Day 445

• Add another incident to the NBA list:  Kyrie Irving was nearly beaned by a water bottle thrown by a Celtics fan at the TD Garden last night after Irving's Nets defeated the Celtics.  The fan was arrested.  The fucking time bomb is ticking:  NBA, sports world, entertainment world...   
• And judging by the photo of him being confronted:  White Boy Punk-Ass BITCH!!!  
• The NHL and Canada are still working out details of if and how American teams are going to be able to cross the border once the Canadian division champion is settled in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  To buy time, there is a slight lag in the playoffs between the Canadian/North Division and the other three.  The deadline the NHL set for a possible solution is tomorrow.
• The Copa America is now completely without ANY hosting country, just two weeks before the tournament is scheduled to start -- Argentina can't host it due to it's COVID situation.
• JUST IN 8:40 AM PDT:  Brazil will be the host.
• Helio Castroneves, at 46, became the 4th Indy driver to win 4 Indianapolis 500's today.  The race had a record low 2 cautions (the old record was 4) -- both for crashes, at least one due to a pit error.
• The Maple Leafs and Canadiens will play Game 7 of their Division Semifinal in Toronto tonight.  The Ontario government, today, has allowed 550 frontline workers to attend that game.  I don't think there's too much which can be said as to how much of an honor that actually is for those people, and they deserve the red carpet.   
• The eight-game suspension for the head check for Colorado's Nazim Kadri has been upheld.  He's lucky he's even eligible to play in any more of these playoffs.   
• And to the surprise of no one paying attention to the situation:  Rather than cave to the rules for meeting the media, Naomi Osaka is going home.  Withdrawing from the French, and probably taking time off for her mental health, meaning Wimbledon is gone too, at a minimum.  The statement making the withdrawl has Osaka revealing she has been dealing with near-crippling depression for nearly three years.
• Several hours before the withdrawl, Piers Morgan blasted her in his column, calling her tennis' "petulant little madam".
• And another NBA fan incident tonight - this one seems to be just "Idiot On The Court" variety in Washington for Game 4 with Philadelphia.