Box Score 8/1: The dust settles after the trade deadline
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we start to calculate how much we can charge to rent out our guest room for the LA 2028 Olympics.
Happy birthday today to Edgerrin James, Kevin Jarvis and Gregg Jefferies. On this date in 1984 Greg Louganis get a record score of 700 in diving in the 1984 LA Olympics.
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- Getaway Day: Trade deadline edition – In, out or in-between?
- The MLB managerial hot seat index: Who's next to go?
- Breaking down most significant MLB trades in 2017 now that we're past the deadline.
- Prominent NFL players who could be cut following training camp.
- The most overpaid NFL player at every position.
- Sports & Politics Intersect: NFL and NIH collide over concussions lead our our weekly roundup.
Around the league
- Bill Barnwell digs deep into the numbers behind the NFL teams that could be on the decline 2017. [ESPN]
- If the media is right, this is how the college football bowl game predictions should work out. If. [SB Nation]
- As David Beckham's MLS franchise finally becomes a reality, does Miami even care? [NYT]
- The Crown League has further enriched Toronto's thriving hoops scene. [Vice Sports Canada]
When things are going great for your team and your starting pitcher and then you remember Mondays ruin everything
Have a good Tuesday, everyone. New month, football is on our doorstep.
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