John Cena brings a brave WWE Universe member into the ring after Raw: July 4, 2016
Since his return to WWE back in May, John Cena has been in a rivalry fifteen years in the making with AJ Styles. WWEs Money in the Bank PPV was history in the making as Cena & Styles wrestled for the first time in a WWE ring. Although Styles came away with the victory due to interference by The Club, the feud is going to continue on WWE television through Summerslam.
Its a testament to the career John Cena has had in WWE that he can continue to work with anyone at his age to have one of the most talked about and anticipated matches on any WWE card. However, there are some obvious questions about his body holding up after almost fifteen years of wrestling. The biggest question is how much longer Cenas WWE career will last?
John Cena has made it crystal clear that despite all of his success outside of WWE, the company will remain his top priority until he can no longer wrestle at the level hes accustomed to, and the WWE Universe expects from him. Since hes still a human being, Cena is still wrestling for WWE at that level, but hes just not going to be able to wrestle as often as he once did for the company.
[Image via WWE.com]According to some new information from CageSideSeats.com, John Cena is cutting back on working WWE live events and house shows to lighten his schedule. Its being said that he wont be touring with WWE full-time like he used to, but his television time should remain at the same level as in recent years. h**l miss a Raw here and there, but h**l be present almost every week.
There are a few different angles to look at this news. The first is Cena and WWE officials are limiting his schedule to prolong his wrestling career as long as possible. Another thing is that if Cena is no longer making appearances during the majority of WWE live events, then the appearances he does make are more special.
Its easy to forget that John Cena returned to WWE four months earlier than the expected timetable for his recovery from shoulder surgery. Its a testament to the work ethic of Cena, but its understandable that WWE wouldnt want to overwork him for his first few months back in the ring.
At Battleground, WWE booked Cena to tag with Enzo and Big Cass against The Club. The match will have even odds, will give Enzo and Cass a boost to work with top WWE superstars, and allows WWE to push the end of Cena vs. Styles at Summerslam. But, another pro for the six man tag match is it is less of a strain on Cena as he continues to get used to being back in the ring.
[Image via WWE.com]The fact is that John Cena has earned his part-time status, but hes also going to be needed after the WWE Draft and brand split. The rumors are claiming that itll be John Cena and AJ Styles as the top superstars on SmackDown, so their feud could even continue after Summerslam and reestablish the second WWE World Championship for the SmackDown brand.
One of the last great challenges left for John Cena in WWE is to break Ric Flairs World Championship record of sixteen title reigns. As of this writing, Cena is at fifteen title reigns. Its unclear if WWE is going to book Cena to unseat The Nature Boy as the greatest champion this industry has ever seen, but all signs are pointing to John Cena breaking Flairs record. If thats the future of John Cenas WWE career, hes going to need to stay healthy and seize the chance to join wrestling immortality.
The magic and mystique of 2013s Now You See Me is back. Woody Harrelson and Mark Ruffalo return in their roles as part of a band of magicians bent on stealing from the rich to help the poor. While the first film focussed on a lot of big Vegas-style magic, Now You See Me2 will feature a wider variety of tricks.
The sequel follows the Four Horsemen when their scheme to expose corporate bad guys goes awry with a new nemesis showing up tech prodigy Walter Mabry, played by Daniel Radcliffe. Jesse Eisenberg returns as illusionist J Daniel Atlas, Dave Franco as street magician Jack Wilder and Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, while Lizzy Caplans Lula joins as the newest member of the group. Ruffalo talks about his experience, character and more. Excerpts from a transcript:
Q. Tell us how different the sequel is from the first part?
The movies have the same joie de vivre we have with each other in real life. This is a little bit grander than the first one. The payoff is a final, big magic trick that is mindblowing and really satisfying.
Q. What was your favourite part in the movie?
The best sequence in the movie is the card one where they are passing around the card trying to keep it away from the guards thats a really good secret. That was beautiful cinematic work!
