NBA Finals
Game 3
Celtics 116 - Warriors 100
Celtics hit the ground running, leading 68-56 at the half. Warriors continued their 3rd quarter dominance, cutting the lead to 2 points (with the help of a 7-point possession) before Boston won a chaotic and sloppy 4th quarter. - Game 3 Highlights
Stats: Steph Curry 31 points; Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, & Marcus Smart combined for 77 points.
Game 4: Friday, June 10, 9 PM ET on ABC.
NHL Conference Finals
East
The NY Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning are heading back to the Garden in a 2-2 stalemate.
The Rangers started the series off on fire, winning the first two games in dominant fashion and taking a 2-0 lead in Game 3 before the Lightning came storming back.
Analysis: Rangers need a raucous MSG and pucks on net boys, eh?
Game 5 will be tonight at 8 PM ET on ESPN.
West
The Colorado Avalanche swept the Edmonton Oilers to advance to the Stanley Cup finals out of the Western Conference.
This was only the 6th Conference finals sweep in the past 20 seasons and Colorado’s first Stanley Cup finals appearance since 2001. They also joined rare company by advancing to the finals with only two losses along their route to the finals.
MLB
American League
First-Place: Yanks (40-16), ‘Stros (36-21), and Twins (33-25).
Wild-Card: Jays (33-23), Rays (33-23), and Red Sox (30-27).
Yankees have to give Judge a blank check this offseason. Hell, give him a percentage of ownership at this point (along with Jeter).
Since May 10, the Red Sox have gone 18-8 which makes up for their slow start.
National League
First-Place: Mets (38-20), Dodgers (36-20), and Brewers (33-25).
Wild Card: Padres (34-22), Cardinals (32-25), and Giants (30-25).
The Mets and Dodgers just split a 4 game series in LA. Expect these two to be neck and neck heading into October.
MLB trade deadline will be an arms race of superpowers.
Some Things Are Bigger Than Sports
Yankee infielder, DJ LeMahieu, bought his high school alma mater’s baseball field during the pandemic and leased it back to the school for $1 per year. LeMahieu quietly purchased the complex in 2020, in order to help Brother Rice’s financial well-being during the pandemic and eliminate the school’s operational obligation.
The cool part is he didn’t name field after himself, in fact, according to his old coach, his name isn’t displayed anywhere. - NBC Sports
YouTube Rabbithole
The annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake happened last weekend. The extreme sport takes place in Gloucester, England.
Abbey Lampe from North Carolina took home this year’s cheese. Lampe found out about the competition through Netflix and “actually watched hours of film in the week leading up to the cheese race.” Just goes to show that preparation is key to just about anything in life.
Phenomenal technique.
Heads Up
Peaky Blinders’ 6th season hits Netflix this Friday, June 10.
Thanks for reading!