Today's Updates? 2/21/2019

Today's UPDATES?

Well this is a surprising, last night I thought I was going out today and now it looks like I get the day-off instead. Let it be known that this is going to be the last Thursday post that I'll be doing before #KlicKNet begins it new run on Sundays only, and if you are looking for "The Best Sunday Paper in Town," well on March 3rd, you've come to the right place my friends. Our Max Sports rundown today concerns NXT, one of the hottest wrestling brands in the WWE, after Ricochet, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa made their RAW and SmackDown debuts this week, they all returned to NXT last night. Aleister Black defeated Undisputed Era member Roderick Strong and was saved from a Undisputed beat down by the One and Only Ricochet. They also announced last night the return of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament where eight tag team will compete to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic trophy and earn a NXT Tag Team Championship match at the next NXT TakeOver in New York City during WrestleMania weekend. Now the first four tag teams for this tournament were announced last night as The Street Profits' Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel, The Forgotten Sons' Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler, and The Undisputed Era's Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish. But the biggest highlight of the night had to be the NXT North American Championship between Johnny Gargano and the Velveteen Dream, these two have been at it for a very long time as Velveteen Dream had once called Gargano "Johnny Failure", but Gargano has reshaped himself with a new attitude as "Johnny Champion" after not having a great year in 2018. While some would suspect that 2019 is the year that "Johnny Wrestling" will run wild once more, but believe it or not, Johnny hit another roadblock last night when the Velveteen Dream took him to the limit, found a way to outsmart him at every turn of the match, and won shocked the whole NXT Universe by winning the NXT North American Championship. Listening to this let's you know that WrestleMania season is definitely in full swing as the Velveteen Celebration is on at Full Sail in Florida, quick note before we move on, the NBA returns to action tonight and the second half of the season is going to be one for the ages.

NBA
Tonight
Suns vs Cavaliers at 7PM
Heat vs 76ers at 7PM
Trail Blazers vs Nets at 7:30PM
Celtics vs Bucks at 8PM on TNT
Kings vs Warriors at 10:30PM
Rockets vs Lakers at 10:30PM on TNT
Tomorrow
Wizards vs Hornets at 7PM
Pelicans vs Pacers at 7PM
Bulls vs Magic at 7PM
Spurs vs Raptors at 7PM on ESPN
Pistons vs Hawks at 7:30PM
Timberwolves vs Knicks at 7:30PM
Clippers vs Grizzlies at 8PM
Nuggets vs Mavericks at 8:30PM
Jazz vs Thunder at 9:30PM on ESPN
Saturday
Trail Blazers vs 76ers at 1PM
Suns vs Hawks at 7PM
Nets vs Hornets at 7PM
Grizzlies vs Cavaliers at 7PM
Pacers vs Wizards at 7PM
Lakers vs Pelicans at 7PM
Pistons vs Heat at 7:30PM
Kings vs Thunder at 8PM
Timberwolves vs Bucks at 8:30PM
Rockets vs Warriors at 8:30PM on ABC
Mavericks vs Jazz at 10PM
Sunday
Magic vs Raptors at 3:30PM
Clippers vs Nuggets at 5PM on NBATV
Spurs vs Knicks at 7:30PM on NBATV

NHL

Last Night

Blackhawks 5, Wings 4 in Overtime

Avalanche 7, Jets 1

Flames 4, Islanders 2

Bruins 3, Golden Knights 2 in a Shootout

Tonight

Captials vs Maple Leafs at 7PM on ESPN+

Hurricanes vs Panthers at 7PM

Senators vs Devils at 7PM

Wild vs Rangers at 7PM

Sharks vs Penguins at 7PM

Flyers vs Canadiens at 7:30PM

Sabres vs Lightning at 7:30PM

Kings vs Predators at 8PM on NBCSN

Blues vs Stars at 8:30PM

Islanders vs Oilers at 9PM

Coyotes vs Canucks at 10PM

Tomorrow

Blue Jackets vs Senators at 7PM

Wild vs Red Wings at 7:30PM

Avalanche vs Blackhawks at 7:30PM on ESPN+

Ducks vs Flames at 9PM

Jets vs Golden Knights at 10PM on ESPN+

WWE

NXT results

- Aleister Black defeated Roderick Strong

- Mia Yim defeated Xia Li

- Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano to win the NXT North American Championship

NXT UK results

- Joe & Mark Coffey defeated Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster

- Trent Seven defeated Shane Thorne

- Toni Storm defeated Rhea Ripley to retain the NXT UK Women's Championship

WWE Fastlane match card

- The Usos vs The Miz and Shane McMahon for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

- Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship

Last Saturday was marked as the one-year anniversary of Marvel Studios' Black Panther. I remember watching that film like it was yesterday, my sister saw it on Thursday, February 15th, the day before its official US release, we to the theater at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 in Manhattan. It was drizzling rain outside, but that did not stop us from seeing the cultural phenomenon that everyone has been talking about since last year, and what I loved most about the film was the original music by Kendrick Lamar and his hit song "All the Stars" with SZA was my favorite song for the entirely of 2018. This year, fans of the Oscar-nominated Marvel film are celebrating the one-year anniversary of its US release, as well as well the main star of the movie, Chadwick Boseman. To see what people have said, take a look a today's #TwitterTrend as each tweets has such much meaning when it comes to one of the most successful Marvel Studios films of ALL-TIME.

Black Panther @theblackpanther

Go behind-the-scenes with Marvel Studios' #BlackPanther director Ryan Coogler and composer @LudwigGoransson as they talk about the creative process involved in scoring the film.

Chadwick Boseman @chadwickboseman

A year ago, today. We took over the Arclight and the rest of the world. Beyond grateful. #BlackPanther

Isaac Fitzgerald🤞🏻🖤 @IsaacFitzgerald

Black Panther is (finally) one year old today.

Matthew A. Cherry @MatthewACherry

Happy #BlackPanther day 🙅🏾‍♀️🙅🏾‍♂️

ESSENCE @Essence

Happy Anniversary, #BlackPanther! One year, countless #WakandaForever hashtags, and one billion dollars later and it’s safe to say #TChalla and crew not only changed super hero films, but the culture. (📷: ESSENCE March 2018, photographer Dennis Leupold )

KBXX 97.9 The Box @979TheBox

One year ago today, #BlackPanther landed in theaters.

The film made $202 million in its opening weekend and it’s the third highest grossing film in US movie history.

One Perfect Shot @OnePerfectShot

Can’t forget this one, too. From the Oscar Best Picture nominated film #BlackPanther, which turns one year old today.

Kyle Speicher @KyleSpeicher

One year ago today, Black Panther was released in theaters. It'd go on to gross over 1.3 billion dollars worldwide and be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

Wakanda forever.

Since we're talking about Marvel, let's keep it going with what's happening over at Disneyland Resort as the Marvel-themed land at Disney California Adventure seems to be having a very slow progress. While the rest of resort is gearing up for new additions this year, I am still waiting on the next official major update on what this Marvel Experience at DCA is going to be like, the likeliest will probably be after Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland Park and maybe announced at the 2019 D23 Expo in Anaheim in August. Until that time comes, here's a fun-filled Web Choice playlist on Disney Parks goers and experts weighing in on what is going on as things seemed to be looking up for the resort.