def _find_games(self, date, end_date):
<EOL>if not end_date or date > end_date:<EOL><INDENT>end_date = date<EOL><DEDENT>date_step = date<EOL>while date_step <= end_date:<EOL><INDENT>url = self._create_url(date_step)<EOL>page = self._get_requested_page(url)<EOL>games = page('<STR_LIT>').items()<EOL>boxscores = self._extract_game_info(games)<EOL>timestamp = '<STR_LIT>' % (date_step.month, date_step.day,<EOL>date_step.year)<EOL>self._boxscores[timestamp] = boxscores<EOL>date_step += timedelta(days=<NUM_LIT:1>)<EOL><DEDENT>
Retrieve all major games played on a given day.

Builds a URL based on the requested date and downloads the HTML
contents before parsing any and all games played during that day. Any
games that are found are added to the boxscores dictionary with
high-level game information such as the home and away team names and a
link to the boxscore page.

Parameters
----------
date : datetime object
    The date to search for any matches. The month, day, and year are
    required for the search, but time is not factored into the search.
end_date : datetime object (optional)
    Optionally specify an end date to iterate until. All boxscores
    starting from the date specified in the 'date' parameter up to and
    including the boxscores specified in the 'end_date' parameter will
    be pulled. If left empty, or if 'end_date' is prior to 'date', only
    the games from the day specified in the 'date' parameter will be
    saved.