Today's Updates, 4/18/2018

Today's UPDATES

This Max Sports BREAKING NEWS: The 2018 NFL Regular Season Schedule will be released tomorrow, TOMORROW, can I say it even louder? TOMORROW! The news broke last night on NFL.com in an article that states that there will be a two-hour special on NFL Network TOMORROW, which is called the "2018 NFL Schedule Release Presented by Verizon," and it will exclusively announce every schedule all thirty-two NFL Teams. Soon we'll know who will play when and where, and who's those coveted primetime spots including NBC Sunday Night Football, ESPN Monday Night Football and the upcoming FOX Thursday Night Football. Now as you know I won't be here on #KlicKNet tomorrow, but the good news is that the NFL Schedule won't be revealed until tomorrow night at 8PM, which I when I get back on Friday, we'll discuss it in a special NFL edition of #fakeTV Top Ten, so stick around for that one. Meanwhile in the WWE, the Superstar Shake-Up concluded last night on SmackDown LIVE and a couple superstars wondered all day yesterday where they would end up, that was all made cleared once SmackDown was on the air. We can now confirm that the New United States Champion Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Absolution, The Bar, Gallows and Anderson, Asuka and Big Cass were the lucky ones to go from Raw to SmackDown. The Blue Brand made a couple of call-ups from NXT and called in some favorites such as SAnitY, and former NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas and his lovely manger Zelina Vega, I certainly can't wait to see what they bring to SmackDown. If you're waiting to see what outcome came from last night's NBA and NHL playoff games, the look no further than down below.

2018 NBA Playoffs (First Round)
Raptors vs Wizards (Toronto leads series 2-0)
Game 1: Raptors 114, Wizards 106
Game 2: Raptors 130, Wizards 119
Game 3: Friday in Washington at 8PM on ESPN2
Game 4: Sunday in Washington at 6PM on TNT
Celtics vs Bucks (Boston leads series 1-0)
Game 1: Celtics 113, Bucks 107 in Overtime
Game 2: Celtics 120, Bucks 106
Game 3: Friday in Milwaukee at 9:30PM on ESPN
Game 4: Sunday in Milwaukee at 1PM on ABC
76ers vs Heat (Series tied at 1-1)
Game 1: 76ers 130, Heat 103
Game 2: Heat 113, 76ers 103
Game 3: Tomorrow in Miami at 7PM on TNT
Game 4: Saturday in Miami at 2:30PM on TNT
Game 5: Next Tuesday in Philadelphia
Cavaliers vs Pacers (Indiana leads series 1-0)
Game 1: Pacers 98, Cavaliers 80
Game 2: Tonight in Cleveland at 7PM on TNT
Game 3: Friday in Indiana at 7PM on ESPN
Game 4: Sunday in Indiana at 8:30PM on TNT
Rockets vs Timberwolves (Houston leads series 1-0)
Game 1: Rockets 104, Timberwolves 101
Game 2: Tonight in Houston at 9:30PM on TNT
Game 3: Saturday in Minnesota at 7:30PM on ESPN
Game 4: Next Monday in Minnesota at 8PM on ESPN
Warriors vs Spurs (Golden State leads 2-0)
Game 1: Warriors 113, Spurs 92
Game 2: Warriors 116, Spurs 101
Game 3: Tomorrow in San Antonio at 9:30PM on TNT
Game 4: Saturday in San Antonio at 3:30PM on TNT
Trail Blazers vs Pelicans (New Orleans leads series 2-0)
Game 1: Pelicans 97, Trail Blazers 95
Game 2: Pelicans 111, Trail Blazers 102
Game 3: Tomorrow in New Orleans at 9PM on NBA TV
Game 4: Saturday in New Orleans at 5PM on TNT

Thunder vs Jazz (Oklahoma City leads series 1-0)
Game 1: Thunder 116, Jazz 108
Game 2: Tonight in Oklahoma City at 8PM on NBA TV
Game 3: Saturday in Utah at 10PM on ESPN
Game 4: Next Monday in Utah at 10:30PM on TNT

