Lightning strike six times in Game 3 win, plus what’s next for Kyrie Irving?

Happy Tuesday, everyone. Hope you’re well.

Right from the top, we have some breaking news to quickly hit: Brooks Koepka is the latest multiple-time major winner to join LIV Golf, per multiple reports. As our golf expert Kyle Porter explained, Koepka is “arguably the highest-profile player to join the Saudi Arabian-backed league.”

Now, to the rest of the news.

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THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

The Tampa Bay Lightning finally found some offense and now find themselves right back in the Stanley Cup Final. After scoring three goals combined in the first two games, Tampa Bay found the back of the net twice as often in Game 3 alone, a 6-2 win over the Avalanche. The series is now 2-1 in favor of Colorado.

The Lightning are the first team to win a Stanley Cup Final game after losing the previous game in the series by seven or more since 1919.

And it was the exact response the Lightning needed — not just the result, but the re-emergence of their stars on offense and in net. It also helped to be back home: the Lightning have won eight straight at Amalie Arena. They’ll look to keep the good times rolling in Game 4 tomorrow night.

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And not such a good morning for…

THE BROOKLYN NETS

On Monday morning I told you the NBA never sleeps, and then just hours later it was reported that Kyrie Irving and the Nets reportedly reached an “impasse” in contract…