Q. Can you tell us about your character and how it fits into the movie this time?
We know what hes up to this time, but it isnt going smoothly. Theyre trying to expose a tech upstart who has figured out how to put a backdoor on all kinds of encryption in order to steal information. The whole game is to expose this guy, but it quickly starts to go sideways. At the same time, Atlas is questioning my leadership and my credibility at the FBI is in question. I am in a bit of a crisis and for my character the journey is really to find himself, whatever that means.
Q. Tell us about your experience while shooting for Now You See Me 2.
It was a complete discovery and I dont think any of us were planning to do a second one; there was no talk of it. I jokingly, at one point when we were on the final part of the first movie, said maybe we could have a spinoff. But there was so much competition at the box office post our sequel, I dont think any of us thought it would do as well as it did. After it did so well, it was then we started talking about the second one. But it wasnt till I got the script that we talked about what the story was going to be. And then we had to work on that script a lot, Solomon, Jon Chu, Bobby Colin and the cast all of us together. In fact, we were all working on it even while we were shooting.
Q. Was it fun working with the cast again?
The group gets along really well and we had our first movie to really build the bond and I think we all really cared about it, we really wanted to make it work so there was a spirit of us all being part of it and collaborating. So theres a lot of improvisation with the horsemen, I mean theyre delicious, youll just love them in this movie!
Q. How was it to work with Morgan Freeman again?
Morgan and I had a lot of stuff to do together in the first film, and thus I go to spend a lot of time with him. He was really like a blessing to me. Hes one of those great actors I really look up to. He is in the true sense very kind and supportive. Honestly, I was really nervous about working with him but he eased things down for me.
Q. How is Dylans relationship with Thaddeus this time around?
This time youll see how the comfort zone between Dylan and Thaddeus increases, which gives Thaddeus all the power in the relationship and he uses that to exact his revenge on Dylan in the form of a humiliating comeuppance.
Q. Have your kids watched any of your movies? How do they react?
I remember the first time my son Keen saw me on TV, I was away and he was there with the nanny. He saw me and ran to the television set and started banging on the side of it, like, How is he? Papa! Papa! Come out, come out! It was really sweet and so literal for him. He literally thought I was in the TV! Most of the movies Ive done my kids cant watch yet, technically, but, yeah, the ones that they can, they have seen all of them.
Q. Despite your dedication to conservation, you still manage your acting career just fine. How do you juggle between the two?
Acting has sort of become my day job now, sadly. Its what I do to support all this other stuff. Like Why are we living in a modern society where we dont trust the water thats coming out of our tap? We shouldnt be in that position.
Q. How was it to work with Jon Chu?
What he does beautifully is choreography. The way he moves the camera is really specific, and really imaginative too! He reveals the story like a magic trick, peeling back layer after layer. Hes brought the franchise a really high-tech feeling to take it one step further.
Q. Could you spill out details on your upcoming movie Thor: Ragnarok?
Itll be an intergalactic buddy road movie with Banner and Thor. I think it will be smashing. Youll see a lot more Hulk and the Hulk gets Hulkier and bigger. (Smiles.)
A lucky winner in Indiana hit the $540 million Mega Millions jackpotfor Friday evening"s drawing.
Maryland Lottery officials said it was the third-highest Mega Millions jackpot since the game started.
"Anybody who plays Mega Millions or plays any kind of lottery ticket, get out there and get that ticket," Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Erica Palmisano said.
The $380 million cash option would net the winner $257.1 million after taxes.
The winning numbers drawn Friday night were 8, 19, 20, 55, 73 and the mega ball was 5.
There was one second-tier $1 million winning ticket sold at Greenway Liquors on Greenbelt Road in Prince George"s County, Maryland Lottery officials said.
Here"s a reminder, just in case you think someone from Maryland has no chance of winning.
"Someone in Maryland won in 2012. They won one third of a $656 million jackpot," Palmisano said. "Someone tonight could very well when the jackpot."
