SPORTS BRIEFS: LeBron makes it official

The Los Angeles Lakers announced the signing of LeBron James as a free agent Monday night, confirming the seismic shift created by the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player's decision to leave Cleveland for the 16-time champion franchise on the West Coast.

James' representatives at Klutch Sports Group tweeted a photo of James signing his contract with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka. James' agency already announced last week that the superstar had agreed to a four-year deal worth $153.3 million with Los Angeles.

The Lakers have missed the playoffs in a franchise-record five consecutive seasons, while James has played in the past eight NBA Finals with the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning three titles.

The 33-year-old budding entertainment mogul immediately becomes the focus of the Lakers franchise and a possible foundation for the NBA's next superteam, depending on whether James and the Lakers can persuade more superstars to join him in the next year or two.

BROWNER ARRESTED AGAIN

Former New England Patriots defensive back Brandon Browner was arrested Sunday in La Verne, California, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, after police say he broke into the house of a former girlfriend, threatened to kill her and stole a Rolex watch valued at about $20,000. According to NBC Los Angeles, he faces charges of kidnapping, burglary, false imprisonment and violation of a protective order.

 Bail has been set at $10 million.

It's Browner's fourth arrest over the past 14 months. In May 2017, he was arrested in La Verne on cocaine-possession charges. Four months later, he was arrested on a felony charge of making threats toward a woman. This past May, he pleaded no contest to charges of battery and child endangerment, receiving three years of probation and serving one day in jail for violating the terms of his probation from a previous arrest. (He was released so quickly because the Los Angeles County jail was full.) He also was ordered to stay away from the victims for three years.

Browner also was charged in July 2016 with assaulting the grandfather of his child at the child's mother's house, though the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office declined to prosecute after it said witnesses to the incident became uncooperative.

Browner, 33, last played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints in 2015.  He was part of the Patriots team that defeated the Seattle Seahawks for the Super Bowl title in 2015.

TED WILLIAMS CAMP REUNION JULY 21

Several Boston Red Sox legends will be on hand when the Ted Williams Baseball Camp alumni and friends hold their 2018 benefit reunion from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 21,  in the Loon Pond Lodge at the site of the former Ted Williams Camp, 28 Precinct St., Lakeville. Proceeds will benefit the Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Former Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, the American League's Cy Young Award winner in 1967, will be available for at least an hour to sign autographs and pose for photographs. Lonborg will be joined by former Red Sox manager Joe Morgan.

Ted Lepcio, a Red Sox infielder who played with Williams during much of the 1950s, is scheduled to make an appearance. He was a popular attendee during the camp's 2016 reunion that raised more than $2,000 for the Jimmy Fund.

Among other former major leaguers contributing their time at the event will be Jeff Juden and Jeff Plympton. Onetime Red Sox draft pick and high school coach John Graham will offer his perspective on baseball.

Sports writer Dick Trust will sign his book, “Ted Williams and Friends 1960-2002,” for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund.

A live auction will be held, with baseball memorabilia – autographed baseballs and photos among them – put up for bid.

Tickets cost $30, which includes food and autographs, and can be purchased online via EventBrite or at the door. For more information, call 978-604-9451 or 508-662-2586.

The Ted Williams Camp operated from 1958 to 1986.

GUNSHOT VICTIM WAS CELTICS FAN

NEW ORLEANS - After a young New Orleans man was killed, his grieving family chose to remember him doing what he loved: sitting in front of a TV with his beloved Boston Celtics on the screen.

The body of 18-year-old Renard Matthews, who died from a gunshot wound to the head on June 25, was dressed in a Celtics jersey at Sunday wake at the Charbonnet Labat Glapion Funeral Home in the Treme neighborhood. WDSU-TV reports his body was positioned in a chair and he had a video game controller in his lap. His favorite snacks were positioned on a nearby table and the floor.

The 18-year-old Matthews will be buried Tuesday.