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Alix Earle Is Pole Dancing Her Way Through Some Internet Drama

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:04:38 -0400

I'm not for a second going to pretend like I know what is going on between influencer Alix Earle and podcast host Alex Cooper. The truth of the matter is I don't know any of the details.

All I do know is that there's some sort of online beef between the two, and, from the looks of it, the situation is somewhat serious. And if I'm being honest, the only reason I'm even considering it a serious matter is that TMZ did a "Who'd you rather?" of the two in their bikinis.

Those are usually only all for fun or to get in on choosing sides in a situation such as Alix and Alex find themselves in. Which, for the record, Alix Earle has a commanding 63 percent of the votes and there's a simple calculation my old man once explained to me that accounts for that.

I don’t know if that's a strictly bikini-based vote or not, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was. I didn’t, nor do I plan to, take a look at the scoreboard as it relates to their reported feud.

Much like the drama itself, I'm not interested in that aspect of it either. We don’t need to look backwards and bring up the past or waste time pointing at scoreboards. We need solutions.

Alix herself may have unknowingly, although she is a brilliant businesswoman, come up with one while seemingly responding to the continued and unnecessary conflict.

On Sunday, she posted a video of herself pole dancing with a "Sorry been busy filming this week" caption. That, along with the competitive aspect of the "Who'd you rather?" gave me an idea.

If Alix and Alex can't or won't come together to put an end to this, perhaps a friendly head-to-head competition could bring this to a close without a complete scorching of the Earth.

I'm proposing each side retreats to their corner, spends an agreed-upon amount of time preparing, then competes in a winner-takes-all pole dancing competition to wrap this up.

Unconventional, I know. But it's out-of-the-box thinking that's sometimes needed to bring conflicts to a close. I'm wishing them both luck.

Being 'Tender With People' & Making Friends Doesn't Mean A Massage Parlor Is Up To No Good Says Owners In Bust

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:30:11 -0400

Police in Bothell, Washington have had several massage parlors shutdown in the downtown area while they conduct an investigation into prostitution and human trafficking at the businesses.

With a city name like Bothell, it's probably a good idea to, if nothing else, pause and take a closer look into the local parlors. There seems to be an increase in "sad endings" everywhere you turn.

KIRO 7, who interviewed a couple who own two of the shutdown locations, reports that the Bothell police had the fire department assist in closing the doors with stop-work notices for "unsafe conditions in the buildings."

The massage parlor-owning couple, Li Wiezuo and his wife Lizhen Yang, told the outlet that there's nothing illegal going on at their businesses. The claims of any prostitution and human trafficking are unfounded.

"You can go inside to check," Li said when he was asked about the allegations involving five different Bothell massage parlors. There's nothing illegal going on in the two they own, they insist.

According to KIRO 7, Lizhen is listed as the registered agent for one of the parlors, and she also appears on the King County inmate roster. They say she was released after being booked for investigation of human trafficking and promoting prostitution.

Li makes it seem as if there's some sort of misunderstanding. That's not how they conduct their business. He added, "We are always tender with people. We like to make friends with people."

How do you build a business? Being tender and making friends of your customers is a decent approach. The couple denies any wrongdoing, and they know exactly where to look for such crimes.

"If you want to find or arrest any real criminal, or any human trafficking, or any prostitution, you can go to Epstein Island," Li said.

The captain of investigations at the Bothel Police Department, Mike Johnson, who started looking into the massage parlors after complaints from people in the community, didn’t want to get into the specifics.

The investigation is ongoing, they've made arrests, and expect charges. He noted that the fire department notices were mainly for electrical work done to convert parts of the parlors into residences.

Li says that's not what's going on. They're places for workers to rest. He said, "The bed. The ladies have, you know, they need rest."

He added of his wife, "[A] small, tiny, tender lady... do human trafficking? Ridiculous."

Megan Moroney Stuffed Herself Into A Tube Top For Country Music, Melissa Joan Hart Is 50 & Todd Haley Twerks

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:38:44 -0400

Last Sunday (which I didn’t know I wasn't handling Screencaps until Saturday night) and several days prior to that, I was in the mountains of Virginia. We weren't there specifically to search high and low for Bigfoot, but I always have my eyes open for evidence of that sneaky bastard.

I, once again, found none. Not a single hair, not a footprint, not even any sign of a cool fort that one might sleep in. Nothing, no evidence of whatever a Bigfoot does once they've put in a solid eight hours at the office. Put another one in the win column for cryptid.

On that note, I have a Capturing Bigfoot documentary update. For those who don’t know what the documentary is, it investigates some previously unseen footage related to the famous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film and explores it as a potential hoax. It made waves at SXSW back in March.

