TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
NBA Finals: Spurs at Heat, 9 p.m. (ABC; WEEI-AM)
MLB: Rays at Red Sox, Game 1, 1:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Rays at Red Sox, Game 2, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Dodgers at Yankees, 7:05 p.m. (MLB Network)
College baseball: World Series, Louisville vs. Oregon State, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
College baseball: World Series, Mississippi State vs. Indiana, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: World Cup qualifier, Honduras vs. United States, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

AROUND THE WEB:

It’s been a frustrating and painful year for Kevin Youkilis in New York. (AP)

♦ Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, who went on the disabled list Friday with a lumbar strain after playing all 18 innings of Thursday’s loss to the Athletics and waking up the following morning with numbness in his foot and calf, visited a back specialist on Monday, and general manager Brian Cashman was not optimistic.

“Back issues usually don’t get better,” Cashman said in a conference call. “They can, but they’re very debilitating and hard to get a handle on. It’s definitely a concern. As of right now, I’m not planning on him until they tell me I can plan on him.”

Added Cashman: “I just know he’s not the player that he can be because of the back right now. Are we going to be in a position to get that player back at some point throughout this season? It would be nice, but I just don’t know what the issue is and what’s possible.”

Youkilis, who spent eight-plus seasons in Boston before a 2012 trade to the White Sox, is hitting .219/.305/.343 with two home runs and eight RBIs in 28 games for the Yankees.

Meanwhile, Mark Teixeira, who missed the first two months of the season with a torn tendon sheath in his wrist, appears headed back to the disabled list after having a cortisone injection Sunday.

Teixeira is hitting .151/.270/.340 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 15 games since returning. He was just 3-for-31 in his last nine games before sitting with weakness in his wrist.

“I’m leaning personally toward the disabled list there,” said Cashman, who added that he had not ruled out season-ending surgery.

♦ The hosts of a morning show on Atlanta sports radio station 790 The Zone were fired Monday after making fun of former Saints safety Steve Gleason, who is battling ALS.

In the offending skit, two hosts took a call from the third, who was pretending to be Gleason by using a voice that sound like it was computer-generated (Gleason has lost the ability to speak). The man portraying Gleason told some jokes then asked the hosts to “smother me, do me a favor.”

The three personalities — Nick Cellini, Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino — apologized on Twitter Monday evening. They initially were suspended, but following a barrage of complaints, they were fired.

“We suspended the three individuals involved immediately following their comments and have since terminated their employment,” the station said in a statement. “790 The Zone, our owners, sponsors and partners in no way endorse or support this kind of content. We sincerely apologize to Mr. Gleason, his family and all those touched by ALS.”

♦ HBO confirmed Monday that the Bengals will be featured in this season’s “Hard Knocks” documentary. It’s the second appearance in five years for the Bengals, who were selected in 2009, before they won the AFC North.

“Hard Knocks” will have five episodes on Tuesday nights, from Aug. 6 through Sept. 3.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 18, 1953, the Red Sox scored 17 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 23-3 victory over the Tigers. Which Sox outfielder had three hits in the inning?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I thank her. Everything she did was justified.” – Former Patriots receiver Chad Johnson, upon being released from a Florida jail by Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh, who punished Johnson because she felt he was not taking his situation seriously enough

STAT OF THE DAY: 27 – Consecutive power-play kills for the Bruins, who added five to that total in Monday night’s 2-0 victory over the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): “Flopping coach” Frank Calhoun explains how he taught players like LeBron James how to get the calls.

The guys at Dude Perfect have a new trick shot video, featuring the use of some stunt cars.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Gene Stephens

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Paul McCartney was born on this day in 1942.

MONDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
Stanley Cup finals: Blackhawks at Bruins, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
MLB: Cubs at Cardinals, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
College baseball: World Series, Louisville vs. Oregon State, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
College baseball: World Series, Mississippi State vs. Indiana, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)

AROUND THE WEB:

Former Bengals teammates Chad Johnson (left) and Terrell Owens reunited Saturday when Owens visited Johnson in a Florida jail. (AP)

♦ Former Patriots receiver Chad Johnson, who has a hearing scheduled for Monday with Judge Kathleen McHugh to reconsider his 30-day jail sentence for a probation violation, had a jailhouse visitor Saturday: onetime Bengals teammate Terrell Owens.

Owens, no stranger to controversy himself, tweeted about his visit, writing: Just visited the homie @ochocinco. He’s in good spirits, he needs a haircut already tho. Lol. He sends his best regards to everyone.