You can watch Mega Millions drawings Tuesdays and Fridays on WBAL-TV 11 News at 11 p.m.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 states and jurisdictions.
UFC 200 takes place Saturday ight inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It features women"s Bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, who will attempt to defend her 135-pound belt for the first time ever against No. 4-ranked contender Amanda Nunes in the pay-per-view (PPV) main event of the evening. That bout replaces the rematch between Light Heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier, and interim title holder, Jon Jones, which was scrapped just days ago because "Bones" was flagged for a potential doping violation. Cormier still remains on the PPV main card, but will instead compete in a three-round non-title match against former Middleweight champion, Anderson Silva.
UFC 200"s PPV main card, which will start promptly at 10 p.m. ET, will feature three other fine matches. In the co-main event, WWE superstar Brock Lesnar will return from a five-year layoff from UFC competition to see if he can still hang with the most dangerous men in the world when he locks horns with K-1 kickboxing Grand Prix champion, and mixed martial arts (MMA) veteran, Mark Hunt. UFC 200 will also feature an interim Featherweight title fight between former champions Jose Also and Frankie Edgar (Lightweight), as well as a pivotal Heavyweight clash between Cain Velasquez and Travis Browne.
To check out the complete UFC 200: "Lesnar vs. Hunt" fight card and line up, clickhere.
As is always the case, UFC will also deliver a complete "Prelims" undercard that features seven bouts, four of which will air on FOX Sports 1, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The remaining three will stream on its subscription-only online digital network, "Fight Pass," starting at 6:30 p.m.
Below are the numerous ways in which you can watch UFC 200: "Lesnar vs. Hunt" later tonight (all times ET):
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Fight Pass (Early "Prelims), starting at 6:30 p.m. (Exclusions: Brazil, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Somalia.)FOX Sports 1 ("Prelims" on FOX Sports 1), starting at 8 p.m, streaming on Fight Pass. (Exclusions: United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Italy, San Marino, Brazil, Latin America, Barbados, Jamaica, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Somalia.)UFC.TV (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m.YouTube (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m. (United States, Canada, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina and Mexico only.)
Cable/Satellite:
FOX Sports 1 ("Prelims"), starting at 8 p.m. (Channel Finder)DirecTV and Dish (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m.On your television (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m. (contact your local cable provider)
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SB Nation combat sites will also cover the entire event in our live UFC 200: "Lesnar vs. Hunt" threadshere,here andhere. Updates will begin with the first fight at 6:30 p.m., and run right through the main event that will likely start sometime around midnight.
In the meantime, get up to speed on all things UFC 200, including previews, predictions, interviews, breakdowns, videos, analysis and so much more. Be sure to check out the most comprehensive collection of stories available anywhere for "Lesnar vs. Hunt" righthere.
"Brutal Cornada" Mata a Torero Victor Barrio en Corrida de Toros en Teruel, EspaƱa
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More Details Emerge About Dallas Shooter"s Motivations
The Latest on a winning ticket sold for the Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $540 million (all times local):
12:50 p.m.
A small Indiana town where a Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $540 million was sold is buzzing with speculation about who might be the big winner.
The winning ticket for Friday"s drawing was sold at a Speedway station along Interstate 70 in Cambridge City, a town of about 2,000 residents 50 miles east of Indianapolis.
Town Council President Mark McCarty says if the winner is a local, it won"t take long for word to spread about who it is.
Cambridge City Chamber of Commerce President Beth Leisure says she"s "happy for whoever it is," even if the winner isn"t from the town known for its antique stores.
Robert Williams, who works at the town"s National Road Antique Mall, says customers are excited and "everybody"s wondering who it is."
11:40 a.m.:
The Hoosier Lottery says the winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $540 million was sold at a gasoline station in eastern Indiana.
Hoosier Lottery spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the ticket for Friday"s drawing was sold at a Speedway station along Interstate 70 in Cambridge City, a town of about 2,000 residents 50 miles east of Indianapolis.
