Markham Run Still Possible – Monday Sports Wrap

Running

Organizers of the Thatcher Markham Memorial Run are still hoping to hold the event sometime this summer. The Markham Run was added to the Bridgefest celebration last summer, to honor the young man who died in the Father’s Day Flood in 2018. Bridgefest, of course, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizer Ryan Towles says they can put the run together on a month’s notice, and are prepared to stage it as late as September, if and when COVID-19 restrictions permit.

NFL

The pandemic may put a crimp in the plans of college football players who hope to make NFL team rosters as late-round draftees or undrafted free agents. Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn told mlive.com that the team plans to sign very few unselected free agents after this week’s draft. He says the abbreviated evaluation process has made it harder to identify long-shot prospects, and that an abbreviated training schedule over the summer will give those prospects less opportunity to prove their value.

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