A few readers have asked me to watch it and while it was rumored to be hitting a streaming platform as of a couple of weeks ago, it hadn't. So, I reached out to the creators of the documentary and was told that they were working on getting out on a streaming platform.

As of this morning, it's still not on any of the big ones. Although it appears to be on something called MUBI, which I've never heard of and if I can figure out how to watch there, I will.

Captains Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators and Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes dropped their gloves three seconds into the first game of the series and set the tone for the entire playoffs.

There aren't many things better than playoff hockey fights. Game 7s are up there and the tradition of playoff boobs is one that's hard to top, but there's a beauty to watching the gloves hit the ice followed by fists flying in the playoffs.

This is how you set the tone for the playoffs. If we're in for a year of playoff hockey fights, then you'll have a lot more casuals tuning in, which is good for the game. Carolina won Game 1 of the series 2-0, handing another team from Canada another loss on the ice.

- Ken writes:

If you think Sabrina Carpenter's lingerie music video with some gal pals is a work of art, you need to stop watching porn and get out more.

SeanJo

First, how dare you, art is in the eye of the beholder. Second, I will not "get out more," whatever that means, and I don’t see what a music video has to do with porn at all. You're the one putting the two together, which sounds to me like you could stand to pump the brakes on it.

Imagine reading anything that I put out there and this is your take. Relax, Ken. It's not that serious, not everything is. Sometimes a lingerie-heavy music video is just entertainment that distracts you from how bad the song is.

Good day to you.

- Montana Tim writes:

M-T checking in after the holiday smoker action SeanJo! Since I’m not liquored and lost up and down the calendar this week, I thought I’d share some holiday meat pics. Chicken, hog and beef all made their presence known! I was told to quit slacking on the desserts so I added that to the menu! I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday weekend! We started off with the birds. They turned out well! Then it was the pig sirloin. They came out so good, I never even got a picture of them before they were hogged down!

Big Meat!

We stuffed some onions with a ground beef concoction that turned out pretty good. Gonna have to tweak that one moving forward. Theys was tasty though!

Montana Prime Time!

I infused the rib with fresh rosemary. Beef and rosemary are very close buds! Seems they do everything together. Roasted garlic mashed covered in a very tasty rosemary gravy! Add the smoked pineapple and veg and you have a nice little Easter dinner!

Belizean Brownies Baby!

Being Easter and all, I had to go big! Belizean chocolate fits the bill big time! So good! Throw in a couple scoops of vanilla bean covered with a kick-ass huckleberry compote and that’s about as close to heaven as yer gonna get! Beyond good! I hope everyone out there in OutKick land has a great spring and a better summer! We have a big time birthday coming up so everyone plan on going big, baby! Till next time SeanJo. Smoke hard and eat well! M-T…..

SeanJo

Thanks, Montana Tim, for sending in your meat. As always, you went big and didn’t disappoint. The grill at your house gets quite the workout and was busy once again this Easter. The desserts are always an added bonus. I hope you and yours enjoyed it and had a great Easter.

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That's it for this Sunday morning in April. I need to grab some more coffee. I got a late start yesterday on the Screencaps content selection, although I believe it still meets the normal quality standards.

The late start is my own fault. I insisted on doing yard work earlier in the day, with a haircut in the middle of all of it, even though I knew I was going to be busy later.

Shane Gillis was in town, and I was in the rafters in a packed Spectrum Center in Charlotte laughing my ass off for a couple of hours. Mark Normand also took the stage, and I'm terrible at remembering new names, so I don't recall who the opener was, but they all killed it.

It was a great show and worth the struggle this morning. A struggle complicated by my coffee machine dying a couple of days ago. I'm relying on my wife's pod thing until the replacement arrives, and it's just not the same as the giant pot of coffee I'm used to getting the day going with.

The inbox is open. I want to see your meat. Send it in. I'll take anything and everything else as well at sean.joseph@outkick.com. Go follow me on Twitter and over on Instagram and feel free to slide into the DMs.

Five Of The Dumbest Websites From The Dot Com Bubble

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:40:07 -0400

Does it feel like we are living in a bubble right now?

With housing prices at a seemingly never-ending plateau and AI being around every corner you look, it's easy to think this is all going to come to a head in catastrophic fashion very soon.

Having lived through so many of these so-called "bubbles," younger generations have a hardened cynicism to spot these scams from a mile away, but that wasn't always the case.

Before the AI craze or even the housing crisis of the late 2000s, there was a bubble that seemed too big to fail at the time, but, with the benefit of hindsight, looked like the Hindenburg heading straight for a fireworks factory.

