THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Dwight Gooden's son said this about his father: "We, as a family, are currently planning his best course of action." Ex-teammate Darryl Strawberry recently said Gooden is addicted to drugs and in "horrible" condition.
• Lou Pearlman, producer of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC back in the days, died at the age of 62. He was in prison, serving time for involvement in a Ponzi scheme.
• How the mighty have fallen. Former USC and Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich was arrested after being found naked with marijuana and possibly methamphetamine in a stranger's backyard in Southern California.
• The 74-year-old Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has been ordered by her doctor to cancel all of her performances for now.
• Bill Gates' net worth has hit a record $90-billion.
• A year from now, America will experience its biggest solar eclipse in years that will run from Oregon to South Carolina. Carbondale, IL, will be the absolute best place to view it. (It'll actually occur on August 21, 2017)
• Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will be on the judges panel for the Miss America 2017 competition next month.
• Tragically Hip performed their final concert ever Sunday night, as lead singer Gord Downie begins his journey with terminal brain cancer.
• Legendary jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans has died in Belgium at the age of 94.
• Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl -- a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin.
• Cosmetologists and plastic surgeons say they are seeing more and more men show up looking for techniques, invasive and non-invasive, to help stay young.
• The world's most expensive home located in France has an asking price of $1.1 billion.
• A judge has ruled that an initiative to legalize marijuana will remain on the ballot in Arizona.
• A woman in England is selling her wedding dress on eBay to pay for her divorce.
• A report says a baby name surge of "Simone" is taking place after the Olympic performances of Simone Biles and Simone Manuel.
• A report says sales are increasing for canned wine.
• Tyra Banks is going to teach a business course at Stanford next year.
• Uber says its first self-driving car fleet will arrive in Pittsburgh soon.
• The HR department at Princeton University has issued an order to faculty to not use the word "men."
• A baby born on a Cebu Pacific Air flight has been given 1 million free air mile points.
• Amazon is reportedly experimenting with giving part-time workers full time benefits.
• A 200-year-old shipwreck has been found at the bottom of Lake Ontario.
• Leonardo di Caprio and his girlfriend were involved in a minor car accident over the weekend but both are fine.
• The boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali against Joe Frazier in the 1971 "Fight of the Century" sold at auction for $606,375.
• Six Notre Dame football players were arrested on various charges -- marijuana possession, firearm violation, bar fight with a cop -- in two incidents late Friday night.
• Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen got married over the weekend to a guy named Tom May.