• The Los Angeles Lakers overtook the Boston Celtics by a score of 83-29 in the final game of a nail-biting series to earn their 16th NBA title. Asked what the victory meant to him, the always sportsmanlike Kobe Bryant—who was dubbed most valuable player—said, "Just got one more than Shaq[uille O'Neal]."

• In an interview with an Ecuadorian TV station, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed President Obama's intention to have the Justice Department sue the state of Arizona over its controversial new immigration law.

• Convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah yesterday. Asked if he had any final words, Gardner said, "No, I do not."

• Boycotting BP gas stations, as many Americans are doing, doesn't so much hurt the maligned oil giant as the individual station owners. So if you really want to get back at the company, make its top executives squirm before a congressional committee and force them to cough up $20 billion.

• Smirnoff was apparently behind the demise of brosicingbros.com, the Web site popularizing the practice of ironically/unironically forcing people to down bottles of Smirnoff Ice on one knee. If true, the move dispels suspicions that the phenomenon was a guerilla marketing tactic by the company. Incidentally, it's hilarious to read Ad Age describe the concept of icing.

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