NASCAR Information Sunday, March 7, 2021

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON Las Vegas 3/7/21 Most competitive race this season: 27 Lead changes Best finish this season for 7 drivers: Kyle Larson 1st, Brad Keselowski 2nd, Kyle Busch 3rd, Ryan Blaney 5th, Erik Jones 10th, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 11th & Matt DiBenedetto 7th Worst finish of season for 3 of…

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NASCAR Phoenix Sunday, March 7, 2021

PHOENIX NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Championship race: November 7 – 238 Days from March 14 312 Laps – Stages 75 / 190 / 312 Phoenix 11/20: Winner: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 33, 79, 139, 163, 196, 260 Longest green flag run: 112 Laps (201-312) Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott (3rd &…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, March 5, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing One of the best days of the year will be later than ever.  Mike Florio ofProFootballTalk.com: Last year, the NFL released the regular-season schedule on May 7. This year, it’ll happen even later than that.   Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the NFL says that it currently is…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, March 4, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing It is time for the NFL to discuss rules changes and ProFootballTalk.com has a string of posts on what may be in store. First the Eric Bienemy Rule that would put assistant coaches on playoff teams in the same position as assistant coaches on losers.  Michael David Smith: NFL teams…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, March 3, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO GM Ryan Pace will not foreclose any method as a possible means for the Bears improving their QB situation. Bears General Manager Ryan Pace is leaving no stone unturned in identifying his starting quarterback.   Pace wouldn’t rule out anything today, including Nick Foles or Mitchell Trubisky…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, March 2, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO Bounced at the University of Texas, Tom Herman has a job with the Bears. Josh Alper ofProFootballTalk.com: Former Texas head coach Tom Herman has landed a job on Bears head coach Matt Nagy’s staff.   The Bears announced Herman’s hiring on Monday. He has the title of…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, February 28, 2021

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON HOMESTEAD-MIAMI 2/28/21 Winner pit stops: William Byron (6 Stops) 27, 68, 83, 121 (Green), 156, 201 Longest green flag run: 67 Laps (88-154) – 60 Lap green-flag run to finish (208-267) Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (4th & 1st), Martin Truex Jr. (3rd & 4th)…

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NASCAR Las Vegas Sunday, February 28, 2021

LAS VEGAS NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS 2nd of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – 2 of next 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks (Las Vegas & Atlanta) 267 Laps – Stages 80 / 160 / 267 Las Vegas 9/20: Winner: Kurt Busch (6 Stops) 27, 83, 118, 163, 192, 237 Longest green flag…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, February 25, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Diana Russini of ESPN.com professes to have a source, no, make that multiple sources, in the J.J. WATT camp. Free-agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt has received contract offers from multiple teams, league sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini.   Multiple sources told Russini that the most lucrative offer Watt currently has…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, February 24, 2021

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   WASHINGTON QB ALEX SMITH does an interview with GQ – and it’s not all warm fuzzies about the WFT.  Chris Cwik of YahooSports.com: When asked how the organization responded to Smith coming back, Smith said:   “So there was a very small group of people that actually…

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