The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 23, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Cities big and small count on the economic stimulus brought by fans attending large-scale football games.  But there are those who might command empty stadiums for football this year.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com: The NFL remains highly optimistic that the 2020 season will be played. The NFL has become less…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 17, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The good news is the NFL anticipates a Hall of Fame Game in Ohio in nearly two months time.  The bad news, this far out, Governor Mike DeWine (R) is saying it will be fan free.  This even though the State of Ohio has blessed limited spectators at The Memorial…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 16, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing The AP explains how the NFL enters a time when government health experts are preventing some people from congregating en masse.  Schuyler Dixon reports: Timing favored the NFL over other major pro sports leagues in trying to figure out how to keep the coronavirus pandemic from wrecking the 2020 season.…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, June 14, 2020

2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 3 Denny Hamlin Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless) Most top 3 finishes: 5 Ryan Blaney Most top 10 finishes: 9 Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski Most laps led: 542 Kevin Harvick (544 Laps led first 22 races last season) Winner pit stops & lap last…

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NASCAR Talladega Sunday, June 14, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES TALLADEGA STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano Talladega Top 5 DNFs Martin Truex Jr. 2 13 Jimmie Johnson 7 10 Kurt Busch 8 9 Ryan Newman 7 9 Kyle Busch 6 6 Austin Dillon 1 5 Looking ahead to Talladega with a look back at the Daytona 500: How…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, June 15, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC SOUTH   NEW ORLEANS NASCAR won over RB ALVIN KAMARA with its shift away from racially insensitive images.  Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com: Alvin Kamara knew little about NASCAR before Wednesday, but as soon as NASCAR announced its decision to ban the Confederate flag, the Saints running back tweeted his…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, June 12, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Don’t count on four preseason games in 2020.  Paul Schwartz of the New York Post on rumors emanating from the NFL Office. Everyone is hankering for real, live NFL football and salivating at the thought of the season kicking off as scheduled in September. Fans are almost universally in agreement…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, June 11, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing NFC NORTH   MINNESOTA Terez Paylor of YahooSports.com on how the Vikings, who as a sports team need security, are trying to navigate the demands of players and activists with their relationship with the Minneapolis police department (not yet defunded or disbanded). On Tuesday, Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman…

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The Daily Briefing Wednesday, June 10, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Frank Schwab of YahooSports.com points out that this is not the first time NFL players have not been on the field under the inspection of their coaches in an offseason.  And we don’t remember 2011 as deficient: Football coaches are micromanagers. If you gave them 23 hours and 50 minutes…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 9, 2020

AROUND THE NFL Daily Briefing Will the NFLPA let the NFL start training camps a bit earlier this year due to the way the offseason programs were shut down?  Albert Breer of SI.com: • So could some players return to team facilities before June 26? The answer is yes, it’s possible, though maybe not likely.…

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