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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

The Baltimore Orioles are starting to come around after a rough start to their 2022 season, and in Year5 of their seemingly endless rebuild.

The Washington Nationals, three years removed from winning the 2019 World Series, are still early into their rebuild.

The two teams meet for a quick two-game series beginning tonight in Camden Yards.

AFP's Chris Graham and Scott German talk through the two teams' rebuilds.