The Daily Briefing Tuesday, September 24, 2019

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   CHICAGO WR TAYLOR GABRIEL couldn’t finish his greatest game.  Jelani Scott of NFL.com:   In the midst of his superb showing on “Monday Night Football,” Taylor Gabriel’s momentum was suddenly halted by injury.   The Chicago Bears receiver exited Monday night’s 31-15 win over the Washington Redskins and headed…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, September 23, 2019

AROUND THE NFL The AFC looks like the Patriots and Chiefs heading for the byes and the rest of the conference swimming about for the other four spots.  Kansas City won, the other three AFC West teams lost and the Chiefs have a 2-game lead after three weeks.   The Patriots have a surprising 3-0…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, September 22, 2019

2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 6 Martin Truex Jr.  Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Joey Logano  Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Kyle Busch  Most top 5 finishes this season: 14 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin  Most top 10 finishes this season: 22…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, September 19, 2019

AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST   DALLAS With no market emerging, the Cowboys have cut ties with former first-round pick DE TACO CHARLTON.  Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com:   The Taco Charlton truck is being towed out of Dallas.   The Cowboys released the former first-round defensive end on Wednesday after two-plus seasons with the club.…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 18, 2019

AROUND THE NFL Someone, either Colin Kaepernick or his agent, wants an NFL check.  John Breech of CBSSports.com:   The 2019 NFL season has gotten off to a brutal start for the league’s quarterbacks, who are dropping like flies.   Through just two weeks, we’ve already seen Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Nick Foles go…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, September 17, 2019

AROUND THE NFL David Perdum of ESPN.com on the two big spreads in Week 3.   According to the betting market, there hasn’t been this large of a gap between the best and worst teams in the NFL since 1987, a strike season featuring games with starters against replacement players.   The New England Patriots…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, September 16, 2019

AROUND THE NFL The big stories of Week 2 were the injuries to aging QBs BEN ROETHLISBERGER (season-ending elbow) and DREW BREES (6 weeks, thumb).   And, as happens several weeks each year – the perfect storm of bad officiating featuring two referees (one veteran in Walt Anderson, one rookie in Adrian Hill) and the…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, September 15, 2019

2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 5 Martin Truex Jr. Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Joey Logano Most top 3 finishes this season: 11 Kyle Busch  Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin  Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 Kyle Busch  Best…

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NASCAR Richmond Sunday, September 15, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RICHMOND STATS HIGHLIGHTS Active drivers at Richmond Most Richmond wins: 6 Kyle Busch Most Richmond top 10 finishes: 24 Kevin Harvick Most Richmond laps led: 1659 Denny Hamlin   Kyle Busch: First NASCAR win: 5/14/04 – Richmond NXS 50th NASCAR win: 5/2/09 (Birthday) – Richmond MENCS 50th MENCS win: 9/22/18 – Richmond…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, September 13, 2019

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio on the standard the NFL seems to be settling on for pass interference reversals:   Last year, the NFL adjusted rules regarding lowering-the-helmet rule and the roughing-the-passer after an outcry emerged from the early-season application of the provisions. This year, the new procedure for replay review of pass interference hasn’t…

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