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Digging into the NASCAR playoff race fallout from the Pocono DQs

NASCAR disqualified Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch after their 1-2 finish at Pocono on Sunday after their cars failed post-race inspections. Our NASCAR beat writer, Rod Mullins, joins the podcast to help us break down the implications for the 2022 playoff chase.

Blueprint for how the ACC survives the expansion wars: But it won’t be easy

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is charged with the responsibility of figuring out how to make the conference more money so that the ACC can keep some kind of pace with the SEC and Big Ten. Chris Graham and Scott German explore the ins and outs from Charlotte on Day 1 at the ACC Football Kickoff.

Christopher Bell clines NASCAR playoff spot: Where do things stand with six races to go?

Christopher Bell held off NASCAR Cup Series points leader Chase Elliott to win on Sunday in New Hampshire. With six races to go in the playoff chase, Rod Mullins helps us get a feel for where things stand at the cut line.

Forget about realignment: The ACC needs to focus on getting better

Reports based on hearsay (at best) continue to fuel speculation about ACC schools leaving the conference for greener pastures. Ain't happening, and Chris Graham and Scott German, in today's "Street Knowledge" podcast, tell you to focus your attention where the ACC and its member schools are: on the conference getting better.

What if they realign college sports to make all this football money, and football goes away?

There is no news on the college conference realignment front, but that's not keeping people from continuing to talk about the nothing that is going on.

Scott German and Chris Graham do their part to fill the void, asking and then attempting to answer a couple of key questions: with what we know about CTE and traumatic brain injuries endemic to the game of football, is football even around a generation from now, and if we have to wonder if it will be, does it make sense to move things around to the degree that we are now?

Tyler Reddick wins his way into the 2022 NASCAR playoff discussion

Tyler Riddick notched his first career win at Road America last weekend, climbing all the way to ninth in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with eight races left until the playoffs.

Rod Mullins joins "Street Knowledge" to break down the win for Reddick, who outdueled seven-time road race winner Chase Elliott, and what it means for the 2022 NASCAR playoff race.

How the ACC survives the latest college athletics conference realignment

USC and UCLA are now Big Ten members. The latest college athletics realignment seems to put the future of pretty much everybody other than the B1G and SEC in jeopardy.

Chris Graham and Scott German co-host an emergency podcast session to discuss how the ACC can navigate its way through to the other side.

What happens to baseball if MLB loses its federal antitrust exemption?

The Senate Judiciary Committee is hinting at its interest in exploring Major League Baseball's 100-year-old antitrust exemption, which could portend seismic change for the MLB.

Chris Graham and Scott German explore.

Also on the show:

• A total of 12 players, coaches and other staff was handed down suspensions from a Sunday fight in the Seattle Mariners-Los Angeles Angels game.
• How about those suddenly streaking Baltimore Orioles?
• Bryce Harper is out for at least the next six weeks with a broken thumb.

Chase Elliott wins grueling NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville

Chase Elliott notched his second NASCAR Cup Series win of the season in the wee hours of Monday morning in Nashville. NASCAR correspondent Rod Mullins joins the show to break down Elliott's win, and the late-race strategy that paved the way for Elliott.

Other topics:

• Weather delays had a huge impact on the race.
• It was a mixed day for Hendrick Motorsports.
• Bubba Wallace had a wheel issue that led him to break off communications with his team.
• Up next: Road America in Wisconsin (Sunday, 3 p.m. ET)

Erik Curren is back for another run for Staunton City Council

Erik Curren served two terms on Staunton City Council before losing in his re-election bid in 2020. Curren joins AFP editor Chris Graham to discuss his run for one of the three at-large seats in the 2022 City Council elections.