(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”) LATE EDITION
1. Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs passed away at the age of 27 Monday. Skaggs was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas. No other details are available.
2. The Brooklyn Nets signed free agents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to contracts totaling over $300 million. They also signed DeAndre Jordan to a four-year $40 million deal.
3. Kemba Walker signs a four-year, $141 million deal with the Boston Celtics.
4. The Golden State Warriors re-sign Klay Thompson to a five-year $190 million max deal.
5. The Philadelphia 76ers signed former Celtic center Al Horford to a five-year $109 million deal.
6. Free agent Jimmy Butler is headed to the Miami Heat on a sign and trade deal and will end up with a four-year $142 million contract.
7. Kawhi Leonard is expected to meet with the Lakers and Clippers this week. The incumbent Toronto Raptors will have the final meeting.
8. The New York Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox in a two game series in London over the weekend winning 17-13 and 12-8.
9. The LA Galaxy will host a Fourth of July game Thursday for the 24th consecutive year when they face Toronto FC at Dignity Health Sports Park.
10. American gold medal winner Carl Lewis turns 58 today.
For the third time in a span of twenty years, the Lakers are poised to assemble a can’t-miss roster of supposed all-stars who can seemingly order their rings in advance. What could possibly go wrong? Lebron is as old as Kobe was when the Mamba’s skills fell off a cliff, and Davis’s stats don’t justify all the hype. Then we have Kawhi, who’s taking his sweet time to mull things over. The winner of his services may seem to be getting a prize, but remember, the other two teams in the running for this guy will have missed other opportunities while they waited for savior Leonard to make up his mind.