Added Owens: I really didn’t know what to expect but to see the homie locked up is a very humbling experience, to talk to him via vid conference let me know that’s not where anyone wants to be. I know he’s only in the county jail but to someone that has never been locked up…Jail is Jail!

Johnson was supposed to avoid jail time, but his lack of seriousness during a court appearance last week — specifically a pat on the rear end of his attorney — led McHugh to admonish him, reject his plea bargain and sentence him to 30 days behind bars. Attorney Adam Swickle is pushing for Johnson’s sentence to be reconsidered.

♦ The Athletics and Mariners were forced to evacuate their locker rooms at Oakland’s O.co Coliseum after raw sewage rose up from the shower drains following Sunday’s game. The teams went to an upper-level locker room used by the Raiders to share the showers there.

The A’s lease at O.co Coliseum expires at the end of the season. The stadium, which was built in 1966, has been the team’s home since the franchise moved to Oakland in 1968. There have been problems before, but not to this extent.

“It’s clear, right?,” team president Michael Crowley said when asked about the need for a new stadium. “This isn’t the first time this has happened.”

♦ Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel continues to make headlines for the wrong reasons. The Texas A&M quarterback expressed his frustration with an unidentified situation when he tweeted early Sunday morning: [Expletive] like tonight is a reason why I can’t wait to leave college station…whenever it may be

After deleting the tweet, Manziel sent another that read: Don’t ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 17, 1943, which future Hall of Famer slugged pinch-hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We’re going to see if we’re a better ballclub and if we’re better prepared for this moment.” – Dwyane Wade — whose Heat lost to the Spurs, 114-104, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night — comparing his team’s situation to 2010, when Miami lost the NBA Finals to Dallas

STAT OF THE DAY: 6 – Consecutive series won by the Orioles over the Red Sox, after Baltimore’s 6-3 victory Sunday gave the O’s a win in three of the four games of this series

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): Spurs sharpshooter Danny Green sets an NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers in one series with his 23rd during Sunday night’s game. He broke Ray Allen‘s record, set during the Celtics’ 2008 title run.

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Green. Here he nearly runs into Tim Duncan‘s son in the hallway to the locker room at halftime.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Player/manager Joe Cronin

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Barry Manilow was born on this day in 1943.

FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
MLB: Red Sox at Orioles, 7:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Giants at Braves, 7:30 p.m. (MLB Network)
Golf: U.S. Open, 8:30 a.m. (ESPN), 3 p.m. (NBC), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

AROUND THE WEB:

Rescue workers and investigators search through the wreckage of a Miami restaurant deck collapse. (AP)

♦ More than two dozen fans watching Thursday night’s Game 4 of the Heat-Spurs NBA Finals on a Miami restaurant television were injured Thursday night when a waterfront patio deck collapsed, spilling them into the shallow water of Biscayne Bay a few feet below.

According to a fire official, approximately 100 people were on the deck at Shuckers Bar & Grill in North Bay when the accident happened just before halftime. A waitress said fans had just gotten to their feet to cheer a Heat basket.

“There was just a crack, and then we were in the water,” 23-year-old Crystal Infante, who was eating with a friend, told the Miami Herald. “It was really hard to get out, and you couldn’t find anyone.”

Infante said people could stand in the water, but they struggled to get out because of the wood, umbrellas, tables, chairs and other debris around them.

Said Chris Volz, who was watching from the bar, about 10 feet from where the deck gave way: “Everybody’s watching the game. It sounded like a freight train, then everyone was gone. The deck went down like a V.”

♦ Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was beaten outside Dodger Stadium after a game on Opening Day in 2011, returned home after spending the last year at a rehab facility. The family said Stow’s insurance would no longer pay for the facility, so he will be tended to at home by his parents and home nurses.

“Bryan requires 24-hour nursing care, but this is not covered by insurance,” Stow’s family wrote on its website. “So we had to hire care-givers in order to help Bryan to get up and showered in the morning, and get dressed and in bed in the evening.”

The family said that while Stow appears to be improving, he continues to have issues with memory recall, pain and stiffness, and the move has caused him to experience a physical setback.

“We do what we can at home, but he needs the five days a week that he grew accustomed to,” the family wrote. “We just don’t know how to get that for him.”

♦ The commissioner of the Nippon Professional Baseball league apologized Friday for introducing a juiced baseball this season without notifying the players and previously denying the change.

