Today's Updates, 8/12/2018

Today's UPDATES

With the start of 2018 NFL Season just weeks away, teams are getting into pre-season action as we speak. In this edition of our Max Sports Rundown, it's all about week one of 2018 NFL Preseason, teams want to make a good impression this upcoming regular season because once these past four weeks of preseason are up, all bets are off. It all started with the NFL Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens who honored their great linebackers and now new Hall of Famers Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis. This game seemed to be all about defense in the early going and is what both teams would used to honor the newest inductees into Hall of Fame, but in the end, it was the Ravens who came out on top with a 17-16 victory over the Bears. A week after that, more NFL teams came out for preseason action this current weekend, but two games that I am most interested in are the ones played by both New York football teams, Giants and Jets. The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants battled last Thursday in a game that the Browns won 20-10, but what I am really concern about is Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley who really showed the goods. Both players would lived up to the early expectations as the top two picks in the NFL draft were in their first action, Mayfield showed what great offense he has and Barkley was able to lit a mighty strong spark for his team. Moving on to the New York Jets, they gave the Atlanta Falcons a shutout loss which resulted in a win for Gang Green, Teddy Bridgewater scored his first touchdown for the team as well as the third top pick in the Draft, Sam Darnold. I know it just preseason, but after watching Darnold throw that touchdown the way he did, I wonder if the Jets will consider making him their starting quarterback for opening week of the regular season, only time will tell, meanwhile see what went down this weekend in the MLB.

MLB

Last Friday

Cubs 3, Nationals 2

Red Sox 19, Orioles 12

Rangers 12, Yankees 7

Rays 7, Blue Jays 0

Tigers 5, Twins 3

Reds 3, Diamondbacks 0

Mets 6, Marlins 2

Braves 10, Brewers 1

White Sox 1, Indians 0

Mariners 5, Astros 2

Cardinals 7, Royals 0

Rockies 5, Dodgers 4

Angels 4, Athletics 3

Padres 2,Phillies 0

Giants 13, Pirates 10

Yesterday

Red Sox 5, Orioles 0
Yankees 5, Rangers 3
Nationals 9, Cubs 4

Rays 3, Blue Jays 1

Twins 4, Tigers 3

Reds 6, Diamondbacks 3
Indians 3, White Sox 1
Brewers 4, Braves 2
Mariners 3, Astros 2

Marlins 4, Mets 2

Cardinals 8, Royals 3
Red Sox 6, Orioles 4

Rockies 3, Dodgers 2

Phillies 5, Padres 1

Pirates 4, Giants 0

Athletics 7, Angles 0

Today

Red Sox vs Orioles at 1:05PM
Rangers vs Yankees at 1:05PM

Rays vs Blue Jays at 1:07PM

Twins vs Tigers at 1:10PM

Diamondbacks vs Reds at 1:10PM

Mets vs Marlins at 1:10PM

Brewers vs Braves at 1:35PM

Indians vs White Sox at 1:10PM

Mariners vs Astros at 2:10PM

Cardinals vs Royals at 2:15PM

Dodgers vs Rockies at 3:10PM
Phillies vs Padres at 3:40PM
Pirates vs Giants at 4PM on ESPN+

Athletics vs Angles at 4:07PM

Nationals vs Cubs at 8PM on ESPN

WWE

SummerSlam match card

- Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship
- Alexa Bliss vs Ronda Rousey for the WWE RAW Women's Championship

- AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship

- The Bludgeon Brothers vs The New Day for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- Braun Strowman vs Kevin Owens for Strowman's Money in the Bank contract
- Dolph Ziggler vs Seth Rollins for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Carmella vs Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat for the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
- Cedric Alexander vs Drew Gulak for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs Jeff Hardy for the WWE United States Chamoionship
- Finn Bálor vs Baron Corbin
- Daniel Bryan vs The Miz

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 match card

- Shayna Baszler vs Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship
- Tommaso Ciampa vs Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Championship

- Adam Cole vs Ricochet for the NXT North American Championship

- The Undisputed Era vs Moustache Mountain for the NXT Tag Team Championship

- Velveteen Dream vs EC3

There's been a lot of speculation going around social media that Idris Elba will become the first black actor to play Agent 007 James Bond, replacing Daniel Craig. I wasn't so sure about this the moment the news, but now that I think of, it sounds awesome, awesome enough to be the subject of today's #TiwtterTrend, and here another twist in this developing story. It was reported by Esquire that James Bound producers were leaning towards the English actor from Hackney, London to be 007, in fact this have been speculated for many many years, but I think we could be one step closer to that rumor being a reality. Just this morning, Idris Elba posted a cryptic message on Twitter that fuels the speculation that he'll be the next James Bond even further. If Elba does get chosen, you can bet I'll be in a seat in theaters watching the first black James Bound in action, as for the tweet that he sent out, we have plenty of other tweeters who are reacting to the speculations.

Idris Elba @idriselba

my name’s Elba, Idris Elba.

Red Betty @LadyGouldian

Does this... mean what I think it means.....

Nicholas Tillotson @nick_till32

It’s happening

Crystal Ledger ✨ @heathledgering

Don’t tease us like this, Idris!

Droid @droid254

It's happening 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

Richelle Carey @RichelleCarey

Quit playin with my emotions

rey @40sbucky

if he's the next bond it'll be the first time ever i'll genuinely be interested in a bond movie sksjsksdjdjs

Maggie Doyle @TheMaggieDoyle

Please say it's true... #Bond

Tom Warren @tomwarren

Idris Elba as the next bond will be amazing

Jennine Khalik @jennineak

only someone as phenom as Idris Elba can get away with using a horrendous ~art~ filter

It's only time before the deal the Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox becomes and we are all wondering as to how this will affect the entertainment industry in the future. One major impact out of all this is fact the Disney-Fox deal will help Marvel Studios acquire the rights to many Marvel characters owned by Fox so that means we can see the X-Men and Fantastic Four joining the Avengers in a massive blockbuster. On a different note of this deal, you wonder if it will Disney gain the full Marvel theme park rights from Universal Studios and build more Marvel attractions at Walt Disney World in Florida, and nothing would please us Marvel Fans more than that. Moving to a story that has all Marvel and Disney fans is the firing of James Gunn for making previous racial comments, according to sources at Deadline.com, Marvel is trying to persuade Disney to explore a compromise that might bring Gunn back into the fold for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, something that clearly would be best for the franchise. I agree to that statement because it's hard to imagine Guardians 3 ever being good without the help of the great James Gunn. For more stuff about Disney, here's a Web Choice playlist of videos made by Orange Grove 55 who has weighed in on each story as well as many others.