The GIST: One word to describe the first few games in the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final? “Dominant,” with the home squads firing on all cylinders. Let’s jump right in.

Boston Celtics surge to 2-0 lead over Dallas Mavericks: Despite yet-another triple-double from Mav Luka Dončić (while he struggled with injury), the Cs soared to new heights in last night’s 105–98 Game 2 win with five players scoring double digit points, including a team-high 26 from Jrue Holiday and a near triple-double effort from superstar Jayson Tatum.

• Now there’s a bit of breathing room before the series switches venues for Game 3 and a bit of rest for Dončić and his so far quiet partner-in-hoops, Kyrie Irving. A lot can change in two days.

Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky secures Florida Panthers’ Game 1 win: Brick wall, waterfall, Bobrovsky does it all — the tendy stopped 32 (!!!) shots in Saturday’s 3–0 W over the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers notably took 14 more shots on net than the Panthers did, but they couldn’t break through with Bobrovsky between the pipes.

• Will Edmonton’s leading man, center Connor McDavid, find the right fit and rebound from the shutdown? Find out in Game 2 from Sunrise, Florida, tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

The GIST: The 2024 French Open came to a historique close as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek re-wrote the record books in the City of Light. Très bien, indeed. 

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz wins first French Open, third Grand Slam: With yesterday’s thrilling five-set championship victory over No. 4 Alexander Zverev, the 21-year-old Spaniard is now the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces (clay, grass, and hard). Get you a player who can do it all.

• Alcaraz is also the first man not named Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal to win at Roland-Garros in the last eight years, earning him comparisons to men’s tennis’ lauded “Big 3.”

World No. 1 Iga Świątek three-peats as Roland-Garros champion: Good things really do come in threes for the 23-year-old Pole, who became the third woman in the Open Era to win three straight French Opens following Saturday’s dominant straight sets victory over No. 7 Jasmine Paolini.

• Świątek’s trophy case now includes four Suzanne Lenglens and five total major titles. The only surface she’s yet to win it all on? Grass…good thing Wimbledon’s just three weeks away.

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