Today's Updates, 8/8/2018

Today's UPDATES

WWE SummerSlam is not complete this year without what comes the night before, and that would be NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, see what all the buzz is about that in this hot new Max Sports rundown. For the fourth straight year, NXT is taking over the Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York and this year's match card could be the best one yet, we have matches that has been building up since the United Kingdom Championship Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall two months ago. First, Moustache Mountain's Tyler Bate and Trent Seven defeated The Undisputed Era's Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong at Royal Albert Hall to capture the NXT Tag Team Championship, but the The Era was able to win back the titles in a rematch a few weeks later on NXT. While Moustache Mountain get their rematch in Brooklyn, EC3 looks for some payback against Velveteen Dream who left the former high and dry in a tag team match against Aleister Black and Ricochet during the U.K. Tournament, so it was announced last week on NXT that these two will face each at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4. Also announced last week for Brooklyn is Adam Cole defending the NXT North American Championship against the One and Only Ricochet and these have been in a heated rivalry when Cole first refused Ricochet's challenge the North American Title. The NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 will be a rematch of last year's Mae Young Classic Final, current champion Shayna Baszler defends against Kairi Sane, but things will be different from last year namely because Baszler has become more dangerous than ever. Finally, there's the NXT Championship which somehow has fallen into the hands of Tommaso Ciampa who won it in a match two weeks on NXT when Johnny Gargano inadvertently hit then-champion Aleister Black with the title belt allowing Ciampa to take a big advantage and win the belt for himself. I's going to real interesting as to how all of this will effect NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 in a couple of days, but in the meantime take a look at the ever-growing SummerSlam lineup and results from last night's SmackDown and 205 Live events.

MLB

Yesterday

Nationals 8, Braves 3

Astros 2, Giants 1

Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 7

Braves 3, Nationals 1

Twins 3, Indians 2

Reds 6, Mets 1

Cardinals 3, Marlins 2
Rays 4, Orioles 3

Rangers 11, Mariners 4

Yankees 4, White Sox 3 in 13 Innings
Padres 11, Brewers 5

Cubs 5, Royals 0

Pirates 10, Rockies 2

Phillies 5, Diamondbacks 2
Dodgers 4, Athletics 2

Angels 11, Tigers 5

Today

Reds vs Mets at 12:10PM
Mariners vs Rangers at 2:05PM
Pirates vs Rockies at 8:10PM

Astros vs Giants at 3:45PM

Phillies vs Diamondbacks at 3:40PM

Tigers vs Angels at 4:07PM

Braves vs Nationals at 7PM on ESPN

Orioles vs Rays at 7PM on ESPN+

Red Sox vs Blue Jays at 7:07PM

Twins vs Indians at 7:10PM

Cardinals vs Marlins at 7:10PM

Yankees vs White Sox at 8:10PM
Padres vs Brewers at 8:10PM

Cubs vs Royals at 8:15PM

Dodgers vs Athletics at 10:05PM
Tomorrow
Braves vs Nationals at 1:05PM
Twins vs Indians at 1:10PM
Padres vs Brewers at 2PM
Red Sox vs Blue Jays at 7:07PM
Orioles vs Rays at 7:10PM
Mariners vs Giants at 8:10PM
Dodgers vs Rockies at 8:40PM
Pirates vs Giants at 10:15PM

WWE

SmackDown Live results
- Charlotte and Becky Lynch defeated The IIconics
- Zelina Vega defeated Lana
- Shinsuke Nakamura defeated R Truth
- Bludgeon Brothers defeated jobbers in a handicap match
- The New Day defeated The Bar to win in the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Tournament Finals
205 Live results
- Noam Dar defeated Sean Maluta
- Hideo Itami defeated Mustafa Ali
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 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
- 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

- 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.