The Dot Com Bubble of the late 90s and early 2000s was a perfect storm of something becoming so big so quickly that investors were literally throwing money at any company or thing that had a website.

Some of the dumbest internet ideas of all-time were spawned from the Dot Com Bubble, so I thought it would be fun to look back on five of the worst websites that era had to offer.

All five of these disasters directly led to the bursting of the bubble in 2001, so let's look back and laugh at how dumb everyone used to be while we simultaneously careen towards the edge of a cliff at breakneck speeds in the present.

Kozmo was a delivery service whose website was started up in 1998, and, on the surface, it wasn't a terrible idea.

Hell, this predated things like Instacart and DoorDash by a good two decades, so why did it fail?

Well, for starters, there were no delivery fees, meaning Kozmo was operating at a massive loss pretty much from the start.

They also delivered mostly small items, like snack foods, so a simple bag of chips could be delivered virtually for free.

How did they plan on making money? Good question, but someone invested a ton of capital in these guys, and got nothing in return.

A great microcosm of the Dot Com Bubble.

Basically, Beenz.com was a site where you accrued currency (called "beenz") purely for being on the internet.

A novel concept, but you could use these beenz to actually purchase items online. Almost like an internet trading system.

If that sounds like a glorified loyalty program, it's because it was, and there was no way to guarantee a profit.

It was poorly executed and had virtually no way of developing a real ecosystem, so the company collapsed almost as quickly as it started, but not before investors paid millions for the domain.

Flooz was essentially Beenz, a site that used fake currency (can you guess what the currency was called) to buy real things.

Hell, you could even use flooz to trade for beenz and then use those beenz to buy something online!

Are you confused yet?

Flooz was even backed by Whoopi Goldberg of all people (I'm serious).

But the good times had to come to an end, and Flooz landed in hot water around the end of the Dot Com Bubble for fraud and was later found to be infiltrated by Russian hackers.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

A lot of these websites were dumb and failed not because the idea was a bad one, but because the execution was so poor, and they had no idea how to make money.

iSmell was not one of those websites. The idea behind it was really that dumb.

What it basically boiled down to was a piece of hardware that you attached to your computer that would let you smell things over the internet.

No, I'm not joking.

The hardware alone probably put iSmell in the red, considering it was the 1990s and it probably wasn't cheap to produce (plus no one bought it), but even when someone was dumb enough to buy the attachment, they likely weren't going to use it to pay to smell things on the internet.

iSmell lasted all of one year before folding, and the idea was so stupid it was loosely spoofed on an episode of "Futurama."

This is the Dot Com Bubble's version of Fonzy jumping the shark.

Pets.com, much like Kozmo, wasn't a stupid idea on the surface – they sold pet supplies online – but the execution was so poor that the company was basically hemhoraging money from day one.

The reason is twofold.

For starters, the shipping costs were so exorbitant, and they only charged for shipping on certain items, meaning it cost them more to ship than they made back in profits.

And secondly, any profits they did make were dumped into marketing.

The Dot Com Bubble existed because investors saw a shiny new thing (the internet) and dumped money into anything and everything online, even if the company had no way of earning a profit.

Part of what made these companies so expensive were the marketing costs, and Pets.com with their stupid sock puppet were everywhere in the 90s.

Their commercials were everywhere, meaning they were paying a fortune for marketing, all while being deep in the red.

In hindsight, it's no wonder Pets.com failed. But we will always have those sock puppet commercials, which ironically outlived the actual website.

Former Prison Inmate Lori Loughlin Stuns Fans With New Look

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:40:36 -0400

Former prison inmate Lori Loughlin, also known as Aunt Becky from Full House, stunned fans this week when she made a rare public appearance with daughter, Olivia Jade.

And by ‘stunned,’ I mean Lori had the entire country unloading a "have mercy" at the same time as she dusted off a silver dress that had heads SPINNING.

Does Aunt Becky still have it, or what? She's turning 62 later this year, but buddy, the fastball is still in the upper-90s and absolutely PAINTING the corners.

They say prison changes people. It appears it only made Lori Loughlin stronger:

I mean, goodness gracious. What a moment. Aunt Becky with a bob? Never thought I'd see the day. Going with a completely new hairstyle, fresh out of prison, at 61 is a bold move. But Lori Laughlin is reportedly single as of last fall, so I get it.

She lost a ton of time in prison. OK, not really. She lost, like, two months. Frankly, two months in prison doesn't sound horrible. I have two kids. I haven't slept since 2021. I haven't gone on a date with my wife since ‘23. My house is a wreck.

