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NASCAR Talladega Sunday, June 14, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES TALLADEGA STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano Talladega Top 5 DNFs Martin Truex Jr. 2 13 Jimmie Johnson 7 10 Kurt Busch 8 9 Ryan Newman 7 9 Kyle Busch 6 6 Austin Dillon 1 5 Looking ahead to Talladega with a look back at the Daytona 500: How…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, June 15, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH NEW ORLEANS NASCAR won over RB ALVIN KAMARA with its shift away from racially insensitive images. Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: Alvin Kamara knew little about NASCAR before Wednesday, but as soon as NASCAR announced its decision to ban the Confederate flag, the Saints running back tweeted his…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, June 12, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Don’t count on four preseason games in 2020. Paul Schwartz of the New York Post on rumors emanating from the NFL Office. Everyone is hankering for real, live NFL football and salivating at the thought of the season kicking off as scheduled in September. Fans are almost universally in agreement…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, June 11, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH MINNESOTA Terez Paylor of YahooSports.com on how the Vikings, who as a sports team need security, are trying to navigate the demands of players and activists with their relationship with the Minneapolis police department (not yet defunded or disbanded). On Tuesday, Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 10, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Frank Schwab of YahooSports.com points out that this is not the first time NFL players have not been on the field under the inspection of their coaches in an offseason. And we don’t remember 2011 as deficient: Football coaches are micromanagers. If you gave them 23 hours and 50 minutes…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 9, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Will the NFLPA let the NFL start training camps a bit earlier this year due to the way the offseason programs were shut down? Albert Breer of SI.com: • So could some players return to team facilities before June 26? The answer is yes, it’s possible, though maybe not likely.…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, June 8, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing On Friday afternoon, without consulting with the owners, Roger Goodell put the NFL squarely on the side of its militant players in the battle against improper policing specifically and systemic racial injustice in general. The NFL, said Goodell, had been wrong not to listen to its players and accept what…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, June 7, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless) Most top 3 finishes: 4 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick Most top 5 finishes: 6 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick Most top…
Read MoreNASCAR Martinsville Sunday, June 7, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES MARTINSVILLE STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano Martinsville Active Leaders: Wins: 9 Jimmie Johnson Top 5 finishes: 19 Jimmie Johnson Top 10 finishes: 24 Jimmie Johnson Laps led: 2862 Jimmie Johnson Average start: 8.2 Joey Logano Average finish: 9.3 Jimmie Johnson Lead lap finishes: 30 Jimmie Johnson Poles:…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, June 5, 2020
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Boy, it’s tough to be a compiler of NFL news these days – and an occasional commentator. We wish this could be just about football but NFL news today is dominated by statements and actions concerning America’s race-related crisis. At the beginning of the week, we vowed to be “less…
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