8/17/2012- Yankees def Texas 3 out of 4, Reds def Mets 2 out of 3, NFL Preseason, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great week! Here are all of the info of what happened over the week, and what to expect this weekend. Here we go!

MLB
After the Toronto series, the Yankees came home to host the Texas Rangers in a 4 game set. The Yankees won the 1st 3 games in the series, but failed to sweep them in yesterday's matinee game. For the Mets, they traveled to Cincinnati to face the Reds in a 3 game set. The Reds won the 1st 2 games, but the Mets avoided a sweep yesterday.

This weekend, the Yankees will host their fiercest rival, the Boston Red Sox, while the Mets will be in Washington D.C. to take on the Washington Nationals.

NFL
Training camp is officially over for both New York teams as the Jets returned to Florham Park, while the Giants returned to Timex. Tomorrow, the Jets and Giants will face off in the 2nd annual MetLife Bowl at MetLife Stadium. The Jets hope to win their 2nd straight MetLife Bowl, while the Giants plan to even out the series against the Jets. Even though this game is considered preseason, this has a lot of hype to it when considering "bragging rights".

WWE
SummerSlam is this Sunday, and guess what? WWE didn't do a nice job hyping the go-home show before the PPV. This past Monday on Raw featured the contract signing, and the final hype for SummerSlam. Overall, it was an okay Raw, but not a good one to promote a PPV. After the contract signing, it felt like WWE used up all of their material before 11:15 PM (the time when Raw usually goes off the air). At first, it felt like Raw ended 15 minutes earlier than usual, but it turned out to be a really long commercial break, and the airtime left before 11 PM was basically used to kill time. This is probably why Raw ended by Brock Lesnar breaking Shawn Michaels' arm.

Most likely, I will not be watching this PPV since I have other matters to attend to. However, I will be giving the results next Monday. That's all I have to say for now. Have a good weekend! -NYCKNP

8/13/2012- Yankees def Blue Jays 2 out of 3, Braves def Mets 2 out of 3, UFC 150 results, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend! Let's cut to the chase, and start off with a cold open instead.

MLB
This past weekend, the Yankees faced the Toronto Blue Jays and won the series in 2 games. They attempted to sweep, but Blue Jays made sure that it didn't happen. For the Mets, they hosted the Atlanta Braves and lost the 1st 2 games, but (barely) avoided a sweep yesterday by picking up a victory. This week, the Yankees will be home to host the Texas Rangers in a 4 game set starting tonight, while the Mets will be on the road and face the Cincinnati Reds from tomorrow to Thursday.

UFC
This past Saturday was the UFC 150 PPV event that emanated from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Overall, there were 10 fights on the card. 1 was streamed to Facebook, 4 aired on FX, while the rest was shown on PPV. Here are the results:

Facebook

• Nik Lentz def Eiji Mitsuoka via TKO at Round 1

FX

• Chico Camus def Dustin Pague via unanimous decision
• Eric Perez def Ken Stone via TKO at Round 1
• Michael Kuiper def Jared Hamman via TKO at Round 2
• Dennis Bermudez def Tommy Hayden via guillotine choke at Round 1

PPV

• Max Holloway def Justin Lawrence via TKO at Round 2
• Yushin Okami def Buddy Roberts via TKO at Round 2
• Jake Shields def Ed Herman via unanimous decision
• Donald Cerrone def Melvin Guillard via KO at Round 1
• Ben Henderson def Frankie Edgar via split decision to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship

NFL
Last Friday aired preseason games of New York Football. The New York Jets lost to the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Giants blew a lead and fell to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Keep in mind it's only preseason, and none of these games matter. Nonetheless, here are the highlights.

WWE

Tonight is the last Raw before SummerSlam. As you all heard, the World Heavyweight Championship match between Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio was cancelled. I believe this is the reason why:



That's all I have to say for now. Have a good week!

-NYCKNP 

8/10/2012- Yankees/Tigers split series, Marlins def Mets 2 out of 3, NFL Preseason, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you enjoyed your week this week. As you may know, NFL Preseason has started and that means the two New York football teams are playing tonight. I will give a preview of what to expect for tonight's preseason games as well as my usual stuff. Here we go!