2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs (First Round)
Tampa Bay vs New Jersey (Lightning leads series 2-1)
Game 1: Lightning 5, Devils 2
Game 2: Lightning 5, Devils 3
Game 3: Devils 5, Lightning 3
Game 4: Lightning vs Devils, Tonight at 7:30pm on GOLF and SN
Game 5: Devils vs Lightning, Saturday
Boston vs Toronto (Bruins lead series 2-1)
Game 1: Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 1
Game 2: Bruins 7, Maple Leafs 3
Game 3: Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 2
Game 4: Bruins vs Maple Leafs, Tomorrow at 7PM on CBC and NBCSN
Game 5: Maple Leafs vs Bruins, Saturday
Washington vs Columbus (Blue Jackets lead series 2-0)
Game 1: Blue Jackets 4, Capitals 3 in Overtime
Game 2: Blue Jackets 5, Capitals 4 in Overtime
Game 3: Capitals 3, Blue Jackets 2 in Double Overtime
Game 4: Capitals vs Blue Jackets, Tomorrow at 7:30PM on USA and SN
Game 5: Blue Jackets vs Captials, Saturday
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia (Penguins lead series 2-1)
Game 1: Penguins 7, Flyers 0
Game 2: Flyers 5, Penguins 1
Game 3: Penguins 5, Flyers 1
Game 4: Penguins vs Flyers, Tonight at 7PM on NBCSN and CBC
Game 5: Flyers vs Penguins, Friday at 7PM on NBCSN and CBC
Nashville vs Colorado (Predators lead series 2-1)
Game 1: Predators 5, Avalanche 2
Game 2: Predators 5, Avalanche 4
Game 3: Avalanche 5, Predators 3
Game 4: Predators vs Avalanche, Tonight at 10PM on NBCSN and SN
Game 5: Avalanche vs Predators, Friday at 9:30PM on SN360 and NBCSN
Winnipeg vs Minnesota (Jets lead series 3-1)
Game 1: Jets 3, Wild 2
Game 2: Jets 4, Wild 1
Game 3: Wild 6, Jets 2
Game 4: Jets 2, Wild 1
Game 5: Wild vs Jets, Friday at 7:30PM on SN and USA
Vegas vs Los Angeles (Golden Knights swept the series 4-0)
Game 1: Golden Knights 1, Kings 0
Game 2: Golden Knights 2, Kings 1 in Double Overtime
Game 3: Golden Knights 3, Kings 2
Game 4: Golden Knights 1, Kings 0
Anaheim vs San Jose (Sharks lead series 3-0)
Game 1: Sharks 3, Ducks 0
Game 2: Sharks 3, Ducks 2
Game 3: Sharks 8, Ducks 1
Game 4: Ducks vs Sharks, Tonight at 10:30PM on GOLF and SN1
Game 5: Sharks vs Ducks, Friday at 10:30PM on SN and USA

WWE
SmackDown LIVE results
- AJ Styles defeated Rusev by disqualification
- Jeff Hardy defeated Shelton Benjamin
- Luke Harper defeated Jey Uso
- Samoa Joe defeated Sin Cara
- Charlotte Flair defeated Billie Kay
- AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan defeated Rusev Day by disqualification
205 Live results
- Mustafa Ali defeated Ariya Daivari
- Gentleman Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick defeated Local competitors
- Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik defeated Akira Tozawa and Hideo Itami in a Tornado Tag Team Match
WWE Backlash match card
- Seth Rollins vs The Miz for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe

WWE Superstar Shake-Up

From SmackDown and NXT to Raw: Jinder Mahal, The Riott Squad, Zack Ryder, Breezango, Natalya, Mojo Rawley, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Mike Kanellis, The Ascension, Bobby Roode, and Chad Gable
Free Agents to Raw: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
From Raw and NXT to SmackDown: The Miz, United States Champion Jeff Hardy, Absolution, Samoa Joe, SAnitY, Big Cass, Asuka, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Cesaro, Sheamus, R-Truth, Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega

