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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…
Read MoreNASCAR 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)…
Read MoreNASCAR 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, February 23, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing J.J. WATT has a funny way of letting us know that he is the kind of guy who ponders and ponders over every decision. Kevin Patra of NFL.com: Sometimes more options make choices more difficult. The place between weighing options and making a decision is apparently where J.J. Watt…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, February 22, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The cap is shrinking, but it would have shrunk more but for an accommodation with the NFLPA. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: When the NFL and NFL Players Association agreed recently to increase the minimum salary cap from $175 million to $180 million, the adjustment sparked speculation that the final number…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, February 21, 2021
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS 20-Christopher Bell 26 Years Old (12/16/94) Norman, OK (5 Championships) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Since 11/17/20) Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Age: 42 (7/22/78) Portsmouth, OH (3 Super Bowl wins) Car Owner: Joe Gibbs (11/25/40) 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame & 1996 Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd Year in NASCAR Cup Series / First with…
Read MoreNASCAR Miami Sunday, February 21, 2021
MIAMI NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS First of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – 3 of next 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks (Homestead-Miami, Las Vegas & Atlanta) Top 1.5-mile track winners competing: Kevin Harvick 17, Kyle Busch 15, Brad Keselowski 14, Martin Truex Jr. 12, Denny Hamlin 11 Miami wins: Denny Hamlin 3,…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, February 19, 2021
AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing With QB CARSON WENTZ sent to Indianapolis – there were no franchise QBs drafted in the first round between 2009 and 2016 – at least for the franchise that drafted them. Field Yates of ESPN.com sent out the original tweet and Jake Matherson audited him: @FieldYates And with the…
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