Box Score 10/12: Coates, Prescott and Crosby

Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for the puck to drop tonight. 

Happy birthday to Leon Lett, Nancy Kerrigan and Miroslav Satan. On this date in 1929, the Cubs blew an 8-0 lead to the A's in the World Series when Philadelphia scores ten runs in one inning.

Around the league:

• The statistical likelihood of the Chargers opening up 1-4 was so small, you need a decimal point and lots of zeros. 0.0000034 according to Pro-FootballReference.com. [NFL.com]
• Hockey season is here, and so are details of the newly improved concussion spotters program. [Puck Daddy]
• This piece is older from Outside Magazine but new to us and worthy read; The Last Days of Stealhead Joe. [Outside]
• Sports fans tend to be a bit weird #29,730: a guy with a goat at a baseball game. [Fox Sports]

YB ICYMI: 

"Coates had a huge game on Sunday against the Jets, posting 139 yards and two scores. That may have been his best performance to date though it's hardly the only significant one – he's in the top 10 in the NFL in receiving yards despite only 19 catches. He leads all receivers with at least 10 catches with a 22.2 yard average per catch, making him an undisputed big play threat for the Steelers." - NFL's surprising stars of 2016

"For Prescott, the interception line item still says zero on his sheet, but comes in with a 101.5 passer rating and four TDs. The Cowboys rookie is nearing a record set by Tom Brady for most passes thrown without an interception (162), currently sitting at 155 after Week 5." - Top 10 rookie seasons in the NFL since 2000

"And maybe that's part of the magic, why it has such staying power and why I am obsessed with convincing people that I have a shaky claim to cult internet fame. When Homestar Runner was introduced online, it offered a perfect middle ground — somewhere between cheesy Saturday morning cartoon shows and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Like a Pixar movie, the cartoons are uniquely accessible to fans of all ages, as long as the fans are old enough to hear the word "crap." - Everybody, everybody: The world of Homestar Runner, 20 years later

"Both teams that competed in the previous Final tend to get a lot of attention right off the bat. For the Stanley Cup-winning Penguins, the conversation will be about whether or not they can repeat that success — which will be agonizing if Pittsburgh starts off this season like the last one, where Sidney Crosby can’t find the back of the net. For the Sharks, it will be about whether the additions they made in the off-season filled the right holes — the Pens beat them in the Final with speed, so San Jose added speed by acquiring Mikkel Boedker in July." - The biggest storylines heading into the 2016-2017 NHL season

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