When to comes to a #TwitterTrend everyday on #KlicKnet, I have to find and a fresh, new different set of tweets to put on each post. We have spoken heavenly on the ever-growing Marvel Cinematic Universe, but I don't we have spoken about DC Comics for quite sometime now. Since Justice League was released in theaters, no new DC superhero films have come out so far, however Aquaman will be out in late December this year, but just yesterday Warner Bros. and DC Films announced two major director announcements. First, there is Cathy Yan who will take the helm of that rumored DC movie starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, according to Variety, it is said to be based on the Birds of Prey series from DC Comics and will start shooting at the end of 2018. Christina Hodson, who is planning to write the script for Batgirl, has written the script this Harley Quinn-lead film, which means the production crew will be dominated mostly by women; Margot Robbie and Sue Kroll by the way will be one of the producers for the film as well. Then, the famous Steven Spielberg will direct a film adaptation of DC's "Blackhawk," this series was about a group of World World II pilots called the Blackhawk Squadron. Steven Spielberg has a lot of on this plate at the moment, he also plans to direct the fifth installment of Indiana Jones, followed by a new verison of West Side Story, which means that Blackhawk may not come around until the mid-2020s. I believe the best set of tweets for today would be for the Harley Quinn-lead film which is centered all on things women, take a look.

gita @broodybats

BIRDS OF PREY WILL START SHOOTING IN THE END OF THE YEAR OH MY GOD ITS HAPPENING0

Nед @carbo_knight

Batgirl is going to be the face of DC's next phase of movies. A solo movie from Hodson leading directly to Birds Of Prey where she'll team up with Black Canary & Katana against Harley (with Ivy and Selina as well). I'm all here for the DCEU consolidating on their strong women.

Variety @Variety

Cathy Yan to direct Harley Quinn movie starring Margot Robbie https://t.co/0x92o2hPN9

Variety @Variety

Cathy Yan will be the second female director to helm a DC movie

Justin Kroll @krolljvar

BREAKING: Cathy Yan tapped to direct BIRDS OF PREY, the next Harley Quinn pic which will shoot at the end of the year. WB pic this as the next pic after Christina Hodson blew execs away with her script

Melissa Silverstein @melsil

This is progress.

Cathy Yan gets the gig to direct DC's Harley Quinn

"Yan got the job over numerous well established male directors, and because she is taking this giant leap with just one small-budget indie movie under her belt" https://deadline.com/2018/04/harley-quinn-margot-robbie-cathy-yan-birds-of-prey-warner-bros-dc-entertainment-bat-girl-christina-hodson-1202365866/

Josh @_VintageReality

AN ASIAN WOMAN IS DIRECTING BIRDS OF PREY!!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!

annika @batswaynes

idk anything about cathy yan but i trust her with my life

Ryan @StannisAF

Birds of Prey is a film I can get behind. Do my bae Black Canary Justice.

Helen Parker @AmazingElena30

I like that they choose a female and asian director.

I don't like the fact that we will have a Harley Quinn movie before Man Of Steel 2 (at first)

dana @pjmglo

still don’t get why Harley’s spin-off movie is ‘Birds of Prey’ but ok.... shouldn’t it be gotham city sirens

How "bout some more Avengers: Infinity War news for everyone/ Yesterday, Marvel's YouTube Channel released a new video which the incredible story about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe involved over the past ten years. Well I must say I am impressed with how far the MCY has come from the first Iron Man in 2008 to all the way here in 2018 with Infinity War a week from Friday, every movie I have seen has been leading up to this moment in time the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy form an alliance to take on Thanos and keep the six Infinity Stones out of his big gold gauntlet. This Monday is the world premiere of the film in Los Angeles and the cast and crew are still on their Press Tour around the world to promote it and once the it is released worldwide on April 27th, all bets are off. There is also a video about how some of the MCU films were filmed in IMAX which gives them better quality and for movie goers, they will have a better experience. One last video is a collection television spots and as you will soon see, everything comes to an end, eventually when it comes to Thanos. Enjoy today's Web Choice playlist of how Ten Years of Marvel Cinematic Filming has payed off for every actor, actress, director, writer, producer and many more who have worked in each film.