My youngest lost the remote control from the TV in the living room two days ago, and we still haven't found it. I literally just haven't watched TV in my own living room since Wednesday.

Anyway, my point is that a few weeks behind bars may not be the worst thing in the world. They certainly didn't hurt Lori Loughlin. If anything, she left there a changed woman – for the better. New hair, and a fresh outlook on life.

As for Olivia Jade, the former USC rower seems to be adjusting to life with mom out of the clink just fine. I never expected anything different.

What a way to start the weekend.

Guess Which ‘Happy Days’ Star Just Shot A Nude Scene (Sorry, Ladies; It Wasn’t Don Most)

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:20:10 -0400

It's Saturday, which means it's time to catch up on all of the news you may have missed this week with a little help from The Punch-Up!

And what a week it was…

We had a record-breaking team sale, a wild revelation about a certain Jedi knight, and one original Happy Days cast member just shot their first nude scene.

Yes, I know what year it is.

There's plenty more where all of that came from, so let's dig right on in!

Got all of that?

Good. See you back here next week.

OutKick Readers Sound Off On Their Biggest Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:20 -0400

This week, my pal, OutKick writer extraordinaire Austin Perry, and I put together an article and video about our top 10 biggest Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame snubs after the latest batch of inductees were announced.

The response was overwhelming, with many heralding it as an instant classic, even if we erroneously said Jimmy Buffett wasn't in the Rock Hall when he was inducted posthumously in 2024.

Which, in fairness to us, is still waaaaay too late.

READ: IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCES PLAN TO SKIP ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

But we opened the floor to the readers and got a ton of emails with bands and artists you think are the biggest snubs.

So, let's take a look at some of them, shall we?

Todd hit us with a great suggestion that is a major omission from the prog-rock realm:

Your lists are very good. I would add King Crimson because they are the godfathers of prog. They influenced Tool, Rush, and Genesis. "In the Court of King Crimson" is a must-have album. Guided By Voices should be in, too. They put out three of the great indie albums in a row: "Bee Thousand", "Alien Lanes", and "Under The Bushes, Under The Stars". The brains behind the band, Robert Pollard, has written over 4,000 songs. He's the most underappreciated American artist of the past 50 years.

One reader sent me a message that just said, "Styz" in the subject and then "And it’s not close," in the body.

I assume he meant Styx, but for all I know, there could be a band called Styz that kicks a ton of ass. That would be a good name for a Styx cover band, though.

Anyway, if it was Styx he was talking about, then I couldn't agree more. Major omission.

"Mr. Roboto" is unironically one of my favorite songs ever, and then of course I love all the "good" songs like "Renegade," "Blue-Collar Man," and "Too Much Time On My Hands" as well.

Matt (what a name) wrote in with a band that I'm actually disappointed Austin and I didn't think of:

I wouldn’t necessarily take away any of your top 5, but Boston should be in, heck, based on his music inventions/contributions like the Rockman, Tom Scholz should make it on his own. Depends on whose stats you trust, but most say Boston has sold over 50 million total albums, with their debut release setting the record for highest sales until it was broken 15 years later. Sure, they may be overproduced musicall, but More Than a Feeling - damn, that song alone should be in the hall of fame. Cranking that song up while driving is a feeling all in itself.

Another reader sent in the late Neil Sedaka, and that is a guy who I just assumed was in, but he's not.

And that is criminal.

A long career, an incredible body of work, and what is without question one of the greatest performances of all-time:

The hair, the moves, the mom jeans. It's magic.

Plus, the song is great!

True story: the great Colin Quinn used to essentially Rickroll people with that video on Twitter, which I thought was the funniest thing ever.

I showed that "Bad Blood" performance to my wife, and she loved it so much that we put the song on the dinner playlist at our wedding.

Something I noticed while cobbling together my list was that nu metal bands are now eligible to make the Hall of Fame, and at some point, one will, but who will be first?

My first thought was Slipknot or Korn, but I think one reader nailed it with Linkin Park:

My biggest snub is Linkin Park. How the hell are they not in?!? They check so many boxes. Sold lots of albums, tons of radio hits, critically successful, and unfortunately, a personal tragedy with Chester’s passing. They were the voices of 2000s rock radio, and the ones who really put nu-metal into the mainstream.

I think they’ll get in eventually, but it’s hard to see other late 90s/2000s groups like The White Stripes and Foo Fighters get in (deservedly so), but not Linkin Park.

There was a band that got mentioned more than any other, and that was the Guess Who.

Delco Scott writes:

Loved your article on bands not in the Hall of Fame. I agree with every one of yours. Here are my top 5.

