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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…
Read MoreThe 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.…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreNASCAR 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…
Read MoreNASCAR 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, September 12, 2019
AROUND THE NFL As we go to press comes this word that there ain’t going to be no BAKER MAYFIELD-SAM DARNOLD re-match on Monday night. Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com: Sam Darnold was out of practice yesterday with what was designated “illness.” Now that they know which one it is, he may be out…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, September 10, 2019
AROUND THE NFL The first game on Monday night had an awfully good finish. Houston took over, down seven, with 50 seconds left. And scored with too much time on the clock. Danny Heifetz of The Ringer: Saints fans showed up to the Superdome dressed as referees. Blind referees, to be specific. The…
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