Box Score 7/14: We made it through the 'slowest' week in sports
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what were reading while we're counting down the minutes first the first pitch today.
Happy birthday today to Conor McGregor, Nikolay Kulemin, Darrelle Revis, Tim Hudson, Erick Dampier and Robin Ventura. On this date in 1992 Ken Griffey Jr. was named MVP of the 1992 All-Star Game.
Daily brain workout
Name the highest-paid player on every NBA team from the 2016-17 season in our 'NBA players are laughing all the way to the bank' quiz.
YB ICYMI
- What's cool and what's not in this week's Three Up, Three Down: The All-Star Game didn't count and it was awesome.
- Our BIG3 Week 4 preview: Shine on me, Philadelphia three-dom.
- The Falcons’ new concession prices are the least they do.
- Most important NBA free agent signings ever.
Around the league
- 'I'm not trying to be a celebrity': A night with Marlins Man at the All-Star Game. [SB Nation]
- The Beer Mile world record holder is more than just a gimmick racer. [Vice Sports]
- In an interview with the Post-Gazette, team owner Rob Burkle says he'd give "$15 million to bring back Marc-Andre Fleury." [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
In a first for the YB Box Score, a cricket highlight (as a warning to baseball fans sitting in the outfield)
Have a good weekend everyone. Baseball's back. (So is "Game of Thrones." We're all here for that too.)
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