Totally criminal that they're not in!

Mike writes:

From a boomer who, after about a half-century of waiting patiently, has
finally decided "The HELL with them…

Sickening snub #1 - The Grass Roots.

Sickening snub #2 - The Guess Who.

Just plain disgusting.

KPW writes:

More overlooked artists who deserve to be in the Hall (in no particular order):

Charlie Daniels
The Guess Who
Little River Band
Marshall Tucker Band
Yes

Mat writes:

…Also, the Guess Who (honestly most important band to Canada still not in).

…

So, it looks like the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has a lot of work to do over the next couple of years to give all of these acts their due.

Michelle Randolph Dominates 'Landman' Red Carpet As She Turns Into Massive Star, Philly Fans Unleashed & MEAT!

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:04 -0400

I'm a little shocked by the number of people who want to send me items. Again, PLEASE USE the mailing address for TNML sticker requests, but if you really need to send me something that you're trying to promote, you can use the mailing address.

Please know that there's a chance I will never mention whatever you send me. Don't get mad. I'm crazy busy with my work and personal life.

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I do not ask Brandon C. what he does for a living. It's better that we all just keep guessing.

— Brandon C. in Pinckney, MI, who once mesmerized Screencaps readers with his report on a Russian military conference, writes:

Hey Joe- just got done with the big (former National) Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs. It's probably the globe's biggest space trade show / convention, and includes my military, commercial, and NASA types.

Couple big observations this year:

- investment money is still rolling into the space companies, but almost everyone is pitching their ideas in the context of national security and not so much the outright commercialization of space that was prevalent even 2-3 years ago. Things like Golden Dome in the US but also the growing worldwide fear in other countries about looming border conflicts and invasion is driving all the money guys to invest in companies that are promising improvements to your intelligence, indications & warning, and securing sovereign infrastructure that's reliant on space (like power grids, comm networks, internet access, cloud connectivity, etc). The entry of companies like Anduril and Palantir to compliment and compete with SpaceX has put a big shudder into the traditional big primes like Boeing / LockMart / Raytheon because they know they can't get away with traditional overcharging contracts anymore. AI is prevalent, but also a lot of hesitation in putting AI in control of weapon systems, only accelerating data processing.

- the conference halls are flooded. New companies, new swag, new free booze events. Interestingly, the traditional open bar-have-scotch-with-the-former-military-bubbas events are being replaced with Instagram-heavy "experience events" with multiple selfie stations and custom cocktails and fancy-schmancy photo-ready desserts. It's obvious the change in the marketing personnel who are doing these to the IG model wannabe generation has taken hold.

Also, interestingly though, the middle manager / junior executives who actually get things done like myself, are increasingly skipping these events for "off campus" low-key meetups. For example, on the same night one company was hosting a "night of memories suarees", I went out to a local mid-scale taco joint known for good food and cheap beers and saw 6 tables full of colonels and other senior types out of uniform and suits just plowing through buckets of chips and salsa and happy hour margaritas / Pacifico bottles kicking back and having fun.

Makes me wonder what conference social budgets will look like in 2 years when the sponsor executives start realizing the whales they're trying to target with these events are skipping out on them.

- swag highlights: sake shots with commemorative wood drinking boxes from the Japanese booth, cowboy boot shaped coozies from the invite-only Texas space party, lightsabers from a new company trying to build power beaming satellites, and SOCKS. Socks are the new must-get item as companies are racing to get the most crazy sock design promoting their brand with space themes in the hands of their customers.

It's actually effective, because you can give these away pretty easy to the military types who have to be cognizant of the $25 gift rule but can still actually wear them in public because they're socks. And it's not just dress socks- I saw athletic tube type socks and hockey socks in additional to your gold toe substitutes. USB drives are down because everyone is worried there's malware on them. Bonus points to the Scottish trade association for having their entire booth covered in a yellow plaid and all their booth workers in sport coats in their family tartan.

- one comment on foreign interaction-- don't think for a minute that the world is against the USA. When the chips are down and you need the latest and greatest space stuff to protect your nation, everyone, yes even the Europeans and Canadians, were more than excited to talk and get access to space capabilities in sync with the US military. Now some of the European space companies were definitely trying to put up a Fortress Europe appearance, but holy hell would they bend over backwards to a US Space Force officer that stops at their booth.

Every Pacific nation was doing meetings with my company because they know we are blessed by the US military with contracts that show we can do the job.