MLB
After the Yankees beat the Mariners 2 out of 3 this weekend, they headed to Comerica Park to face the Detroit Tigers. After the Tigers won the first two games, the Yankees got a win on Wednesday (although it was almost a loss), and made a come from behind win after what happened to Yankees manager Joe Girardi yesterday. Yesterday in the early parts of the game, after one of the Detroit batters hit the ball, and hit the borderline between in bounds and out of bounds, the umpire originally called it foul but changed it to fair. Girardi went to contest the call, and after a few moments he was ejected from the game.

After the ejection from the game, Mark Teixera (followed by Eric Chavez) hit back to back home runs that helped the Yankees come from behind.

Meanwhile for the Mets, they hosted the Miami Marlins at home in a 3 game set. The Marlins won the 1st 2 games, but R.A. Dickey made sure that the Mets avoid a sweep.

Tonight, the Yankees will be in Toronto to face the Blue Jays this weekend, while the Mets will host the Atlanta Braves this weekend.

NFL

That's right. NFL is back! Well, it's actually preseason, but still a good way to find out how the rookies will perform heading to the regular season next month. The New York Jets will face the Cincinnati Bengals, while the New York Giants will face the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tonight's Jets game will be on the NFL Network and WCBS, while the Giants game will be on WWOR (NBC is covering the Olympics so WNBC won't be able to air tonight's game).

WWE

This past Monday on Raw was just your ordinary episode of Raw, with the exception that Shawn Michaels making an appearance to give his opinion on the Triple H vs Brock Lesnar match at SummerSlam.



Other than that, it was just an ordinary episode of Raw, with nothing special that day. WWE did air a new Raw intro with the new theme song that was used on Raw 1000.



UFC

Tomorrow night is UFC 150 where a rematch will take place between Ben Henderson and Frankie Edgar. Here's an preview:



That's all I have to say for now. Enjoy your weekend everyone!

-NYCKNP

8/3/2012- Orioles def Yankees 2 out of 3, Mets def SF Giants 3 out of 4, preview of UFC on FOX 4: Shogun vs Vera, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a good week this week. Here are some of the highlights on what went on over the week as well as a preview of what to expect this weekend. Here we go!

MLB
After losing the series to the Boston Red Sox 2 out of 3, the Yankees attempted to bounce back in a series against Baltimore at home. Despite dropping the 1st 2 games to Baltimore, the Yankees avoided a sweep on Wednesday, ending a 4 game losing streak. For the Mets, after splitting a 4 game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, they traveled to San Francisco to take on the baseball Giants in a 4 game set, and went on to win the series 3 out of 4.

This weekend, the Yankees will remain home as they will face the Seattle Mariners in a 3 game set, while the Mets will conclude their West Coast tour in San Diego to face the Padres.

UFC
This weekend is UFC on FOX 4 as the headliner bout is Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Brandon Vera in a Light Heavyweight Bout. Here's a preview of what to expect:

If you noticed on the video, the narrator said "while London sleeps", and "no tape delay". This is definitely an obvious shot at NBC since NBC is being criticized for airing the Olympics on broadcast delay instead of live television. WWE This past Monday was the first Raw after the Raw 1000th episode celebration. Before Raw went on the air, a pyrotechnic malfunction caused a minor fire to occur.     

Once the fire was put out, and Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler explained what happened, Raw started off with a highlight of what happened last week.  

After the highlight was aired, CM Punk came out and broke his silence after attacking The Rock the previous week, claiming that The Rock is stealing the spotlight, and Punk isn't getting the equal amount. I like The Rock, but CM Punk has made a good point because when Rock returned after 7 years, he was automatically given a title shot at the Royal Rumble, while Punk had to earn his WWE Championship.

After the new Raw General Manager AJ announced that the Big Show and John Cena will face each other for the Number 1 contendership to the WWE Championship, it was pretty much all filler (with the exception of Randy Orton's return from his 60-day suspension) until the main event. Once the main event occured, the match between them went to a no-contest. Despite the fact that CM Punk said "there's no winner", AJ made the WWE Championship match at SummerSlam a triple-threat between Show, Cena, and Punk. Punk didn't take too kindly to that.  