A person who answered the phone at that store directed calls to Marathon Petroleum"s corporate headquarters. A spokesman, Brandon Daniels, says the company has no comment.
Because the Speedway location is along a busy highway, Rosebrough says the person who bought the ticket may not be from Indiana. He says "we know the ticket was sold in Indiana, but being on I-70, who knows who bought it?"
7:33 a.m.
A lottery official says a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $540 million was sold in Indiana.
Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty tells The Associated Press it was the only jackpot-winning ticket in Friday night"s Mega Millions drawing.
The consortium of lottery organizations that runs Mega Millions said a ticket matching all five white b***s and the yellow ball would win an estimated $540 million.
The winning Mega Millions numbers are white b***s 8-19-20-55-73 and yellow ball 5.
An estimated $1 billion in tickets have been sold since the last jackpot-winning ticket was drawn in early March. This is the longest Mega Millions run without a winner.
Tickets are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
PHOENIX SUNS VS PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS - NBA Summer League 2016 - LIVE HD
The second day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will feature eight games in total four in the Thomas & Mack Center and four in the adjacent c*x Pavilion.
Last year, the 2015 summer league saw a record 99,437 attendees, which was an average of 9,040 per session. Look for similar numbers this time around.
For the first time, ESPN will be televising games from Las Vegas.
GAME(S) OF THE DAY
Philadelphia vs. Los Angeles Lakers No. 1 vs. No. 2. Philadelphias Ben Simmons and Los Angeles Brandon Ingram will go head-to-head for the first time in a professional setting. This game could break the single-day attendance record of 12,422, which was set last year when the Timberwolves Karl-Anthony Towns and the Lakers DAngelo Russell the top two picks in the 2015 draft faced off.
San Antonio vs. Golden State The Summer League defending champs, with coach Becky Hammon, will meet the Warriors in the night game. Golden State has several players with local ties, including UNLV product Patrick McCaw, Bishop Gorman High alum Rosco Allen (Stanford) and Findlay Prep product Winston Shepard (San Diego State).
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Jaylen Brown, the third overall pick in this years draft, will make his NBA debut for the Boston Celtics at 3 p.m. in the c*x Pavilion.
Pierre Jackson, a 2009 graduate of Desert Pines High School, will play in his fourth NBA Summer League (third in Las Vegas) when he suits up for the Portland Trailblazers.
Dragan Bender, the fourth overall pick in this years draft, will make his NBA debut for the Phoenix Suns at 1 p.m. in the c*x Pavilion.
Former Findlay Prep standout Kelly Oubre, who was a first-round draft pick in 2015, will start his second tour of the NBA Summer League when the Washington Wizards play the Utah Jazz at 3:30 p.m. in the Thomas & Mack Center.
Chris Obekpa, who redshirted the 2015-16 season for UNLV after transferring from St. Johns, will play for the Miami Heat at 7 p.m. in the the c*x Pavilion.
The Miami Heat have two of the top sophomore players in this years NBA Summer League with Justise Winslow (Duke) and Josh Richardson (Tennessee). Both players made contributions in their first season with Miami, which earned the Eastern Conferences No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
SCHEDULE/LATEST LINES*
Today
At c*x Pavilion
Phoenix vs. Portland, 1 p.m. (Suns -3, total 169)
Boston vs. Chicago, 3 p.m. (Celtics -1, 169)
Denver vs. Memphis, 5 p.m. (Nuggets -4, 172)
Dallas vs. Miami, 7 p.m. (Heat -3, 159)
At Thomas & Mack
Cleveland vs. Brooklyn, 1:30 p.m. (Nets -4, 155)
Washington vs. Utah, 3:30 p.m. (Jazz -4, 164)
Philadelphia vs. LA Lakers, 5:30 p.m. (Lakers -5, 153)
San Antonio vs. Golden State, 7:30 p.m. (Spurs -5, 159)