“I’ve caused a lot of trouble for the fans, players and people connected to the game,” said Ryozo Kato, a former Japanese ambassador to the United States, who said he would not resign as commissioner. “Baseball is very important in Japan’s sports culture, and I have to carefully reflect on my responsibility to the game.”

The league is on pace for a season total of 1,297 home runs this season, well more than the 881 hit last year.

As to why the league previously denied making changes to the baseball, NPB secretary general Kunio Shimoda explained: “Our understanding was that it would be a matter of fine-tuning. We thought it would cause confusion if we let it be known.”

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 14, 1974, the Angels beat the Red Sox, 4-3, in a 15-inning game in Anaheim. The story of the day was Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan striking out 19 Red Sox (and walking 10) before leaving after the 13th. Which Red Sox pitcher went all 15 innings and was the hard-luck loser?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It was on our shoulders. We had to figure out how to win the game for us and play at the highest level. When all three of us are clicking, we’re very tough to beat. – LeBron James, after he (33 points, 11 rebounds), Dwyane Wade (32 points) and Chris Bosh (20 points, 13 rebounds) led the Heat past the Spurs, 109-93, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night

STAT OF THE DAY: 16 – Runners left on base Thursday night by the Orioles, who managed to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox in 13 innings

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): Two trends continued in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. First, LeBron James still is coming up with highlight blocks.

And second, the Heat continue to flop — and get rewarded for it.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Luis Tiant

SOOTHING SOUNDS: The late Junior Walker was born on this day in 1931.

Willis McGahee

This spring, Willis McGahee decided to skip the Broncos’ OTAs.

Now, he’s out of a job.

The Broncos released the 31-year-old running back Thursday, two days after he did show up to the team’s camp, according to multiple reports. McGahee was set to make $2.5 million this season after missing the last two months last year with a torn medial collateral ligament and fractured leg.

McGahee, a nine-year NFL veteran, spent the last two seasons in Denver and led the Broncos in rushing yards (731) and yards per game (73.1) despite his injuries.

“It’s never easy to part ways with a veteran player who made so many positive contributions to our team and community,” John Elway, Broncos executive vice president, said in a statement. “I appreciate all of the competitiveness, toughness and leadership Willis brought to the Broncos. He was an integral part of our team’s turnaround during the past two seasons, and I wish him the best as he continues his NFL career.”

In April’s NFL draft, the Broncos selected running back Montee Ball in the second round (58th overall).

Mark Streit

Less than a month away from free agency, defenseman Mark Streit may already have a new home.

The Islanders traded their captain and highest-scoring blueliner to the Flyers on Wednesday, getting minor league forward Shane Harper and a 2014 fourth-round draft pick in return.

Streit is set to become an unrestricted free agent July 5 and is hopeful to get a deal done with his new team before then.

“Maybe they need a few days or weeks, but I’m pretty positive. It’d be awesome to play for the Flyers,” Streit said. “The future is bright. They were in the [Stanley] Cup finals three years ago and there is so much skill and a great mix between veteran players and young players, so I’m pretty confident.”

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said the organization felt similarly.

“Mark is a player we would have had interest in on July 5th,” he said in a statement. “We now have exclusive negotiating rights and we are hopeful that we can get an agreement in place prior to him becoming an unrestricted free agent.”

The Flyers would be the 35-year-old’s third NHL team, having played three seasons with the Canadiens before spending four seasons with the Islanders. In those seven seasons he has totaled 288 points (65 goals, 223 assists) in 491 games, including six goals and 21 helpers during 2012-13.

Harper is a 24-year-old from Valencia, Calif., who split time between the AHL and ECHL last season.

Evgeni Malkin

So much for clearing house.

One week after bowing out of the playoffs to the Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals, the Penguins have signed star center Evgeni Malkin to an eight-year, $76 million contract extension that will take him through the 2021-22 season.

The new deal makes Malkin the most highly paid Penguin, his $9.5 million average surpassing Sidney Crosby‘s $8.7 million annual salary.

This is the second major extension of the week for the Penguins, who on Wednesday announced a new two-year deal with coach Dan Bylsma.

Malkin had 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in 15 playoff games this season, but none against the Bruins. He was also a minus-5 as the Bruins won four straight against Pittsburgh.

THURSDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
MLB: Red Sox at Orioles, 7:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
NBA Finals: Heat at Spurs, 9 p.m. (ABC; WEEI-AM)
Golf: US Open, 9 a.m. (ESPN), 3 p.m. (NBC), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

AROUND THE WEB:

Former player Jason Kidd will be introduced Thursday as the new coach of the Nets. (AP)

♦ The Nets announced Wednesday night that they have hired Jason Kidd to be their next coach, despite the fact that the just-retired player has no experience on the bench.

Kidd, 40, retired nine days ago after one season with the Knicks, turning down a reported $6 million from New York to continue playing. His deal with the Nets — for whom he starred in the 2000s — is reported to be for three years.

“It’s a role I have been studying for over the course of my playing days,” Kidd said in a statement. “Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that’s how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.”

Said owner Mikhail Prokhorov: “Jason Kidd has a long and legendary history with the Nets and with the city of New York. He has the fire in the belly we need, and has achieved as a player everything the Brooklyn Nets are striving to achieve. We believe he will lead us there. Welcome home, Jason.”

The hire didn’t sit well with Patrick Ewing Jr., son of the Hall of Fame center who this week was hired to be an associated head coach with the Bobcats after again failing to land a head coaching gig despite nine years as an assistant with the Rockets, Wizards and Magic.

Tweeted Ewing Jr.: For real though I’m mad J Kidd got a head coaching job a year after retiring n my pops been coaching 10 years n barely gets a look.

♦ Fines and suspensions are expected to be announced Thursday for the Diamondbacks and Dodgers for their Tuesday night brawl. The teams played an incident-free game Wednesday night, with Arizona pulling out an 8-6 victory in 12 innings, but there still are some lingering bad feelings.

“I don’t think it ends there,” said Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario, who was ejected.

One player who is likely to be punished is former Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett. Because he is on the Dodgers’ disabled list, he is forbidden to step on the field, which he did during the melee.

The teams have had issues since the 2011 season, when Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw hit Gerardo Parro as payback for Parra admiring a home run too long in a game the previous day. Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy, who was in the middle of Tuesday’s battle, twice threw at Kershaw in one at-bat last year.

Arizona has won 17 of the last 21 meetings between the teams.

♦ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, responding to a letter from 10 members of Congress who were critical of the Redskins name because of its offensive nature, claimed that the nickname is a “unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect.”

While acknowledging the feelings about the name are complex and could change, he noted the fans’ pride in the team’s heritage and pointed to polls that support the game.

Owner Daniel Snyder has said he will never change the name.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 13, 1997, the Red Sox played their first interleague regular-season game ever, recording an 8-7 victory over which National League club?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[I'm] not disappointed in our effort. There’s certain things you’re going to want to fix for next game. But as far as the game is concerned, it was a hard-fought game.” – Bruins coach Claude Julien, after Wednesday’s 4-3 triple-overtime loss to the Blackhawks in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals

STAT OF THE DAY: 10 – Consecutive games in which Jacoby Ellsbury has scored a run, a streak he continued in Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over the Rays

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” parking lot security guard Guillermo delivers his annual report from the NBA Finals, although he gets no respect from LeBron James.

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Mets

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Bobby Freeman was born on this day in 1940.

Dan Bylsma

Following the top-seeded Penguins’ disappointing sweep at the hands of the Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals, there was widespread speculation that coach Dan Bylsma would pay the ultimate price.

The Pens ended that discussion Wednesday when they announced that Bylsma was given a two-year contract extension that will keep him in Pittsburgh through 2016.

“I believe in Dan Bylsma and I believe in stability with our coaching staff,” general manager Ray Shero said. “Dan is one of the top coaches in the NHL. His record speaks for itself. We fell short of our goal this year, and we’re all disappointed in that, but I believe – and our ownership believes – that Dan is the man to lead us into the future.”

Assistant coaches Tony Granato and Todd Reirden also are being retained, while goalie coach Gilles Meloche is moving into an advisory role with the team.

Bylsma, 42, has a 201-92-25 record in four-plus seasons leading the Penguins, including a 36-12-0 record in this abbreviated season. He is the fastest coach in NHL history to 200 wins, and he is already has more playoff victories than any coach in franchise history with 36. He led Pittsburgh to the 2009 Stanley Cup title and won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s most outstanding coach in 2011.

WEDNESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
Stanley Cup finals: Bruins at Blackhawks, 8 p.m. (NBC)
MLB: Red Sox at Rays, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Tigers at Royals, 2 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Indians at Rangers, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
WNBA: Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)

AROUND THE WEB:

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks mixed it up Tuesday night in Los Angeles. (AP)

♦ The Dodgers and Diamondbacks had a beanball battle Tuesday night, and unlike the Red Sox-Rays a day earlier, this one featured more physical confrontations.

