Today's Updates, 12/12/2017

Today's UPDATES

The unthinkable has happened, the New England Patriots have lost to the Miami Dolphins, meaning that their road game winning streak is over. More importantly, the Patriots find themselves not the #1 Seed in the AFC Conference, that's a big ouch because now they have to go to Pittsburgh next week to take on the Steelers in match that will a lot of drama and many playoff implications. A 27-20 loss to Dolphins was the least of their worries, I think the big reason the Patriots lost is because they were without Rob Gronkowski who was suspended for one game. Gronkowski is part of the glue that holds the Patriots' offense together as a whole, so not having him around really messed up the Patriots' chance of catching with the Steelers. In the NFC Conference, the Minnesota Vikings messed up a good chance last Sunday to win their division and remain on top of the NFC, but fell short to Carolina Panthers, this allowed the Philadelphia Eagles are top and it will take everything the Vikings to get back in it. With the NFL regular season wining down, Max Sports remains on high alert for any new updates whenever they break out, here some right now.

NFL

Last Night

Miami Dolphins 27, New England Patriots 20

Thursday

Denver Broncos vs Indianapolis Colts at 8:25PM on NBC
Saturday
Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions at 4:30PM on NFL Network
Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs at 8:25PM on NFL Network
Next Sunday
Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills at 1PM on CBS
Baltimore Ravens vs Cleveland Browns at 1PM on CBS
Cincinnati Bengals vs Minnesota Vikings at 1PM on CBS
New York Jets vs New Orleans Saints at 1PM on CBS
Philadelphia Eagles vs New York Giants at 1PM on FOX
Arizona Cardinals vs Washington Redskins at 1PM on FOX

Green Bay Packers vs Carolina Panthers at 1PM on FOX
Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars at 1PM on CBS
Los Angeles Rams vs Seattle Seahawks at 4:05PM at FOX

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers at 4:25PM on CBS

Tennessee Titans vs San Francisco 49ers at 4:25PM on CBS

Dallas Cowboys vs Oakland Raiders at 8:30PM on NBC

Next Monday

Atlanta Falcons vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 8:30PM on ESPN

NFL Playoff Picture

AFC Division Leaders

1. Steelers, 11-2, 1st Seed, Clinched Division

2. Patriots, 10-3, 2nd Seed

3. Jaguars, 9-4, 3rd Seed 

4. Chiefs, 7-6, 4th Seed

AFC Wild Card

5. Titans, 8-5, 5th Seed

6. Ravens,7-6, 6th Seed

NFC Division Leaders

1. Eagles, 11-2, 1st Seed, Clinched Division
2. Vikings, 10-3, 2nd Seed

3. Rams, 9-4, 4th Seed

4. Saints, 9-4, 3rd Seed

NFC Wild Card

5. Panthers 9-4, 5th Seed

6. Falcons, 9-5, 6th Seed

NBA

Last Night

Bulls 108, Celtics 85

Rockets 130, Pelicans 123

Heat 107, Grizzlies 82

Hornets 116, Thunder 103

Warriors 111, Trail Blazers 104

Clippers 96, Raptors 91
Tonight
Hawks vs Cavaliers at 7PM
Nuggets vs Pistons at 7PM
Lakers vs Knicks at 7PM on ESPN
Wizards vs Nets at 7:30PM
Spurs vs Mavericks at 8:30PM
76ers vs Timberwolves at 9:30PM on ESPN
Suns vs Kings at 10PM

WWE
Raw results
- Absolution defeated Sasha Banks, Bayley and Mickie James
- Finn Bálor defeated Curtis Axel
- Seth Rollins defeated Sheamus
- Cedric Alexander defeated Tony Nese, Mustafa Ali and Ariya Daivari in a Fatal 4-Way match
- Roman Reigns defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Samoa Joe defeated Dean Ambrose
- Braun Strowman vs. Kane ended in a double count-out

Clash of Champions match card

- AJ Styles vs Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship

- Baron Corbin vs Bobby Roode vs Dolph Ziggler in a Triple threat match for the WWE United States Championship

- The Usos vs The New Day vs Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin vs Rusev and Aiden English in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

- Charlotte Flair vs Natalya for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

- Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn with Shane McMahon as the special guest referee. If Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn lose, they’ll be fired from WWE.

