THE BUZZ Maybe the wisdom of the NBA's free agency period start time makes sense. Without it, there would be absolutely nothing happening sports-wise today.
REMOTE PATROL If the made-for-TV ESPYs aren't your thing, check out the highlights from Stage 10 of the Tour de France, through the mountains (7, NBCSN).
Click pick A photo of reportedly new Wolves guard Alexey Shved surfaced on Twitter, with Shved wearing a T-shirt featuring a panda doing a crossover dribble.
STAR GAZING If MLB starts dictating one hometown player is in the All Star HR derby, and Target Field ends up with the 2014 game, do you like Willingham or Plouffe?
FAST FACT The Packers, coming off a Super Bowl victory the previous year, reported a record profit of $42.7 million for the 2011-12 season.
