Day: April 14, 2017

NFL officiating chief Dean Blandino resigns (Sports Betting News)NFL officiating chief Dean Blandino resigns (Sports Betting News)

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017| 14:46

FILE - In this Monday, March 24, 2014, file photo, NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino speaks during a news conference, while Atlanta Falcons President, CEO and NFL competition committee member Rich McKay, back right, listens, at the NFL football annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Blandino, the NFL officiating director who has overseen rule changes that emphasized player safety, is leaving the league to spend more time with his family and explore other opportunities.

Dean Blandino, the NFL officiating director who has overseen rule changes that emphasized player safety, is leaving the league. Blandino joined the NFL in 1994 as an intern and moved through the ranks. ”Dean has done an outstanding job leading our officiating department,” Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, said Friday after informing the 32 teams of Blandino’s decision.

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Eye on her future, Danica Patrick races into fitness space (Sports Betting News)Eye on her future, Danica Patrick races into fitness space (Sports Betting News)

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017| 9:14

In this Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, photo, Danica Patrick works out at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Some 48 hours after being put through Danica Patrick’s fitness test by Danica Patrick herself – it’s the basis for her upcoming book and the sort of thing that will occupy her time when retirement from racing comes – I wasn’t constantly sore. Participants sent in ”before” pictures of themselves and were given access to Patrick’s 12-week fitness and ”clean eating” program. With Patrick’s driving days possibly nearing an end in the not-too-distant future, what might have seemed like an off-track hobby is being fast-tracked into something far bigger.

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