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The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 1, 2017
The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 1, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH MINNESOTA DT SHARRIF FLOYD thinks he might be able to play this season after all. Ben Gosseling from ESPN.com: Sharrif Floyd was on the field for the Vikings’ practice on Wednesday, though he wasn’t able to do any running. Floyd, who is…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 31, 2017
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 31, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH CHICAGO With MIKE GLENNON and MITCHELL TRUBISKY, who knew that MARK SANCHEZ was also a QB on the Bears roster? Now, he is an ailing QB. Dan Wiederer in the Chicago Tribune: Sanchez suffered an injury to his left knee during…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 30, 2017
The Daily Briefing Tuesday, May 30, 2017 AROUND THE NFL NFC EAST DALLAS Like Tiger Woods, Cowboys CB NOLAN CARROLL gets busted for DUI in the early hours of Memorial Day. Todd Archer at ESPN.com: Dallas Cowboys cornerback Nolan Carroll was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Monday morning in the…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, May 29, 2017
The Daily Briefing Monday, May 29, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King: I think the NFL’s decision to cut overtime from 15 to 10 minutes probably won’t result in more ties, because coaches will play more aggressively in overtime. I’m not crazy about the change, but I understand it. Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL…
Read MoreNASCAR Sunday, May 28, 2017
NASCAR Sunday, May 28, 2017 NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most Dover wins: 10 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson: 2015 Dover Playoff race: Lap 104 rear axle seal failure, returned to track 37 laps down – Finished 41st Finished 25th at Dover 5/16 – Lap 213 spin & started 18 car crash…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, May 26, 2017
The Daily Briefing Friday, May 26, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Four writers from TheMMQB.com bat around the effect of the 10-minute overtime. The MMQB Welcome, everyone. Let’s jump right in. The NFL’s stated reason for reducing overtime from 15 minutes to 10 is for player safety. Do you buy this? If not, what’s really…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 25, 2017 AROUND THE NFL David Steele of The Sporting News notes the biggest change wrought by the NFL’s new cutdown policy: The NFL keeps refusing to completely get rid of, or even cut back on, the abomination that is the preseason schedule. Even the players and coaches are…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The Daily Briefing Wednesday, May 24, 2017 AROUND THE NFL The Pro Bowl is heading back to Orlando and it will be shown on two networks, although both owned by Disney: The Pro Bowl will be played in Orlando again in 2018, with an earlier start time of 3 p.m. ET, the NFL announced Wednesday.…
Read MoreNASCAR Tuesday, May 23, 2017
NASCAR Sunday, May 21, 2017 CC 600 Notes Darrell Waltrip: 5 Coca-Cola 600 wins – Most all-time (5/28/78 First win & 5/28/89 Last win) Jeff Gordon: First of 93 career wins: 1994 Coca-Cola 600 Michael Waltrip: 1996 All-Star Race winner Larry McReynolds: Crew chief for Davey Allison’s only Coca-Cola 600 win in 1991 Dale Earnhardt…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, May 22, 2017
The Daily Briefing Monday, May 22, 2017 AROUND THE NFL Peter King says that 40 players talked some sense into The Commish and the threshold for a celebration penalty will be significantly higher in 2017: • Vernon Davis, you can shoot that jump shot again, without getting whacked. The NFL flagged and fined 26…
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