The dispute started when Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy hit rookie phenom Yasiel Puig with a fastball that deflected off Puig’s shoulder and grazed his nose. It came in the sixth inning and apparently was retribution for Zack Greinke hitting Cody Ross the previous inning. Greinke responded by plunking catcher Miguel Montero in the back in the seventh.

“Puig gets hit in the face, Montero gets hit, it should have been really over at this point,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said, adding: “If you can’t pitch inside without hitting someone in the head, you shouldn’t pitch inside.”

It wasn’t over. In the bottom half of the inning, Kennedy hit Greinke high on the left shoulder, with the ball apparently deflecting up into Greinke’s helmet, and was immediately ejected.

“That’s when it kind of got out of hand,” Los Angeles catcher Tim Federowicz said. “You can’t do that.”

The dugouts and bullpens emptied, and the coaches inflicted and received most of the damage. Mattingly threw down Arizona coach Alan Trammel, Diamondbacks coach Turner Ward was driven into a railing, and Dodgers coach Mark McGwire and Diamondbacks counterpart Matt Williams grabbed and pulled on each other’s jerseys while having an angry exchange.

“Everything happened so fast,” Mattingly said. “It just gets a little crazy out there.”

Said Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario: “I was out of my mind just trying to protect my teammates. If you want to hit somebody, don’t hit a pitcher. Don’t hit guys in the head. That’s crazy.”

Said Montero: “It got pretty ugly. They came out of nowhere, just throwing punches. When everybody was trying to break it up, they just kept coming and throwing punches. It was like 25 against 72, because all the DL guys were out there, too. I guess their arms were feeling pretty good because they were throwing good punches.”

Following six ejections, Los Angeles went on to win the game, 5-3.

♦ Chargers linebacker Manti Te’o met the media Tuesday for the first time in a month and talked about the team keeping him under wraps as he transitions from an eventful senior year at Notre Dame.

“Coach [Mike McCoy] and the organization had a plan for me,” Te’o said. “That plan was to prepare me the best way for the season. We’re out here for football. I think that’s the bottom line. The plan was for me to focus on football, focus on getting my head in the playbook and just trying to make that transition as quickly as possible. I definitely have reaped the benefits of that and am thankful that I’ve had the time to just focus on the plays and focus on what goes on on the field. That has definitely helped me improve each day.”

Te’o insisted he hasn’t been distracted after the fallout from his fake girlfriend controversy.

“When we’re out on the football field, everything else doesn’t matter,” he said. “Thankfully for me, I’m surrounded by a bunch of teammates who have really pushed me to be better. All they care about is that No. 50 is working his butt off. I’ll take care of the work ethic part and for them, they just make sure that I’m going in the right direction. Personally, that hasn’t been difficult at all.

“We have a saying in the defensive room: `Keep the main thing the main thing.’ I’m here to play football. I’m here to be the best Charger I can be and I’m not going to let anything get in the way of that. We’ll keep the main thing the main thing.”

♦ Sergio Garcia left a note in Tiger Woods‘ locker Tuesday at the U.S. Open in Ardmore, Pa., after he was unable to set up a face-to-face meeting between the golf stars to address their recent dispute. After the two feuded through the press last month, Garcia made a racially insensitive joke and said he wanted to apologize.

“I did leave him a note — a handwritten note,” Garcia said. “And hopefully, he can take a look at it. It’s a big week and I understand that it’s difficult to meet up and stuff. So hopefully, I’ll be able to do it. If not, at least he has read the note and he’s happy with that.”

The two had a brief exchange Monday, when Garcia approached Woods and shook his hand at the practice range.

“We didn’t discuss anything,” Woods said. “Just came up and said, ‘Hi,’ and that was it.”

Added Woods when asked if Garcia apologized: “No. It’s already done. We’ve already gone through it all. It’s time for the U.S. Open.”

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 12, 1984, the Celtics defeated the Lakers in Game 7, 111-102, to win their 15th NBA title. Which Celtic scored a game-high 24 points?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Guys kept battling back, and every time they did, I gave it right back to them. It’s unacceptable. I’ve got to do a better job.” – Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, after Tuesday’s 8-3 loss to the Rays

STAT OF THE DAY: 16 – Total 3-pointers by the Spurs in Tuesday’s 113-77 victory over the Heat, an NBA Finals record

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): Blue Jays shortstop Munenori Kawasaki continues to shine with his postgame interviews.

