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Major League Baseball has entered into an agreement with Eternal Image, a designer of funeral products, that will allow the company to decorate caskets and urns with team names and logos, Bloomberg News reported.

Clint Mytych, Eternal Image’s chief executive, said, “This opens

When this offer goes on the market next year, the guess here is that not too many fans of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays will be interested. Fans of the Angels might be different.

Trivia time: When boxer Randy Shields of North Hollywood won a national AAU lightweight title in 1973, the opponent he defeated later became one of boxing’s all-time greats. Who was the opponent?

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No letup in sight: Of Phil Mickelson’s decision to use a driver on the 18th hole of the final round of the U.S. Open, Randy Hill of Foxsports.com wrote, “At that point in the proceedings, even Tony Stewart would have avoided hitting another driver.”

Of the Dallas Mavericks losing to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals after leading the series 2-0, NBC’s Jay Leno said, “Even Phil Mickelson said they choked.”

More late-night fodder: “The U.S. finally has an exit strategy,” Leno said. “Unfortunately, it’s for the World Cup.”

Also from Leno: “The Ghana team had extra reason to celebrate. During the game, four of the Ghana players were adopted by Angelina Jolie.”

And then this: Of Mark Cuban’s being fined for complaining about the officiating during the NBA Finals, comedian Argus Hamilton said, “He is hoping if he acts like a big enough baby, he will be adopted by Angelina Jolie.”

Good answer: CBS’ David Letterman, asking guest Dwyane Wade about Cuban, said, “What do you say to a guy like that?”

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Wade looked at Letterman with his lips sealed and said nothing.

Appropriate answer: Letterman, pointing out that Wade was the fifth pick in the 2003 NBA draft behind LeBron James (No. 1) and Carmelo Anthony (No. 3), said, “At the time, with all due respect to you, it probably wasn’t you everybody thought would be the first ring-bearing player in that draft, right?”

Wade: “No, probably. I wasn’t. I was lucky to be picked fifth.”

Looking back: On this day in 1968, Joe Frazier defeated Mexico’s Manuel Ramos for the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden, knocking him out in the second round.

Trivia answer: Sugar Ray Leonard.

And finally: Reader Janice Hough suggested these headlines after the U.S. lost to Ghana in the World Cup: “Going, Going Ghana” or “Ghana With the Wind.”

Now the question is, how is Ghana gonna do in the second round?

Larry Stewart can be reached at larry.stewart@latimes.com.

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