Box Score 3/23: Team USA wins their first WBC title
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for our WBC championship hangover to wear off.
Happy birthday to Jason Kidd, Mark Buehrle, Kyrie Irving and Maurice Jones-Drew. On this date in 1994 Wayne Gretzky scored his 802th goal breaking Gordie Howe's record for most NHL goals.
Daily brain workout
QUIZ: Name the first group of players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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- Now that your team has been eliminated from the tourney, which Sweet 16 team should you be rooting for?
- Season is getting even closer so we've ranked all 30 MLB rotations and all 30 lineups plus the best MLB fantasy players at every position
Around the league
- Fearless freshman Tyasha Harris plays beyond her years as South Carolina's point guard [espnW]
- Kevin Aguilar could be the next human highlight reel for the UFC [Fox Sports]
- Jim Harbaugh's expenses are pretty lame. Spaghetti Factory? [Deadspin]
- Is the atmosphere at Premier League stadiums over-hyped? [Vice UK]
Why yes, this totally normal
Stroman is really just short for 'Strong Man'
Have a good Thursday. We get tourney basketball back tonight.
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