* The Lightning’s Stanley Cups-celebration visit to the White House, pandemically delayed, was a feel-good highlight for the franchise and Tampa Bay. And it helped, a lot, that the president, although a Philadelphia Flyers fan, was not Donald Trump.
* We now know that MLB fined the New York Yankees $100,000 for using a dugout phone to relay sign-stealing information during the 2015-16 seasons. Apparently having a ton of money isn’t advantage enough.