Box Score 4/7: The last time we saw a goalie's face
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while waiting for our NHL playoff matchup.
Happy birthday today to Adrian Beltre, Tiki & Ronde Barber, Ricky Watters, Suzann Pettersen, Pascal Dupuis, and Tony Dorsett. On this date in 1974 Andy Brown of the Pittsburgh Penguins became the last goalie to play a game in the NHL without a mask.
Daily brain workout
QUIZ: Name every winner of the Masters Tournament.
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Around the league
- US women’s hockey dominates Germany in World Championship semifinals [Excelle Sports]
- Reanne Evans, an 11-time world champion of women’s snooker, is playing in the men's championship where the prize money is far more valuable and advancing. [NYT]
- Seven takeaways from the USWNT’s 4-0 thrashing of Russia. [Fox Sports]
- Because it's "killing time before the draft draft season" let's go ahead and redo the 2008 NFL Draft for a sort of painful "what if?" to see what your team should have done. [NFL]
Juuuuuust a bit outside...
Have a good Friday, everyone. Take a deep breath and exhale, we're down to the wire in hockey and basketball. Focus. You've got this.
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