9:20 AMHBO’s Ballers is back. That’s big news in my world, and we’ll be discussing it with senior writer Domonique Foxworth on Tuesday’s podcast.

Well, that didn’t exactly go as planned, did it? The first day of the Republican National Convention was eventful right up until its end, when even afterward the bottom fell out of the bag. First, there was a bunch of nonsense about “White Elevators.” Then, a delegate revolt on the floor. Following that, U.S. Rep. Steve King called all people of color “subgroups” on cable news, implying white people had done the most for human civilization. Not to be outdone, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blew a gasket. Finally, Melania Trump plagiarized a Michelle Obama speech to close the night. Hello, Tuesday.

Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift officially have beef. Two of the most popular people on earth are now at odds, because Kardashian made the decision to leak a recording of her husband, Kanye West, talking to the latter about his song “Famous.” In it, he uses insulting language about Swift, which she claimed she didn’t know about. Tay Tay took to Instagram to tell her side of the story, and threw out the phrase “character assassination,” making it clear that this won’t end anytime soon. ABC News has the details.

When you hear the phrase Blue Lives Matter, it’s thought of as an opposition to Black Lives Matter. That either/or binary isn’t necessarily a reasonable way to frame the discussion, but it is what it is. Case in point: a black officer getting shot and killed because a fellow law enforcement official assumed he was a criminal. That aside, between Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, there has been a lot of discussion about the targeting of cops. It is, in fact, a growing problem. FiveThirtyEight’s Carl Bialik explains that this could be the deadliest year for terror attacks against police since 1973.

Draymond Green is trying to turn around his summer. After his Golden State Warriors lost in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the opinion of many his actions led to his team’s demise, he found himself in the headlines again. This time for getting into an altercation outside an East Lansing, Michigan, bar. He’s now trying to put all that behind him at the Olympics. His presence does make for an interesting subplot with Team USA. ESPN’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss reports.

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Coffee Break: The word “blogger” is often associated with living in one’s parents’ basement. It is NOT typically associated with being an NBA player. Alas, Jeff Teague, who now plays for his hometown Indiana Pacers, is going to be doing just that next season. This is a reality show I’d watch.

Snack Time: Getting back to the RNC real quick, we must say. If you’re showing up to any event cosplaying as Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, you’re a winner in our book.

Dessert: Russia’s Olympic future looks dicey. At best.

4:00 PMGlad to be back home after a long week in Los Angeles. The ESPYS were a ton of fun, and California is still a tremendous place.

It’s the first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It feels like a big moment already and it’s just the first day. The Ohio city, which isn’t even the capital, is abuzz with people though there’s also a tad of awkwardness because some people don’t want to find themselves affiliated with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Sidebar: If you’re wondering, his whole family will be speaking there at some point this week, as will Scott Baio. Yes, that Scott Baio. All that aside, many are nervous about the event in general. Here are five things to watch from the Quicken Loans Arena this week.

Another day, another terrifying shooting situation involving police. This time, again in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where three officers were killed while responding to a 911 call. Still, no one knows why this person chose to do this, but we again find ourselves trying to heal as result of the actions of someone with a firearm. The truth is that this is all madness. Everyone is afraid of everyone and every other person seems to have fun to assuage said fears. ABC News’ Emily Shapiro has the details on how the whole scene went down in Louisiana.

I have to admit. I have no idea how to process the concept of space. Like, I get it — there are other planets, a solar system, etc. Your boy isn’t on some pseudo-science foolishness. But when I’m told that organizations such as NASA are sending things into other planets’ orbits, my mind is blown. Alas, that’s what it did, and now a spacecraft called Juno is sending pictures back from Jupiter. How does that work? Don’t ask me. But you can ask FiveThirtyEight’s Maggie Koerth-Baker, who explains the entire process.

The sexual assault scandal that rocked Baylor’s campus is finally getting official consideration. The school plans to present tomorrow to the Big 12 conference how it plans to handle the issues. On one level, it’s a tad awkward that this needs to go as far as the conference level to get properly addressed, but whatever. It’s something. If you don’t recall, basically Baylor’s football team was doing everything it could to conceal sexual assaults alleged against its players. ESPN’s Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach report.

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Coffee Break: If you haven’t seen this video of a man being wrongfully arrested by an officer who believes that he’s done everything right and even lies to convince himself that he did, you need to watch it. It’s a perfect example of how hubris from an authority figure can basically ruin someone’s life in an instant.

Snack Time: Speaking of, police officers don’t go to jail even when they kill one of their own. Which is mind-boggling when you really think about it.

Dessert: Stephen Colbert is a national treasure. That is all.

2:40 PMAll right, we’ve come to the end of a relatively whirlwind week in the ESPN world, and on Thursday I sat down with Israel Gutierrez and Amin Elhassan to talk about President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C. Tune in.

