Today's UPDATES
It's been of weekend of uncertainty so far, especially with the games going on right now in the MLB. The one series that is the most interesting this time around is also the subject of today's Max Sports rundown, I'm talking about the New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Yankees have been trying very hard to catch up in the Division standings with the Red Sox, but to no avail, they have lost three straight games to Boston, despite the number of new players that the Yankees acquired during the Trade Deadline. The Red Sox' record in the American League East division is 78-34, while the Yankees' record is 68-41, they are 8.5 games behind the Red Sox right now, but the good news is that the Yankees have the first AL Wild Card spot in their possession. They are 3.5 games ahead of the Oakland Athletics who have a record of 66-46 and are 2.5 games ahead of their AL West rivals the Seattle Mariners, so with a couple of more weeks in the 2018 MLB season, it's going to be real interesting as to who can catch up and who can maintain their lead in the standings in order to make a run in October postseason. If anyone wants to see the results from last Friday and yesterday, they are right now below followed by more updates on the NBA Free Agency period.
MLB
Last Friday
Cubs 5, Padres 4
Reds vs Nationals was postponed due to rain
Phillies 5, Marlins 1
Pirates 7, Cardinals 5
Red Sox 4, Yankees 1
Angles 7, Indians 4
Braves 2, Mets 1
White Sox 3, Rays 2 in 10 Innings
Rangers 11, Orioles 3
Brewers 5, Rockies 3
Twins 6, Royals 4
Diamondbacks 6, Giants 3
Astros 2, Dodgers 1
Athletics 1, Tigers 0 in 11 Innings
Blue Jays 7, Mariners 2
Yesterday
Reds 7, Nationals 1
Cubs 5, Padres 4
Red Sox 4, Yankees 1
White Sox 2, Rays 1
Phillies 8, Marlins 3
Cardinals 8, Pirates 4
Nationals 6, Reds 2
Indians 3, Angles 0
Brewers 8, Rockies 4
Twins 8, Royals 2
Brewers 8, Rockies 4
Twins 8, Royals 2
Mets 3, Braves 0
Rangers 3, Orioles 1
Diamondbacks 9, Giants 3
Athletics 2, Tigers 1
Astros 14, Dodgers 0
Astros 14, Dodgers 0
Blue Jays 5, Mariners 1
Today
Angles vs Indians at 1:10PM
Braves vs Mets at 1:10PM
White Sox vs Rays at 1:10PM
Reds vs Nationals at 1:35PM
Marlins vs Phillies at 1:35PM
Cardinals vs Pirates at 1:35PM
Rockies vs Brewers at 2:10PM
Royals vs Twins at 2:10PM
Padres vs Cubs at 2:20PM
Orioles vs Rangers at 3:05PM
Giants vs Diamondbacks at 4PM on ESPN+
Tigers vs Athletics at 4:05PM
Blue Jays vs Mariners at 4:10PM
Astros vs Dodgers at 4:10PM
Yankees vs Red Sox 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
- 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 TBD 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
- 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
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 match card
- Shayna Baszler vs Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's 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
NBA
Free Agency Tracker (Week 6)
01. Garlon Green from Belfius Mons-Hainaut has signed a contract with the Pelicans.
02. Codi Miller-McIntyre from Parma Basket has signed a contract with the Mavericks.
03. Isaiah Canaan has been reported to re-sign a contract with the Phoenix Suns.04. Alex Len has signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract with the Atlanta Hawks
05. Norvel Pelle from Fiat Torino in Italy has signed a contract with the Seventy-Sixers.
How many people watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO? Probably everyone in the country watches Last Week Tonight for its funny content and satire on certain news topics in the world, the host John Oliver has done some really goofy things on his show since it was premiered in 2014, but I think a few weeks is when his words really set over line. The following #TwitterTrend is all because of a segment that Oliver did on June 17th about China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, he said that the Chinese President strikes a supposed resemblance to Winnie the Pooh who just happens to be in the new Disney film "Christopher Robin." After those comments from John Oliver were made, the Chinese government recently banned images of Winnie the Pooh due to the embarrassment of the resemblance which was into a meme by activists. So therefore, Disney's Christopher Robin has been barred from being release in China and a source has pinned the blame to the crackdown on these images in the past couple of weeks, as a matter of fact, Chinese authorities blocked HBO after Last Week Tonight host John Oliver mocked Xi's sensitivity over being compared to Winnie the Pooh. Whether or not this situation started because of the comments made by Oliver is unsure, but we can get a better perspective with the following tweets down below.
