Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 4/28/20
28 April 2020 Sports
The Packers appear to be focused on making the running game a much bigger part of their offense. Green Bay drafted A.J.Dillon from Boston College in the second round of this year’s draft. He’s a bruising back who will complement the speedy Aaron Jones and the versatile Jamaal Williams in the backfield. Coach Matt LaFleur was asked how he’ll balance the playing time between the three as well other running backs the Packers have on their roster. He said Dillon is going to work hard and compete to earn snaps. As for the future of veteran cornerback Tramon Williams,, the second year head coach said the team has options and said could use Chandon Sullivan , who played some last year, or perhaps Jaire Alexander and said it will work itself.out. As for what he wants to accomplish with the virtual off-season program this spring, LaFleur said the players have to take it upon themselves to learn learn the details of of their position assignments..
In other news, the Packers have released quarterback Manny Wilkins. GM Brian Gutekunst made the announcemnt on Monday. Wilkins originally signed with the Packers as a rookie free agent out of Arizona State on May 3rd, 2019 and spent the entire season on Green Bays practice sqaud.
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Former NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will again come out of retirement to compete for Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for fired driver Kyle Larson.
Larson lost his job two weeks ago after using a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race. Although Ganassi development driver Ross Chastain was assumed to be the leading contender to replace Larson in the No. 42 Chevrolet, the team instead announced Monday it will go with the two-time Daytona 500 winner.
Kenseth, 48, is in a class of drivers that includes Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty and David Pearson as the only competitors to win a Cup Series championship, rookie of the year award and the Daytona 500.
Ganassi said the team will petition NASCAR for a waiver to make Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion, eligible to race for the title this season. NASCAR completed just four of its 36 races before the season was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kenseth retired from Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2017 season but came back for 15 races to drive for Roush Fenway Racing, his original team, in 2018.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have returned a $4.6 million payment intended for small businesses. The team qualified for, applied for and received the money as part of the United States government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, but decided to return the money after that program’s $2.2 trillion budget ran out in two weeks, according to ESPN.
The team confirmed it received the loan and returned it.
The CARES Act was established to assist small business amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the program has experienced issues with rollout. A number of highly profitable businesses — like the Lakers — have received those funds instead of the small businesses the act was created to help. Both Shake Shack and AutoNation received significant loans from the government. Both companies pledged to return those loans.
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