weekend recap & upcoming events
Entertainment News
Suicide Squad Hit a record $135M at the box office this weekend
Grey’s Anatomy star Catherina Scorsone announced her pregnancy on Friday with husband Rob Giles
Gisele Bündchen took her final runway walk during the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday
Ricci Martin, musician and son of Dean Martin, passed away this weekend at the age of 62
Late Night Guests
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
Conan (on hiatus and will return 8/15)
TV Premieres
8/9: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams, HBO – 10pm EST
8/10: Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, E! – 8pm EST
8/11: Triumph’s Summer Election Special 2016 (Special), Hulu
8/12: The Get Down, Netflix
Upcoming Events
8/26: Belgian Grand Prix, Belgium
8/28: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV
Sports News
Baseball
Alex Rodriguez called a press conference Sunday morning to announce his retirement and that he will be joining the Yankees as an advisor
NY Yankees 1st baseman, Mark Teixeira, will retire after this season
Yankees traded outfielder Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers for pitching prospects
Ichiro Suzuki hit a triple on Sunday, making him the 30th player to reach 3,000 hits
Basketball
OKC Thunder guard, Russel Westbrook, resigned with the team for a three year, $85.7M contract
The 20017 All-Star game will be played in New Orleans after being taken out of Charlotte, NC due to their anti-homosexual law
Olympics
The IOC banned 118 Russian athletes from Rio after investigations found instances of doping cover ups
The 2016 Olympic games kicked off last week, here is a (link) to the current scores
Hope Solo made her 200th international appearance, assisting Team USA in their win over France 1-0 in soccer
19-year-old Ginny Thrasher secured Team USA’s first gold medal this weekend in Olympic Shooting
Michael Phelps took home gold last night during the men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
Katie Ledecky beat her own world record in the 400 Freestyle last night, winning her first gold at Rio
Soccer
The International Champions Cup is currently going on. Check the standings here: (link)
Tennis
Rafael Nadal confirmed that he will participate in the Olympics, despite a wrist injury
Golf
Nike announced that they will no longer make nor sell golf equipment