Hollywood Reporter @THR
Exclusive:
#ChristopherRobin won't get a China release due to a crackdown on images of
Winnie the Pooh
Jordan Ruimy @mrRuimy
"Christopher
Robin" Banned in China, Possibly Due to Memes Comparing Leader Xi Jinping
to Pooh Bear
Dan @dandaman4us
Winnie
the Pooh looks like Xi Jinping ? https://twitter.com/ThePlaylist/status/1025408990123941888?s=19
…
Dan @dandaman4us
Maybe
?
Ross Marchand @RossAMarchand
"Bloggers
have drawn comparisons between the pudgy bear and Xi, which has put the
country's censors in overdrive."
Vijai Mahesh @vijaimaheshwari
Didn't
realise until watching #JohnOliver that the great Chinese President Xi Jinping,
leader for life, is embarrassed by his supposed resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
All references to that have been banned on the Chinese internet
#winniethepoohxi #xiwinniethepooh
John Oliver @iamjohnoliver
Here's
our story from last night about China and Xi Jinping...
THR International @THRGlobal
The
comedian's show 'Last Week Tonight' appears to have struck a nerve with a
segment critiquing China's human rights record and Beijing's weird censorship
of Winnie-the-Pooh
Ryan W. Mead @rwmead
Apparently
the terms "Winnie the Pooh" and "Disney" are banned on
Chinese social media as a result of the Pooh comparison memes, which has led
some Chinese citizens who just love Pooh as a character to complain about the
fact: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/world/asia/china-winnie-the-pooh-censored.html
MovieMania @MovieManiaGuru
Pretty
ridiculous reason to ban the movie. It wouldn't stop the memes and China has a
Disney park in Shanghai
Kieran Green 葛季然
@Kgreen42
It’s
actual kinda wild to explain this to my friends who aren’t as familiar with
China—
“Kieran
can you explain to me why the CCP fears Winnie the Pooh?”
“Well,
back in 2015 people began to note that he bears a striking resemblance to Xi
Jinping...
Kieran Green 葛季然 @Kgreen42
...
and the CCP did not take kindly to this observation.”
“Wait
so... they banned the Winnie the Pooh movie... over a f***ing meme”
“Yeah,
pretty much.”
christy kinskey @christyandk
Xi
should embrace it. Teddy Roosevelt was compared to a bear. Now they’re all
“Teddy bears”
Chinese
Censors Apparently Block Winnie the Pooh’ Over a Meme
https://gizmodo.com/chinese-censors-have-apparently-blocked-winnie-the-poo-1796980179?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Gizmodo_twitter
… via @gizmodo
Ryan W. Mead @rwmead
“Christopher
Robin” will not be released in China due to Winnie the Pooh being a political
resistance meme in the country, with Chinese Internet users mocking leader Xi
Jinping and his facial resemblance to the cartoon bear: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-robin-refused-china-release-1131907
Aaron Cruze @theaaroncruze
lololololol
imagine a country banning your movie because its citizens openly mock you w images
of its lead character "source pins... blame on the country’s crusade
against images of the Winnie the Pooh character which has become a symbol of
the resistance"
Moving on to a much more lighter story involving Disney, this is a #JustSoYouKnow moment. Walt Disney Pictures are hard at work at a new film based on a beloved Disney Parks attraction of the same name, Jungle Cruise. The movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and the premise goes like this: "Frank, a boat captain, takes his sister and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find a tree believed to possess healing powers. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals and a competing German expedition." It's extremely wear for a movie to be based on a theme park attraction, but only Disney can pull it off nicely, and October 11, 2019, movie goers can see for themselves what makes Jungle Cruise a popular ride through the power of movie magic. Production on the film commenced on May 14, 2018 in Hawaii. but Dwayne Johnson stated that filming began properly the following week after, and just a few days ago, Johnson and Emily Blunt send a message to Disney fans about how the film is going, take a look.
Moving on to a much more lighter story involving Disney, this is a #JustSoYouKnow moment. Walt Disney Pictures are hard at work at a new film based on a beloved Disney Parks attraction of the same name, Jungle Cruise. The movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and the premise goes like this: "Frank, a boat captain, takes his sister and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find a tree believed to possess healing powers. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals and a competing German expedition." It's extremely wear for a movie to be based on a theme park attraction, but only Disney can pull it off nicely, and October 11, 2019, movie goers can see for themselves what makes Jungle Cruise a popular ride through the power of movie magic. Production on the film commenced on May 14, 2018 in Hawaii. but Dwayne Johnson stated that filming began properly the following week after, and just a few days ago, Johnson and Emily Blunt send a message to Disney fans about how the film is going, take a look.
Disney's Jungle Cruise - Now In Production
CELEBRITY of the DAY
Josh Reddick
Born: February 19, 1987
Outfielder for the Houston Astros
Won a Gold Glove Award in 2012
That's your Celebrity of the Day, An Real Epic Player.
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