The Daily Outkick: Monday, July 6, 2020

Coronavirus Daily Deaths Down 92.4% From Peak, Have Declined Ten Straight Weeks (Outkick) On July 4th 254 people died of the coronavirus nationwide. That number went even lower on Sunday because today, on July 5th just 209 people died nationwide of the coronavirus.

NFL Embracing BLM Ideals Highlights Its Leadership Void (Outkick) The hypocrisy and cowardice overrunning football are stupefying.

Peter King Uses Strong Language In His Fight Against Competitive Eating (Outkick) That’s right, Peter King, who famously loves Skyline Chili when he’s in Cincinnati, spent time on a glorious July 5 going after ESPN for airing hot dog eating contests.

Spring College Football Would Have Massive Differences (Outkick) If played in the Spring, it’s quite possible that many of the biggest names in the sport, such as quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields, would sit out the season for the NFL Draft.

Dow Futures Jump More Than 400 Points As Wall Street Tries To Build On Winning Week (CNBC) U.S. stock futures traded higher early Monday morning as Wall Street tried to build on the momentum from last week’s solid performance.

Bryson Dechambeau Berated A Cameraman For Filming And Potentially Damaging His Brand (Outkick) On Saturday, during the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, DeChambeau berated a cameraman for … doing his job.

Global Stocks Jump, Led By Surge In Chinese Markets (Wall Street Journal) “In recent weeks the data has looked very positive from China. Its economy is back in motion, and that should lift global equities a bit,” said Seema Shah, chief strategist at Principal Global Investors.

Masahiro Tanaka Struck By Ball (New York Times) In a harrowing first workout of the summer, the Yankees starting pitcher was struck on Saturday.

Atlanta Mayor Calls For Citizens To Stop 'Shooting Each Other' After Murder Of 8-year-old Near BLM Protest Site (Fox News) Victim's father: 'They say Black Lives Matter. You killed your own'.

With Caleb Williams, Lincoln Riley's Plan Is Unfolding Perfectly (SI) Caleb Williams has verbally committed to Oklahoma. No big deal. Just another 5-star quarterback going to Norman to play for Lincoln Riley.

Remarkable Video Of Fireworks In California During TV Segment About How They Were Banned (Outkick) In the understatement of the century, the news anchor said: “Our local fire departments and police departments have been begging people not to do this, but it seems tonight that they are not listening to those calls.”

Jorge Masvidal Now Has The Chance To Become An Absolute Legend At UFC 251 (For The Win) Masvidal is getting a chance at another title, the UFC welterweight belt, next weekend when he takes on the champ, Kamaru Usman, at UFC 251 on Fight Island/Abu Dhabi.