Today's #TwitterTrend is about yesterday when we spoke heavily about the bombing at the Port Authority Terminal in Manhattan, New York. Details have come in that the preparator was 27-year-old Akayed Ullah who they has lived in Brooklyn for some time now. He's been charged with making a terroristic threat, supporting an act of terrorism, and criminal possession of a weapon, but as it turns out his motives weren't all what we expected them to be. Apparently, he claimed to be inspired by the Islamic State and chose the hallway of Port Authority where he detonated the pipe bomb because of its holiday-themed posters. Looks like we have a Christmas Scrooge in custody who didn't really put much of a dent in New York City like other terrorist have done in the past, many New Yorkers did exactly what I said they would do, stand stall and stay strong. People went along with their day, not in a massive panic as the only person that the bomber severely injured was himself  and the IS group has not claimed him as a member. See the tweets people have been sending online that will explain their thoughts at this failed and lame attempt at terrorism.

Saagar Enjeti @esaagar

NYC terrorist went after the subway b/c of Christmas posters and in retaliation for ISIS losses in Iraq and Syria https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/nyregion/explosion-times-square.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=66203773&pgtype=Homepage

Marc Santia @MarcSantia4NY

These are 4 Port Authority police officers who saw bombing suspect w/ wires coming from his clothes after explosion, they held him down, stopped him from dialing cell phone & triggering a 2nd possible blast.  These 4 are being credited with saving lives.  @NBCNewYork @PANYNJ

The New York Times @nytimes

Breaking News: The New York bombing suspect told officials he was inspired by ISIS, and that he chose the subway because of its Christmas-themed posters https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/nyregion/explosion-times-square.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Tom Namako @TomNamako

Reported motives for the NYC attacker:

—(Non-existent) US bombing in Bangladesh (NYDN, since deleted?)

—Israeli actions in Gaza (CNN)

—ISIS Christmas attacks/nearby Christmas posters (NYT)

—Being "annoyed, irritated, by our political position or sympathetic to ISIS etc” (Cuomo)

Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky

Akayed Ullah rode the F, A trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan with the pipe bomb strapped to him the whole time. He said he did it for ISIS and spoke of historical grievances involving Gaza, Syria, Iraq

karen zraick @karenzraick

Rather than a “soldier of the caliphate” or any other such emissary from the apocalypse, Akayed Ullah seems like something very familiar to people in New York and big cities around the world: a failed criminal. https://interc.pt/2nUoxMm  by @mazmhussain

Rita Katz @Rita_Katz

4) Despite reports that Akayed Ullah performed the attack in #NewYork’s #PortAuthority in the name of #ISIS, the group has yet to endorse him as one of its "soldiers" (though it has little reason not to at this point)

Phillip Atiba Goff @DrPhilGoff

Sad that this means we will hear from POTUS when we heard nothing before:

New York Bomber Was Inspired by ISIS Christmas Attacks, Officials Say

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his ABC show last night after a week off from taking care of his infant son Billy. While Chris Pratt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Neil Patrick Harris & Melissa McCarthy were making us laugh last week, Kimmel was in the hospital for his son's second heart surgery, this is, as you know, because of heart disease that Billy  when he was born. It made Kimmel very emotional on his show for many times, but I think that last night, we got to see a sign of joy and relief from the ABC late night host who was happy to bring his son along with for the opening monologue for Jimmy Kimmel Live, and I was very surprised and happy to see them together and soon Kimmel began to speak about health care again. He spoke that a program called CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) was able to save his son's life, but is now in serious need of funding because Congress recently failed to approve of it. For more, check out the video down below, submitted for the approval of Web Choice, that shows Jimmy Kimmel and his now healthy son Billy with a healthy father-son relationship, plus Jack Black talks about his relationship with his own father.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns with Baby Billy After Heart Surgery

Jack Black's Dad Almost Killed by Hippo

CELEBRITY of the DAY

Alex Wolff

Born: November 1, 1997

Starred in The Naked Brothers Band

Set to star in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

That's your Celebrity of the Day, Someone who's 

doesn't want to go to school!