— Bronson emails:

I wanted to bring to your attention a slight error in the Friday SC. You referenced the "LDS cult documentary" that is playing on Netflix. That is actually the FLDS or The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) not to be confused with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). I am a member of the LDS faith and we have very different beliefs of the FLDS faith. People already have some misconceptions of the LDS faith, so to be grouped in the FLDS makes us sound even weirder than we already are. But they are two distinct churches.

Kinsey:

I do apologize for the "Fundamentalist" exclusion. Bronson is right, the current Netflix documentary on the FLDS lunatic Samuel Bateman is purely on the FLDS.

When I see photos of Sue Bird, she always seems to have a smile, seems pleasant. Then, I'll see a photo, or video of Rapinoe, and she looks like she just got done working a 14-hour shift driving an 18-wheeler from Spokane to Denver to deliver a load of plumbing supplies.

Rapinoe looks like some degenerate who finishes a 60-hour work week and proceeds to dump $100 into drinks, another $200 into the Keno machine and then kicks the dog at 9 p.m. on a Friday night upon entering the 3-bed, 1.5 bath, one-car garage ranch.

How did Sue get trapped in a bad lesbian relationship? I don't know, but watch how she rebounds. Something tells me she's about to go absolutely nuts with some hot lesbian. She just spent like a decade dealing with this miserable, angry, pain in the ass lesbian with a bad attitude.

Sue's about to go to the new car lot and look at all the shiny new rides, and I'm here for it. Go nuts, Sue. We're rooting for you.

— Tom T. checks in:

I treat all sports the same. If there is a COMPELLING reason to watch, then I watch. Sometimes, its because people in other countries take their so soccer so seriously… I will have the Premier League on the TV on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I will definitely watch the World Cup, even though I know that the USMT won’t make it out of the 1st round, or whatever they call it. Women’s sports are, for the most part, not compelling for me, EXCEPT if my college girls are doing well… sometimes they have to be doing VERY well. If they are, then I will look at the message boards and find out when the game is on, and watch.

Other examples:

2 no name golfers battling it out for their first PGA tour win - VERY compelling.

NHL Playoffs when my favorite team is not involved – Not very compelling.

NBA – Not Compelling, for the foreseeable future.

WNBA – Negative Compelling…. Would rather watch World Series of Poker re-runs.

NFL Regular Season for my all time favorite team – EXTRA COMPELLING

Super Bowl when I hate both teams – sort of compelling

I am Currently watching the #10 Lady Hokies of Va Tech v Georgia Tech. LETS GO HOKIES!

These awesome ladies could possibly, maybe get our 1st ever team natty. A guy can dream!

— RJM really doesn't care:

Joe, normal people don't care about Russini. Not even a little bit. Big J's. Nobody gives a crap. Story over. Or the other lady fallout. Nope. Still don't care!

Kinsey:

I'll mark you down, RJM. I hear you, but I also know that Russini was the No. 1 Google Trend in the United States last week. At one point, Russini was a bigger Google Trend than Iran. Let that sink in.

— Al responds to Beer Guy Neil in Cleveland:

Hey Joe, I haven't written in a while, but it seemed like an appropriate place to add a comment.

Beer Guy Neil has a slightly different take than we did when I lived in Northeast Ohio.We referred to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Pennsyl-tucky. I 'm not sure if it was the Ohio/Pennsylvania rivalry, or where it came from.

Since leaving Northeast Ohio and moving to Montana, I have heard some people from Wyoming refer to Montana as Montucky.

— Jacob N. knows of a 'Tucky by him:

In regards to the ‘tucky…I live outside of Omaha, Ne…so across the river in Iowa is Council Bluffs. Or as we Omahans refer to it, Council-tucky.

Electric bikes still suck and the kids riding them are morons, but I got a special treat yesterday seeing an adult male riding an electric scooter right down the middle of a major road in high traffic. The stupidity is not going away it seems.

Kinsey:

I've actually spent a night drinking at a casino in Council Bluffs and Jacob's not lying. Not only did Council Bluffs stink, it was a complete dive.

— Brian in PHX wants in:

In response to Beer Guy Neil. Lived quite a few years in Jim-tucky ( Jimtown, Baugo Twp., IN). Married for 35 years to my beautiful bride from Hamil-tucky (Hamilton, OH).

Kinsey:

Hamilton is a good one. I seem to remember my dad playing in some keg truck softball tournaments in Hamilton. It's a great baseball city.

— Mark in Bismarck can finally see the grass peaking through:

Must be spring in North Dakota.

Have to wait for the snow to melt before we can mow springs new green grass.

— Gary Hempfield Twp. emails:

Love your work Joe, always have.

I just watched a documentary on YouTube. "The Last Gold." A fantastic watch. I highly recommend you find the time to check it out. I also wish the loons on the left would watch it.
It’s a story of a communist country turning girls into men to win at sports.