06. David Nwaba has reached an agreement to move from the Bulls to the Cavaliers

07. Isaiah Canaan has now agreed to re-sign on his current contract with the Suns.

08. Salah Mejri has agreed to re-sign on his current contract with the Mavericks.

09. Will Barton recently signed a multi-year deal to continue playing with the Nuggets.

10. Jusuf Nurkic recently signed a new deal to continue playing with the Trail Blazers.

11. Greg Monroe has agreed to sign a one-year deal to go play with the Raptors.

12. Ryan Broekhoff from PBC Lokomotiv Kuban plans to sign on with the Mavericks.

13. Malik Newman plans to sign a contract to move from the Lakers to the Heat.

14. Theo Pinson from the University of North Carolina plans to sign with the Nets.

15. Cory Joseph previously exercised the option to re-sign with the Indiana Pacers.

16. Chinanu Onuaku was involved in a trade that sent him from the Rockets to Mavericks.

17. Jordan Barnett from University of Missouri has signed a contract to play with the Bucks.

18. Shelvin Mack has recently agreed to a one-year deal to go play with the Grizzlies.

19. Emanuel Terry from Lincoln Memorial University has signed a contract with the Nuggets.

20. Sam Dekker was involved in a trade that sent him from the Clippers to the Cavaliers.

We've been wondering for years if Carmelo Anthony would ever sign with the Houston Rockets, the rumor has nearly become a reality, and it has become the subject of today's #TwitterTrend. Yesterday, Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports reported that Anthony, the former Knicks player and veteran forward verbally agreed to sign with the Rockets after he was cleared of waivers by the Atlanta Hawks. I can tell you who most happy about this piece of news and that is the Houston Rockets, especially Chris Paul who has been friends with Carmelo Anthony from years in the NBA. Shams Charania stated that Anthony was cleared of free agency waivers last week and he was able to inform Houston of his decision to sign with the upon his return from Africa. The Rockets are going to need all the help they can get if they want contend with the Golden State Warriors once next season and in the playoffs next year, but for now people have expressed their feelings about the upcoming signing on social media and here's is what some of them had to say.

Bleacher Report @BleacherReport

Melo is headed to Houston 🚀

Whitney Medworth @its_whitney

*melo finally signs with the rockets*

Sports Illustrated @SInow

How will Carmelo Anthony adjust with the Rockets, where he'll have the least central role of his career?

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania

Carmelo Anthony has verbally agreed to sign with the Houston Rockets, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania

Anthony cleared free agency waivers last week and has informed Houston of decision to sign upon return from Africa, league sources said. Anthony also unveiled refurbished basketball court in South Africa last week.

Pablo S. Torre @PabloTorre

I feel like Melo signed with the Rockets a month ago

Tyler Conway @jtylerconway

Carmelo signing with the Rockets has had more stages than a high school relationship

Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball

OK, well, I guess we’ll see how MDA-Melo Round 2 goes.

Dan Wolken @DanWolken

Will the Hawks do a Carmelo tribute video next season when the Rockets visit Atlanta? Hell, they did one for Dwight. https://www.si.com/nba/2018/08/01/carmelo-anthony-rockets-offseason-james-harden-chris-paul?utm_campaign=sinow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&xid=socialflow_twitter_si

A big #JustSoYouKnow moment is coming at you right now, yesterday The CW announced they have settled on what actress will play Catwoman in the network's next Arrowverse crossover. That actress' name is Ruby Rose and she has one of the best resumes that I have seen in a long time, she had a breakout role in Netflix's Orange is the New Black, she appeared on Lip Sync Battle and in movies such as Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Pitch Perfect 3. This Friday, people can see her in the new movie called The Meg also starring Jason Statham, but understand this important fact, Rose came out as a lesbian at the age of twelve which is perfect for playing Kathy Kane who, in the DC Comics, is an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter. It's going to real fun to see her join Stephen Amell's Green, Grant who plays The Flash, and Melissa Benoist's Supergirl in what is going to be one of the best crossovers on The CW, despite the fact that Legends of Tomorrow will not be involved in it. Come to think of it, this moment just became something more right now, 'cause I have put together a Web Choice playlist which some YouTubers' best reaction to the casting of Batwoman.