It’s been a couple of weeks since Hurricane Ida flooded most of Louisiana, so now it’s time for Tropical Storm Nicholas to dump a half-foot or more of rain across parts of Texas and most of The Soaked State. Luckily, these newsbits are waterproof.

One resource that continues to grow and multiply is billionaires with “interesting” ideas. Go to space, like Bezos, Branson, and Musk? Old hat. Own a basketball team? Go, Steve-o. Floating city? Peter Thiel is outside your jurisdiction. Build a $400 billion city in the desert?

The Tokyo 2020 +1 Olympics exploded all the closing ceremony fireworks, and the U.S. won the most medals total and of each flavor.

August already? Gee, summer seemed less fun than usual this year, so spend the time you have remaining before Labor Day making memories with your tribe while you can.

The Tokyo 2020+1 Olympics are in full swing, and with the 2020 tag, you know things are weird. The USA men’s basketball team, stocked with stars like Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard, snapped a 25-game Olympic winning streak by losing to France, 83-76.

The 2020 Olympics start on Friday, July 23, 2021, because of the pandemic delay. Six new sports are featured: surfing, sport climbing, skateboarding, karate, and men’s baseball and women’s softball.

There’s a new competition among billionaires, more expensive than the largest yacht contest that was so 2010s. Now they’re challenging each other to see who can get highest. No, not in their custom, air-conditioned tents at Burning Man, but into space.

Underdog fans should be thrilled with the NBA Finals starting this week: the Phoenix Suns have never won a title, and the Milwaukee Bucks last held up the trophy in 1971.

Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who won 11 gold medals in the Olympics and remains the faster man in the world, announced the birth of his twin sons on Father’s Day.

Summer starts next week, but the heat arrived early, especially on the Pacific side of the country.