Since Raw has AJ as the General Manager, SmackDown's GM was announced on Wednesday on WWE.com. Originally, WWE had plans to announce it on tonight's SmackDown, but I guess they couldn't wait. Here is the new SmackDown General Manager:   

That's right! Booker T will leave the announce table and run as the SmackDown General Manager for the time being. That's all I have to say for now. Have a good weekend!  - NYCKNP

7/27/2012- Review of Raw 1000, Yankees def Mariners 2 out of 3, Nationals sweep Mets, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great week this week. This was a historical week as WWE celebrated it's 1000th episode of Monday Night Raw, Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the Yankees, Jeff Otah traded to the Jets "in principle", and many more. Also, NFL teams have started training camp. More will be shared as you read along. Here we go!
WWE
This past Monday on Raw was the 1000th episode of Raw. Stars from the past and present showed up such as DX, Brock Lesnar, The Rock, Bret Hart, Lita, Trish Stratus, and many more. Out of all the alumni, only The Rock and Lesnar had more of an impact since Lesnar and Triple H will fight at SummerSlam, and The Rock inserted himself into the WWE Championship picture. Here are all of the highlights from Raw 1000.

To summarize all of this, DX reunites, Daniel Bryan get's stood up at the wedding, AJ becomes Raw GM, The Rock declares he will face the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble, Triple H vs Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, John Cena was unsuccessful in cashing in Money in The Bank, and finally CM Punk attacks The Rock at the end of the show, turning heel in the process. Here's a backstage fallout after Raw ended.

Here's an exclusive video from WWE.com featuring the two ladies who revolutionized the women's division at the turn of the 21st century in a backstage interview after Raw 1000.

MLB After a heartbreaking 4 game loss to the Oakland Athletics, the Yankees traveled to Seattle to face the Mariners in a 3 game set. However, before the start of the series, the Yankees acquired Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners in exchange for 2 prospects.The Yankees won on Monday, lost on Tuesday, and won on Wednesday. The Mets on the other hand lost another 3 games to the Washington Nationals. Once the Mets traveled to Arizona, their losing streak came to an end. The Yankees will be home to face their division rival, Boston Red Sox this weekend, while the Mets will continue their series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. NFL The 2012 NFL season is about to start. And that means that all 32 teams reported to training camp to prepare for the season. The NY Jets are already in Cortland, while the NY Giants are in Albany. Even though Giants QB Eli Manning is Super Bowl Champion, Jets QBs Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow are being talked about the most. I feel the reason why is because the media "loves to hate" the Jets, and will do anything to rip them apart. Now, I don't plan on ripping anyone apart because one, I am a fan of the Yankees and the Jets. However, my main goal for being a sports blogger is to not offend anyone. Even though I won't speak anything insulting to the Mets or the Giants, I do tend to speak more about the Yankees and Jets. That's all I have to say for now. Have a good weekend! -NYCKNP

7/23/2012- Preview of Raw 1000, UFC 149 results, Bellator 72 results, Athletics sweep Yankees, Dodgers sweep Mets

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend this weekend! As you may know, tonight is the 1000th episode of WWE's flagship program, Monday Night Raw. Here's a preview of what to expect for tonight, as well as a recap of what happened over the weekend. Here we go!

MLB
If you are a New York baseball fan, chances are you thought this was the worst weekend in baseball. That is true as the Yankees got swept by the Oakland Athletics in 4 games, and the Mets got swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 3 games. Yankees fans are still spared in division standings as they still remain in 1st place of the AL East. However, Sunday's loss was worse for the Mets as they have fallen below .500 for the 1st time this season. As Sunday Night Baseball analyst Terry Francona said, "The Mets need help in the bullpen".

This week, the Yankees travel to Safeco Field to face the Seattle Mariners in the last part of their West Coast trip. For the Mets, they will host the Washington Nationals in a 3 game set, before heading to their own West Coast tour this Thursday.

Bellator
The 2nd part of the Bellator Summer Series took place last Friday as Bellator 72 emanated from the USF Sun Dome. The event aired on MTV2 and Epix. Here are the results from the main card:

• Marius Zaromkis def Waachiim Spiritwolf via split decision
• Attila Vegh def Emanuel Newton via split decision
• Travis Wiuff def Tim Carpenter via unanimous decision
• Paul Daley def Rudy Bears via TKO at Round 1
• Karl Amoussou def Bryan Baker via Submission at Round 1

Here are the highlights from Bellator 72:

UFC

The following night, UFC 149 took place at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Overall, there were 11 fights on the card. 2 streamed on Facebook, 4 aired on FX, while the rest aired on PPV. Here are the results:

