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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 30, 2019
AROUND THE NFL Ken Belson of the New York Times hears that the NFL will indeed aggressively push for an 18-game regular season. After a relatively quiet off-season, N.F.L. players and coaches are back in training camp. The league’s owners and players union, though, have been at work for most of the summer,…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, July 29, 2019
AROUND THE NFL An update on the talks (or lack) concerning a new CBA. Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com: Monday’s collective bargaining session between the NFL and the NFL Players Association has been postponed, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Sunday. The plan is to reschedule the session for sometime during the first week of…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Friday, July 26, 2019
AROUND THE NFL DE NICK BOSA, #2 overall, signed his rookie contract with the 49ers on Thursday. That left #3 overall DT QUINNEN WILLIAMS of the Jets as the lone unsigned first round selection. From ESPN: The San Francisco 49ers have finally come to terms with No.2-overall pick Nick Bosa on a four-year contract…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Thursday, July 25, 2019
AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH DETROIT Coach Matt Patricia is ailing. Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com: There’s not a list to put him on, but Lions coach Matt Patricia isn’t physically ready for training camp. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Patricia was on a scooter early Thursday after having surgery…
Read MoreNASCAR Information Sunday, July 21, 2019
2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr. Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch & Joey Logano Most top 3 finishes this season: 10 Kyle Busch Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Kyle Busch Most top 10 finishes this…
Read MoreNASCAR Pocono Sunday, July 21, 2019
NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO STATS HIGHLIGHTS POCONO…PHILADELPHIA’S MOST SCENIC AND AFFORDABLE MOUNTAIN RANGE! Kyle Busch Last 6 Pocono Finishes 7/30/17 MENCS Winner 6/2/18 NXS Winner 6/3/18 MENCS 3rd 7/28/18 NGOTS Winner 7/29/18 MENCS Winner 6/2/19 MENCS Winner Most Pocono wins (Active): 4 Denny Hamlin Most Pocono 2nd-place finishes (Active): 5 Kurt Busch…
Read MoreNASCAR New Hampshire Sunday, July 14, 2019
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES NEW HAMPSHIRE STATS HIGHLIGHTS JULY 20, 1969 FIRST RACE AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY WITH STEEP BANKS SAME DAY AS “ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND” “IF YOU ASK ME,” SAID RICHARD PETTY, “THEY RUINED A GOOD RACE TRACK. THERE’S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE SPEEDS WE’RE RUNNING.” Most New Hampshire wins:…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 10, 2019
AROUND THE NFL The Raiders have signed RB JOSH JACOBS (Alabama) to his first round rookie deal worth a reported $11.9 million. That completes the Raiders class and leaves a total of 11 drafted rookies leaguewide who are unsigned. Jacobs’ signing brings the list of unsigned draft picks league wide down to just 11:…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 9, 2019
AROUND THE NFL With the NFL anxious for a deal, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com says this is the best time for the NFLPA to get a favorable deal done – if they don’t get greedy: The NFL would like to get a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in place before the start of the 2019…
Read MoreThe Daily Briefing Monday, July 8, 2019
AROUND THE NFL More ominous thoughts about the Pandora’s box of the Sean Payton Rule. Jenny Vrentas of TheMMQB.com: The celebratory mood in Arizona after Sean Payton and Roger Goodell worked together to secure the votes needed to make pass interference reviewable has long since abated. What’s followed in the months since has been…
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