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The Daily Briefing Monday, July 26, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing On Friday, the NFL was rocked when two coaches were summarily fired for refusing to take one of the experimental vaccines. The most senior was veteran coach Rick Dennison of the Vikings. Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com: After refusing to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, Rick Dennison is out as a…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, July 23, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com sees anti-vaxxers causing discord in the locker rooms of the NFL: Teams with high vaccination rates will have a competitive advantage. They also will minimize the potential internal turmoil. In Buffalo, a full-blown COVID schism could be on the way, after Thursday’s memo making it…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 20, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH CHICAGO A tale from Chicago in 2021. Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: Last month a Chicago resident named Scott Morrow was walking down the street when he suddenly felt a sharp pain and collapsed to the ground. He had been shot in the back and was now in…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, July 19, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing A fun fact – the NFC East is the only current NFL division in which every team has won at least one Super Bowl. NFC North – not Detroit NFC South – not Carolina or Atlanta NFC West – not Arizona AFC East – not Buffalo AFC North – not…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, July 16, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Perhaps too slowly for some in the media and elsewhere, but the NFL players are slowly, but surely, knuckling under the immense coercive pressure to get the vaccine. Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL’s vaccination rate continues to increase, with training camp fast approaching. There are now 13…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, July 18, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON New Hampshire Aric Almirola New Hampshire winner – Started 22nd, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 25 laps led Winner pit stops: Aric Almirola (5 Stops) 35, 78, 131, 188, 250 (Green) Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (193-293) Top 5 Stage 1 &…
Read MoreNASCAR Watkins Glen Sunday, July 18, 2021
WATKINS GLEN NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS LEN NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Road Course All-Time Winners Jeff Gordon 9 Tony Stewart 8 Chase Elliott 7 Bobby Allison 6 Richard Petty 6 Ricky Rudd 6 Rusty Wallace 6 23 Different winners in 37 NASCAR Cup Series Watkins Glen races First career win for 16 drivers…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, July 11, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.6 Denny Hamlin Most laps led this season: 1441 Kyle…
Read MoreNASCAR New Hampshire Sunday, July 11, 2021
NEW HAMPSHIRE NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Brad Keselowski: 2020 New Hampshire winner – Started 4th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 184 laps led (most) 2 Finished top 5 in 2020 New Hampshire Stage 1 & 2 – Denny Hamlin (1st & 2nd), Brad Keselowski (5th & 1st) 4-Kevin Harvick: 4…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, July 12, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH GREEN BAY Is QB AARON RODGERS backtracking from a split? He doesn’t sound like a mam implementing a plan. Adam Maya of NFL.com: Deadlines force decisions, and Aaron Rodgers has a major one impending. Whether he will play for the Packers, or at all, in 2021 has…
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