Facebook

• Anton Kuivanen def Mitch Clarke via split decision
• Antonio Carvalho def Daniel Pineda via KO in Round 1

FX

• Bryan Caraway def Mitch Gagnon via submission in Round 3
• Ryan Jimmo def Anthony Perosh via KO at Round 1
• Francisco Rivera def Roland Delorme via KO at Round 1
• Nick Ring def Court McGee via unanimous decision

PPV

• Matthew Riddle def Chris Clements via submission in Round 3
• James Head def Brian Ebersole via split decision
• Cheick Kongo def Shawn Jordan via unanimous decision
• Tim Boetsch def Hector Lombard via split decision
• Renan Barao def Urijah Faber via unanimous decision to become the Interim UFC Bantamweight Champion

WWE

As you all know, tonight is the night where the 1000th episode of Raw will take place in St. Louis, Missouri. The events scheduled to take place are Daniel Bryan & AJ's wedding, John Cena vs CM Punk for the WWE Championship, and appearances from stars such as DX, Brock Lesnar, The Rock, and many more.



Even though in the video, it says next week, it's tonight since this was an old clip. Also, a message from the WWE Chairman is uploaded onto YouTube:



Don't forget. Raw starts at 8/7c on USA Network. Also, there will be a pre-show streamed onto YouTube at 7:30 to preview this historic episode.

That's all I have to say for now. Have a great week everyone!

-NYCKNP

7/20/2012- Countdown to Raw 1000, Yankees sweep Blue Jays, Nationals def Mets 2 out of 3, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a good week this week. There were a lot of events that occurred over the week, especially two of them that are beyond the sports realm. I will share what happened over the week, as well as what will occur over the weekend. Here we go!

MLB
After winning the series against the Angels 2 out of 3, the Yankees hosted the Toronto Blue Jays in a 3 game series where they swept them, including Wednesday's matinee that caused the game to end early due to rain. Meanwhile for the Mets, they traveled to Washington D.C. to face the Nationals where they fell short in the 1st 2 games, but avoided a sweep yesterday to end a 4 game losing streak.

The Yankees traveled to Oakland and faced the Athletics in a 4-3 loss yesterday. The Yanks will continue their 4 game set in Oakland for the weekend, while the Mets will host the Los Angeles Dodgers.

WWE
The 1000th episode is this upcoming Monday, and WWE is pulling all punches to make sure it gets promoted, especially from what happened this past Monday on Raw.

From these videos regarding this past Monday's Raw, Rey Mysterio made his return, as well as Rikishi making a surprise appearance. The angles heading to Raw 1000 are the marriage between Daniel Bryan and AJ, as well as the WWE Championship match between CM Punk and John Cena, since Cena announced his cash in ahead of time. This makes him the 2nd Money in the Bank winner to announce it ahead of time (Rob Van Dam was the 1st back in 2006). After Raw went off the air, WWE's YouTube channel uploaded Punk's reaction to Cena's announcement

Tonight on SmackDown, Daniel Bryan and AJ will make a guest appearance on Christian's segment "The Peep Show" for the final hype before Raw 1000. Also, announced 2 days ago, WWE will have a pre show before Raw on YouTube. Don't forget that Raw starts at 8.

MMA Tonight is the 2nd part of the Bellator Summer Series as Bellator 72 takes place tonight on MTV 2. Following Bellator 72, tomorrow night is UFC 149 where Urijah Faber and Renan Barao will face each other for the Interim UFC Bantamweight Championship. Also, former Bellator Middleweight Hector Lombard will make his UFC debut at the event. Here's a preview of UFC 149:

Outside of Sports There are 2 newsworthy events that took place earlier today. First, I will share the news regarding what happened at The Dark Knight Rises midnight screening. During the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at Aurora, Colorado, a shooter entered the theater and put a smokescreen in the theater. Many moviegoers thought it was part of the show at first, but once the shooter appeared, it was clear that this was not a planned act. Many people tried to escape, which led to shooter to start firing his weapon. At least 12 were killed, while many were injured. Here's a video clip about this story:

For more information, you can Google this news to get all the details.

Now to share some positive news. For those who have DirecTV, all of the Viacom channels have returned to their channel lineup, which means that all of your shows are back.

That's all I have to say for now. Have a great weekend, and stay safe!

-NYCKNP