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NASCAR Richmond Sunday, April 7, 2019
NASCAR Richmond Sunday, April 7, 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RICHMOND STATS HIGHLIGHTS Active drivers at Richmond Most Richmond wins: 6 Kyle Busch Most Richmond top 10 finishes: 23 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…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, April 5, 2019
AROUND THE NFL Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com teaches you how to talk like a scout: From surgeons to pilots to carpenters, mechanics and baristas, every profession has its own language. For the next 22 days, the lingo of the NFL draft will be all over the airwaves as analysts, scouts and fans define the…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, April 4, 2019
AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH GREEN BAY It started with Mike McCarthy complaining about the manner in which he was fired by the Packers – even though they granted him his wish to speak to the team afterwards. Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com got the interview: Mike McCarthy ranks 25th in NFL history with…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, April 3, 2019
AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT Kelly Stafford, wife of QB MATTHEW STAFFORD, has a brain tumor. Any brain tumor could be serious, but it looks like she has reason to be optimistic. Here is a complete update on what she is facing from Kristen Jordan Shamus of the Detroit Free Press:…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 2, 2019
AROUND THE NFL The referee of the 2017 (season) Super Bowl, Gene Steratore quit and took TV money. Now, the referee of the 2018 (season) Super Bowl, John Parry has quit to take TV money. The moves concern Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: It’s not supposed to work this way. Referees shouldn’t…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, April 1, 2019
AROUND THE NFL Trees, 21 ornamental cherry trees to be precise, are standing in the way of the NFL’s plans for the draft. The AP: The city of Nashville won’t cut down 21 ornamental cherry trees to make space for an NFL draft stage, Mayor David Briley said Saturday. In a news release,…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, March 31, 2019
NASCAR Information Sunday, March 31, 2019 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 2 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr. (Winless) Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Busch Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch only…
Read MoreNASCAR Bristol Sunday, March 31, 2019
NASCAR Bristol Sunday, March 31, 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES BRISTOL STATS HIGHLIGHTS 5 Won first career race at Bristol – Earnhardt, R. Wallace, Irvan, E. Sadler & Kurt Busch Dale Earnhardt only Rookie of the Year contender to win Bristol (4/1/79) Dale Earnhardt won in his first 2 races at Bristol (4/1/79 & 3/30/80) –…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, March 29, 2019
AROUND THE NFL In a year when Zach Taylor, Matt LaFleur and Kliff Kingsbury leaped into NFL head coaching jobs, Sean Payton doesn’t name any names – but his thoughts are clear. Kevin Patra of NFL.com: The once hot-shot offensive mind teams desired to mimic thinks franchises are foolhardy for the obsession with trying…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, March 28, 2019
AROUND THE NFL In hockey, a goal can be negated by a tiny offsides violation minutes before the goal. Now, as Mike Florio points out, a TD could be eradicated by an offensive interference pick play long before the receiver reaches the end zone: Generally speaking, the NFL made a wise decision to…
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