It amazes me that the left in this country now wants to turn men into women to win at sports.

— Dale in Winter Park suggests:

Have we discussed this show yet on Screencaps? It is a 30-minute reality show, and it is crazy. I couldn’t stop watching. It is six episodes and every episode progressively gets better. The last episode is a little uncomfortable to watch.

— Adam in Nebraska spent his Friday afternoon watching Max break down the storms that rocked the Plains:

If you need something better than the ESPN on your TV wall I suggest MaxVelocity right now:

https://www.youtube.com/live/6JkJPgrBMRc?si=O3n84kJVHX8HMK_Q

Kinsey:

Also, on Friday, Millennial Chris B. in Bowling Green suggested we now call him Ass Velocity when he does his Thursday Night Mowing League weather reports.

— Jim T. in San Diego writes:

Don't look now, but halfway through April and still atop the division. Tough series at Minnesota, though.

The thing is, with Francona you don't ever feel they're out of any series.

Kinsey:

I completely missed last night's game because I was working ahead on Saturday Screencaps due to kids' baseball practices that are now rained out.

Look, they're 12-8, the pitching has been up and down — Abbott needs to get going — but I'm really liking Sal Stewart in the middle of that lineup. Why? He goes to right-center. Swear to god, I damn near punch holes in the wall when the Reds try to pull everything in a one-run ballgame with a runner on 2nd and no outs.

Sal, on his current pace, is set to have a statue erected in his honor in about 26.5 years.

Here's something to watch: The Reds are +380 to win the NL Central.

This might be the best ‘Show us your meat’ photo composition of the year. Good luck beating this image.

— Harold shows off:

My wife and I hosted two families with five kids over eight days starting just before Easter. This was the celebratory meal I prepared when we got our house back last Sunday. Ribeye cooked at 800 degrees and lobster tail. Chimichurri with garden herbs I grew. Glorious.

Space X over San Diego

— Brad C. sent in this gem:

Joe, I thought you guys would appreciate this picture taken on April 6 over San Diego

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And with that, my week is over. That's 13 straight days writing this column. Imagine having four full days off per month. Sounds miserable, right? Not when I get to sit here having an absolute blast on Saturday mornings writing about lesbians, MY Reds, Millennial Chris B. calling himself Ass Velocity and all the other fun we have.

I'm truly lucky to do this job. Trust me, I never take it for granted.

That said, I now need to close this computer and go experience life.

Have a great weekend.

Paige Spiranac Ditches Everything For Maxim, Kay Adams Blows Kisses While Her Peers Bicker & Major 12U Update!

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:32 -0400

The Strait of Iran (Trump's words, not mine!) is OPEN for business, stocks are so green my head is SPINNING, and we've made it to another Friday.

The libs are always cooked on Fridays, but this one in particular really has to be pissing them off. Are we back, or WHAT? Momentum is really rolling now. The weekend is here. We're all secretly cutting out early today. I may even go hit some golf balls this afternoon.

Who has it better than us? Nobody. Not one single country. The US of A is firing on all cylinders on this day. Let's finish strong.

Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps – the one where Paige Spiranac finds herself back on the cover of Maxim just in time for the RBC Heritage.

What else? I've got the best of the rest from a loaded week of #content, Lauren Boebert has a question for everyone, and Kay Adams continues to wear the crown while all of her peers bicker like teenagers!

That's our girl. This is how it's done. Take notes!

Grab you whatever your heart desires – it's a Friday, after all – and settle in for an end-of-the-week 'Cap!

Let's switch things up a bit today. I'm in a decent mood because my kids might be able to afford college again, so why not?

This 12U homer has been all the talk this week. We first dove in on Wednesday, and then again yesterday. For those who skipped the past two days, here it is:

Everyone and their mother is outraged at this clip, and I get it. Go-pro on the helmet. Slamming the bat. Camera crew following him around. It's an absurd scene.

I've maintained all week that the easiest solution is just drilling the kid. Most of you agreed, which doesn't surprise me because you're all smart. It's why I teach the advanced class.

From Eric P:

It reminds me of a 12U basketball game when I was coaching an undersized team that was undefeated and playing up. The other team kept knocking our players around, so I walked to the other coach during the game and said that if it didn’t stop, we would out score them 60-0 the rest of the game and not let up. He couldn’t believe it and despite the fouls slowing down, we still decided to outscore them 48-4 the rest of the way.

Our parents were laughing because they knew what I said.. the other parents were not so happy with me.. One of the best days of my coaching career.

