Box Score 11/11: Retro sports games, sad Browns, serious Kobe
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Happy birthday to Chuck Hernandez, Billy Gunn, Willie Parker, Austin Collie, and Victor Cruz. On this day in 1946, the New York Knickerbockers played their first game at Madison Square Garden, a loss to the Chicago Stags, 78-68.
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- Heating up the hot stove: Big names on the MLB trade market: "At the surface level, this seems like an asinine idea for the Pirates: trade away your barely 30-year-old franchise centerpiece after one down season, one in which he still hit 24 home runs and drove in 79 runs."
- The 4 best sports games on the NES Classic (and 6 they left out) : On Tecmo Bowl: "Make sure you pick up a second controller for your friends who have never played the game before, then just run the ball with Bo Jackson."
- Major injuries that changed the trajectory of the NFL season: "Dak Prescott has only had a few even middling games, which has kept the Romo comeback talk mostly at bay, though you have to imagine it's bound to return if at any point the rookie struggles this season.
About that Browns-Ravens game last night...
Around the league
- Former NFL player David Vobora has found his calling training war veterans who have been on the brink of addiction and despair. [ESPN]
- After the results of this week's presidential election, the USMNT-Mexico World Cup qualifier suddenly finds itself imbued with an extra level of meaning. [Sports On Earth]
- In a new interview, Kobe Bryant talks about death, retirement, and the Iliad. [The Ringer]
- If you're on Jeopardy! and know you don't have a chance at the Final Jeopardy! question (or is that 'answer'?), best to go out like this teen. [Deadspin]
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