The sports world became very interesting during the month of June with the happy case of the Washington Capitals. They were finally able to make their way past their old nemesis, the Pittsburg Penguins. Next, after faltering a bit, they clinched a berth into the Stanley Cup with a nail-bitter series with the Tampa Bay Lightning. And ultimately, they dispatched the Las Vegas Golden Knights fairly convincingly to finally win the Championship and bring success to a Washington D.C team for the first time in decades. Kudos to the Caps! Rock the Red!

Speaking of championship material, the Blog Wyrm staff went all out this month to provide our usual stable of winners.

Part cosmic con job, part adventure story, Jim Starlin’s resurrection tale Thanos Quest explains how the Mad Titan comes to recognize the true power of the Infinity Gems and lay hold of all six for a second time. About Comics reviews this fascinating link between the earlier setup work by Engelhart and Starlin and the subsequent Infinity Gauntlet we all know and love.

This month’s Aristotle To Digital returns to the A* algorithm with a few clarifications and tips on the finer details and a shame-faced apology for an earlier error. Fortunately, the error wasn’t very serious but it does cause confusion and we at Blog Wyrm strive to get it right.

Now that the Supreme Court has removed the Federal prohibition that prevent states from legalizing sports gambling many are asking how we can protect the integrity of college sports. Common Cents proposes that the best way is to provide so-called college student-athletes with some skin in the game that will make it unlikely that any of them will be tempted to fix a game.

Building on earlier posts , Under The Hood links the Reynolds Transport theorem with the Flux Transport Theorem, thus completing the derivation of two of the central tools needed to describe continuum mechanics.

Enjoy!