We’re going to move quickly this morning. The weather on the coast is iffy, and we need to get to the sand with the kids before the afternoon rains come a’calling.
You know the drill.
And here’s a vacation photo from the Mrs. 5-at-10, who does some amazing things with a camera in her hands.
Photo by Kathleen Greeson / A morning airplane flies in front of the rising sun Sunday off the coast of Amelia Island.
Weekend winners
Xander Schauffele. The American golfer grabbed the Olympic event by the throat and never let up. And when you go into a dream-making final round with a birdie-birdie start, well, good on you. Side question: True or false on a Monday – true or false you’d rather have a gold medal in golf than a PGA Championship. Yes, the latter is a major, but the former is way more scarce.
US Soccer, men’s division. Man, feel the pride and the patriotism. But the men’s team swept Mexico in something called the CONCACAF Cup, and my soccer friends on Twitter seemed super stoked about it, so “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
The Dodgers in particular and L.A. in general. Dear Lord, I grew up a Dodgers fan, but this is an embarrassment of riches. The Dodgers made a monster mistake with the Trevor Bauer signing and watched early in the season as shortstop Corey Seager got hurt. So what did they do at the deadline? They only added the best starting pitcher who was available in Max Scherzer and the best shortstop on the market in Trae Turner. And that’s not even getting into what the Lakers did.
NBA free agency fans. What kind of super team lurks around the corner with Chris Paul and Kawhi Leonard declining their options and heading toward free agency? And while we’re here, the Toronto Raptors gave the world of medium-to-small-market clubs a clinic on dealing with an A-list player who will not sign. They acquired Kawhi on the cheap from San Antonio. Rode a motivated Kawhi to a title – and the last title to truly have no asterisk – and dealt him for a haul to the Clippers, who had him for two years and moved Heaven and Earth to get Paul George as a running mate, and now poof.
Everything about this moment when these two runners fell, ending their Olympic medal dreams, but the two got up, hugged and jogged to the finish line together. Man, it’s a little dusty in here. Then there was the two high jumpers who split the gold after tying.