And here’s Kawasaki making some friends in the stands while signing autographs and singing the Canadian national anthem.

Argentinian soccer player Enzo Jose Jimenez gets a red card after trying to get a dog off the field by grabbing it around the neck and attempting (but failing) to throw it over a fence.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Cedric Maxwell, who also had a team-high eight assists and hauled in eight rebounds

SOOTHING SOUNDS: The late Brad Delp, lead singer of Boston, was born on this day in 1951.

TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
MLB: Red Sox at Rays, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Giants at Pirates, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Reds at Cubs, 8 p.m. (WGN)
NBA finals: Heat at Spurs, 9 p.m. (ABC; WEEI-AM)
Soccer: World Cup qualifier, Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Soccer: World Cup qualifier, Panama vs. United States, 10 p.m. (ESPN)

AROUND THE WEB:

Kobe Bryant

♦ Kobe Bryant’s dispute with his parents about them selling his memorabilia ended Monday, with his parents apologizing and 90 percent of the items being pulled from the auction.

Bryant and the auction company were due to go to trial in New Jersey next week. Bryant said the items were still his, while his mother, Pamela Bryant, claimed she owned the things Bryant had left at her house. Instead, Goldin Auctions will sell just six items from Bryant’s past, including two high school uniforms from Lower Merion (Pa.), Bryant 2000 NBA All-Star Game ring, and two rings celebrating the 2000 Lakers championship team that were given to Bryant’s parents.

“We regret our actions and statements related to the Kobe Bryant auction memorabilia,” Pamela and Joe Bryant said in a statement. “We apologize for any misunderstanding and unintended pain we have caused our son and appreciate the financial support he has provided over the years. We also apologize to Goldin Auctions for their inadvertent involvement in this matter and thank them for their assistance.”

The auction begins June 17, with bidding continuing until July 19.

♦ Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested Monday on an assault charge after he allegedly struck a woman outside a Cincinnati bar last week following a Reds game.

Jones, who has had numerous run-ins with the law since being drafted in 2005, insisted that he acted in self-defense. Tweeted Jones: Just got arrested for protecting myself, I will not let this break me or change what I have work so hard for …

Video surfaced on the web Monday and it appears to show Jones arguing with a woman while the two were on opposite sides of a low gate, the woman attempting to poor the contents of her bottle on him, and Jones responding by unleashing a left to the woman’s face.

In an interview with Cincinnati radio station ESPN 1530, Jones again claimed he did nothing wrong.

“I’m not out acting a fool. I’m not out drinking, getting drunk,” he said. “All I was doing was protecting myself, man. I wouldn’t like to harm no woman, period. I have two beautiful little girls and a wife at home [and] my mother. Most of my family are all women, I don’t even had a dad. That’s not Adam. That’s no part. I’m not into that, and I don’t condone that. So I don’t want you to try to tweak it and make it sound any other way. All I was doing was protecting myself and trying to clear my space.”

♦ Feuding golf rivals Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia met up Monday at the practice range for the U.S. Open in Ardmore, Pa., and shook hands in their first meeting since Garcia made a racially insensitive comment about Woods.

After the pair had a dispute at The Players Championship last month when they were paired together, Garcia, at an awards dinner in England, joked that he would have Woods over for dinner and “serve fried chicken.” Woods downplayed the incident and said he wanted to move on.

Both players are scheduled to speak to the media on Tuesday.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 11, 1987, the Celtics tied an NBA finals record by having five players score 20 or more points in a 123-108 victory over the Lakers in Game 5. Which player led the way with 25 points?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t know that you’re taking this whole thing seriously. I just saw you slap your attorney on the backside. Is there something funny about this? The whole courtroom was laughing. I’m not going to accept these plea negotiations. This isn’t a joke.” – Broward County (Fla.) Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh, before sentencing former Patriots receiver Chad Johnson to 30 days in jail for a probation violation

STAT OF THE DAY: 8 – Consecutive Red Sox batters to reach base to start Monday night’s game against the Rays, leading to a six-run first inning in a game Boston went on to win in 14 innings, 10-8

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): NBA players read mean tweets about them on Jimmy Kimmel‘s show.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Dennis Johnson

SOOTHING SOUNDS: 38 Special guitarist/singer Donnie Van Zant was born on this day in 1952.