Weather: Hotter than Channing Tatum and Megan Fox combined. With a heat index of 105, you’ll want to avoid going outdoors at all costs. Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Get your tennis attire on and attend the Citi Open tournament; You can never go wrong with going to a Nationals game. …

Red lines, Blurred lines, Drunk pick-up lines. Can we just enjoy this weekend? Officially time to say bye bye to white and hello to fall; Congrats girl, it’s a girl!; Read this right now, or die; Cheers to Jim Scuitto on the new CNN gig; FOOTBALL; Who spotted Gene Sperling …

Too much? In a declaration laden with veiled jabs at NBA all star LeBron James, Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday declared the Dallas Mavericks honorary Ohioans. The move came less than 24 hours after the Mavericks defeated James and the Miami Heat in game six of the NBA Finals …

You can’t get ’em all right, especially if you’re Joe. [swami] “LeBron James is coming back and Lee [Democrat Lee Fisher] is going to Washington,” Biden said. Note: Biden was saying this at the same time Obama was begging Lebron to go to Chicago. h/t NRSC

Ovechkin isn’t polling very well in Pennsylvania. Alexander Ovechkin scored two third period goals to keep the Washington Capitals’ playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. Game 7 is tonight in Washington! … Meanwhile, Washington’s other playoff team, the Wizards, are paying the price …

Wilbon:  Round 3 to the Wizards The series to watch, and listen to, is Washington vs. Cleveland, which already has name-calling and trash-talking — and it hasn’t even begun. And if that weren’t enough, the most charismatic figure in the game today, NBA analyst Charles Barkley, has called the Wizards …