a reporter over the objections of the other reporters covering Philadelphia-Dallas. A bunch of reporters and a bad interaction with the team? You bet there's already an oral history. [The Ringer]
- College football players in the Power 5 now get small stipends to help them throughout the year, what do they spend the money on? Car repairs, family expenses and just getting by. [NYT]
- Shaun Assael has a new book out about the death of boxer Sonny Liston and The Undefeated has a look at the controversy surrounding the fighter's passing. [The Undefeated]
Whoops, that's sure to result in detention.
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