entertainment news 

Suicide Squad continues to top the Box Office at $43M while Sausage Party comes in second during it’s opening  weekend at $33M

Comedian Kevin Hart got married to his fiancée Eniko Parish this weekend in Santa Barbra, California  

Ryan Lochte and three other USA Olympic swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Rio on Sunday

Longtime ESPN host, John Saunders, passed away at the age of 61

 

Late night guests 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy fallon (on hiatus and will return 8/22)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (on hiatus and will return 8/22)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

8/15: Daniel Radcliffe

8/16: Yaa Gyasi

8/17: TBD

8/18: Emily King

The Late Late show with James Corden (on hiatus and will return 8/22)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (on hiatus and will return 8/22)

Conan (on hiatus and will return 8/22)

 

TV Premieres 

8/15: Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, VH1- 8pm EST

8/16: Andrew Zimmern’s Driven By Food, Travel- 9pm EST

8/17: Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, E!- 8pm EST

8/19: Steve Aoki: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (Trailer), Netflix

8/19: Superstore, NBC- 10:30pm EST

8/21: 2016 Rio Olympic Games Closing Ceremony (Special), NBC- 8pm EST

8/21: The Voice, NBC- 10:30pm EST

 

Upcoming Events

8/26: Belgian Grand Prix, Belgium

8/28: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV

 

sports news

Olympics

This is the final week of the games, here is a (link) to the current scores for the 2016 Olympic games

Team USA leads the Olympic medal count with 69 total, 26 of which are gold

Simone Biles took home the Women’s vault in gymnastics last night, her third gold of the Rio games

With 23 Olympic gold medals, Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history

 

Basketball

LeBron James re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers for a three-year, $100 million contract, making him the highest paid player in the NBA this season

The 2016-2017 NBA Schedule was released on Thursday. Click here to check out all of this season’s games

 

baseball

New York Yankees DH, Alex Rodriguez, officially ended his MLB career on Friday

Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN broadcaster, Tim Tebow, is pursuing a career in professional baseball and plans to hold a workout for MLB teams this month

 

Boxing

Manny Pacquiao issued a statement confirming that he will come out of retirement to fight welterweight titlist Jessie Vargas on November 5 in Last Vegas

 

Football

The NFL Preseason began on Thursday. Click here for a schedule of games

The LA Rams preseason game made history on Saturday as the NFL’s largest crowd in attendance (89,140 fans) at a preseason game

A class-action lawsuit for $5 million was filed on Thursday against the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the cancellation of the Hall of Fame preseason game because of poor field conditions

 

Hockey

Patrick Roy resigned as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche

High school hockey coach Bill Belisle, former NHL forward Craig Janney and the 1996 World Cup Hockey Team are this year’s inductees into the US Hockey Hall of Fame