France is again in peril. On the day the country celebrated Bastille Day, someone decided to turn things dark. Extremely so. A guy took a truck and plowed through people reveling on the street in Nice, creating a grisly scene in which more than 80 people ended up dead. For a nation of its size, France has ended quite a few terrorist attacks in the past few months, and the UEFA Euro Championships had its fair amount of ups and downs as well this summer. It took a shootout with police to kill this particular assailant, who was ready to do more damage, ABC News reports.

Funerals are always difficult to watch. Yet, Philando Castile demise is something that because of the incredible bravery of Diamond Reynolds, we had the brutal opportunity to watch play out live on our mobile devices if we so chose. On Thursday, he was laid to rest in St. Paul, Minnesota. I will admit, these pictures and stories of black pain become very difficult to look at after a certain amount of time, but they are necessary because it reminds us of what life is and what it isn’t. ABC News’ Emily Shapiro reports.

The 30 for 30 Doc & Darryl is borderline depressing. Not because the movie is poorly done, but because the story is so utterly regrettable that revisiting it makes you want to scream and cry at the same time. Two of the best players in Major League Baseball were once on the same team that won a World Series but were both two young to even handle it. Dwight “Doc” Gooden and Darryl Strawberry threw their careers away to carousing, and both came out on the other side to talk about it. FiveThirtyEight’s Neil Paine breaks down that team, analytically.

Von Miller is about to be VERY paid. The man who tore his way through offensive lines all the way to a Super Bowl title with the Denver Broncos last season and never looked back has been locked in a negotiation battle with his team over his contract. And it appears, he might actually get the better of them. I love these stories of teams where a guy “just doesn’t do that” when it comes to paying certain types of players. Turns out your boy will end up getting $70 million guaranteed, according to Adam Schefter and Jeff Legwold. Wow.

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Coffee Break: We talk about police brutality a lot in these parts, mainly because it’s something close to us. But how we document and process it is a personal choice for each to make. You should check out this artist who’s recreating “popular” scenes of said instances, and putting them on canvases that look like folders. Very dope.

Snack Time: If you want to see a video of George W. Bush awkwardly getting way too enthusiastic at a memorial for those no longer with us, you can click here. I have no idea what to make of this other than that it’s weird.

Dessert: I wore a suit and sneakers on television today. Happy weekend, folks.

1:00 PMIf you care about Western Europe, you know that today is Bastille Day. Aka, the day that people who took a semester of French in high school and studied abroad in college get drunk and say things like “Eh ben, merci!” Party on.

Do you know who Tim Scott is? Well, that’s what I’m here for. He’s from South Carolina, and he’s the lone black Republican senator, at the moment, and he has some thoughts about what’s been going on in this country recently. In a complete non-shocker, he notes that even he gets stopped by police for marginal infractions and understands the shame and problems that come with such type of enforcement. Who knew? Even if you’re an elected official from a state that notoriously celebrates its antebellum history, it can happen to you! In all seriousness, though, he spoke from the heart about it.

The names on the Republican National Convention’s speakers list are out. Included on said roster are Vince McMahon, Bill Belichick, Gregg Popovich, Mike Gundy, Rasheed Wallace and Wendy Williams. Just kidding. Seriously, though, the list is out, even if only in part. This is going to be one the most hilarious conventions of all time from a pundit standpoint. Yes, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is going to be there, so steel yourself for that if you’re not used to people saying incendiary things to the tune of applause. Here’s the whole thing, as of now.

Remember when it was announced that Ghostbusters would have an all-female cast? All the weird fanboys of the original series went insane, claiming that the brand would be ruined and childhoods across the country would be forever stained with the presence of (gasp!) women. Anyways, the movie’s out, and people like it. They like it as much as they liked the old ones, which is to say, enough. Apparently though, we’re not calling it a reboot, or a remake. We’re calling it a revival. FiveThirtyEight’s Walt Hickey explains why its ratings will be flawed.

There were no sports on Wednesday night, but there were the ESPYS. I know, because I was there. And the show’s cold opening somewhat shocked the world. Seeing four NBA players talk so plainly about what’s going on between our criminal justice system as regular citizens on national television was a moment that no one will soon forget. Black suits, black backdrop, black men talking about black lives. Doesn’t get much more powerful than that these days. So, I asked people about it and they talked. And I wrote about it.

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Coffee Break: Socks are important. Like, EXTREMELY important. If you’re the kind of person that doesn’t think about that every day with some degree of sincerity, I don’t know what to tell you. You should spend less money on shoes and more on socks. On a related note, these socks are awesome if you like A Tribe Called Quest.

Snack Time: Every three weeks, I pay a guy I’ve known since I was 15 years old $30 to cut my hair. His name is Ralph. He likes the Dallas Cowboys. He’s smart and funny. I like him. But in France, they do things a little differently. WAY differently.

Dessert: I watched this show on television on Wednesday. It was so hilariously awful that I couldn’t turn it off.