The Daily Briefing Monday, August 24, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing At first it looked like a wave of Covid-19 infections across the NFL.  Now, it looks like incompetent testing by a New Jersey lab.  Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com: The NFL worked Sunday to assess a series of positive COVID-19 results that have all been traced to the same laboratory in…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, August 23, 2020

2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 7 Kevin Harvick Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin Most top 5 finishes: 17 Kevin Harvick Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 11 Kyle Busch Most top 10 finishes: 21 Kevin Harvick Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 7 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick…

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NASCAR Daytona Sunday, August 23, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES DAYTONA STATS HIGHLIGHTS Active Daytona Leaders: Wins: 3 Denny Hamlin & Jimmie Johnson Top 5: 13 Kurt Busch Top 10: 18 Kurt Busch Laps Led: 521 Denny Hamlin Poles: 3 Chase Elliott 2020 Daytona 500: Pole: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Finished 20th Stage 1 winner: Chase Elliott – Finished 17th Stage 2…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, August 21, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com gets the names of the Covid-19 committee the Commissioner has recruited for advice: The names are now known as to the members of the outside advisory committee that will assist Commissioner Roger Goodell on issues relating to COVID-19, throughout the 2020 season.   They are, per…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, August 20, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The NFL has a rule banning pumped in crowd noise and teams have been severely punished for violating it.  But, in the age of Covid-19 and empty stadiums, it is, unlike Big Ten decisions, being revisited.  Quinton Mayo of NBCSports.com: The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the landscape of sports…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, August 19, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC EAST   DALLAS The Cowboys didn’t want DL GERALD McCOY sitting around in their injured reserve list.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: The Cowboys have released defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, the team announced.   Nick Eatman of the team website reports the Cowboys “had an injury waiver on McCoy’s right…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, August 18, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Barring a reversal, it looks like there will be fans attending at least one NFL game this year.  KMBC9 in Kansas City: The Kansas City Chiefs have finalized their plans to have fans in the stands at Arrowhead Stadium this fall.   Under the guidelines established by the NFL, and…

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NASCAR Dover Sunday, August 16, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS 2019 Dover Same Top 4 Each Race   May Oct. Alex Bowman 2nd 3rd Kevin Harvick 4th 4th Kyle Larson 3rd 1st Martin Truex Jr. 1st 2nd Chase Elliott: 8 Career wins – Never won back-to-back races 9th Dover NCS race – 1 Win (10/18) Finished last at Dover…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, August 16, 2020

2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 6 Kevin Harvick Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin Most top 5 finishes: 15 Kevin Harvick Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 10 Kyle Busch Most top 10 finishes: 19 Kevin Harvick Most top 10 finishes by winless driver: 14 Kurt Busch Most laps led: 888…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, August 17, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA The DB is thinking that a player likely to be extremely impactful who is kind of flying under the radar is WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON.  Gary Kubiak is thinking the same thing.  Michael Baca of NFL.com: After trading wide receiver Stefon Diggs this offseason, the Minnesota Vikings…

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