NASCAR Information Sunday, May 5, 2019

NASCAR Information Sunday, May 5, 2019 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Alex Bowman, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr. Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Busch Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano…

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NASCAR Kansas Sunday, May 5, 2019

NASCAR Kansas Sunday, May 5, 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES KANSAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most Kansas wins: 3 Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson Most Kansas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr. Most Kansas top 3 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson Most Kansas top 5 finishes: 11 Jeff Gordon Most Kansas top…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, May 3, 2019

AROUND THE NFL The fifth-year option deadline is a great way to get a read on how a team feels about their first round skills a few years previously.  Michael David Smith has this year’s review for the class of 2016:   When NFL teams decline to pick up the fifth-year option for a first-round…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, May 2, 2019

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   DETROIT RB KERRYON JOHNSON is ready to go.  Michael Rothstein of ESPN.com:   Kerryon Johnson missed the last six games of his rookie season with a knee injury, but now, months removed and with the Detroit Lions offseason workouts underway, he said Thursday that he’s fully back to his…

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The Daily Briefing Tuesday, April 30, 2019

AROUND THE NFL NFC NORTH   DETROIT The Lions have picked up the 5th-year option of T TAYLOR DECKER.   NFC EAST   WASHINGTON What number will QB DWAYNE HASKINS wear?  Michelle Martinelli of NBCSports.com:   Minutes after the Washington Redskins selected Dwayne Haskins with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft,…

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The Daily Briefing Monday, April 29, 2019

AROUND THE NFL Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com on the “attendance” of the draft:   The NFL’s TV ratings possibly were down by two percent for the first night of the draft in Nashville possible because all those extra people were actually at the draft in Nashville.   Via the Tennessean, the NFL initially estimated that…

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NASCAR Information Sunday, April 28, 2019

NASCAR Information Sunday, April 28, 20192019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr. Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Busch Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano Kyle Busch…

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NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 28, 2019

NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 28, 2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS Most Dover wins: 11 Jimmie Johnson (Most wins of all tracks) – 69 Races since last career win (Dover 6/17) Most Dover laps led: 3105 Jimmie Johnson Best average finish (Drivers with more than 2 Dover races): 4.3 Chase Elliott (6 Races) Most…

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The Daily Briefing Friday, April 26, 2019

AROUND THE NFL Two years ago, the Bears were first round idiots for trading up to draft an unsung QB from a North Carolina school (MITCHELL TRUBISKY), while John Lynch and the 49ers had owned the draft by getting DL SOLOMON THOMAS and snatching LB REUBEN FOSTER later in the first round.  This from Bleacher…

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The Daily Briefing Thursday, April 25, 2019

AROUND THE NFL It’s Draft Day!   It may rain on Nashville’s big day.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:   The draft will start tonight in Nashville, and the weather could be an issue.   Via the Tennessean, if the weather becomes a significant issue, the draft would likely move inside, to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center,…

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