From Allen K:

When I was 11 years old (51 years ago) I was leading off first base. The pitcher made a move to pick me off. I was so sure he balked I didn’t even bother trying to get back to first base. I was tagged standing still waiting to hear the balk called. Instead I was called out. I started to argue and heard my dad’s booming voice "shut up and sit down boy!"

I shut up, sat down and never pulled another move like that again.

And, from Fred T:

I believe a conversation with the coach and parents, along with an apology, would be a better starting point. If that does not resolve the issue, then a ball on his back would be warranted.

No, that clip has nothing to do with the 12U kid, but we had benches clear at the end of a game yesterday, so I figured that was as good a spot as any to use it.

Anyway, back to the drama … we've got a pretty major update to the viral homer, courtesy of an OutKick source!

From Ryan V:

One thing that might be important to note is that this happened at a PG Tournament in Sanford this weekend where 2 "influencer" teams played. The clip in question is a clip from cs99tv's Pottstown team. They literally put together a team of the best 13-year-olds who have reclassified to play in 12U and go out and dominate a tournament never to play together again.

They bring in a special influencer coach for the weekend which helps to attract kids hoping to be given a bat or a sliding mitt as they have seen them do in countless clips online. The cameras on the helmets and cameramen are to capture content so they can post clips online, which will provide them enough contact to keep the money rolling in.

I would expect that these kids are being told to ham it up for clips because, let's be honest, watching a guy hit a nuke and run the bases isn't going to get as many clicks as what you see in this video.

Wow! What a twist. Did you guys know "influencer teams" existed? Did you know "influencer" coaches existed? Is this happening all over the country? If this is true, and I have no reason to doubt Ryan V., then it just makes this whole thing that much worse.

Social media really has been our downfall, hasn't it? Obviously, it keeps me in a job. I can only be so mad at it, given this class is built on viral social media clips.

But still, it's just so insufferable. We now live in an age of influencer travel ball teams. We're just creating a pipeline for the Savannah Bananas, which is another thing that has run its course.

Disgusting.

OK, we've done a ton of talking today. Let's go back to social media and get to the best #content from a big week!

A true mixed bag of #content this week, but I think you all weaved it in and out beautifully. Well done. Couple thoughts …

1. Lauren Boebert asking why congress is so horny is PEAK stuff for 2026. Asking that after what happened in 2023 also took some serious nuts. Nicely done.

2. Welcome back to class, Kay! No drama with our queen. Just #content.

3. How great was it to hear Joe Buck call baseball again? Remember when everyone hated him back in the day? Boy, were we wrong.

4. Happy 74th birthday to Bill Belichick!

5. Junction Boys! There's a name I haven't heard in quite some time. Remember Junction Boys on ESPN? An all-time movie:

Amazing. I can't believe it's been 23 years. Goodness.

Speaking of things on the TV … let's rapid-fire this Friday class into a big weekend. First up? Here's your yearly PSA that the best TV series currently on right now returns this Sunday night.

If you haven't been watching From, now is your chance to hop on board:

It's the best show on TV, and it's not particularly close. Even Hookstead loves it, and it has nothing to do with war! Do you know how hard it is to keep Hookstead's interest in something other than our military?

Anyway, the second-to-final season starts this weekend. I rarely get excited about anything on TV anymore because it's all crap, but this one is a winner. I promise. You're welcome.

Next? Let's check in on Yankees fans as the team stumbles through a 3-7 stretch of baseball!

Yes! This is what I'm talking about. At least Gerritt Cole is doing something for his team this season! The MLB season is starting to heat up. Let's get AFTER it this weekend.

OK, that's it for today – and this week. Good work, everyone. It ain't Augusta, but the RBC Heritage is this weekend for those interested.

Take us home, Paige!

OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).

Do influencer teams really exist? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

Cruise Ship Pulls Gutsy Move In Strait Of Hormuz.....But It Might Also Be Awesome

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:00:38 -0400

How much would you be willing to pay for a scenic cruise through the Strait of Hormuz?

Well, you might eventually have the option!

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is open again following an extended military campaign and ceasefire in the Iran War.

That means global shipping should get back to normal if everything holds in place without a collapse. It's not just oil tankers and cargo ships spinning up to leave.

It's also at least one cruise ship!

People online noticed something very strange unfolding on Friday:

The cruise ship Celestyal Discovery was spotted on a ship tracking apps transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Gutsy? Crazy? Insane? Hard to say for sure, but it's happening. There's no question it would be one hell of a wild trip for the crew and anyone else aboard the vessel.

CruiseFever.net reported Friday that the Celestyal Discovery departed Dubai after being stranded in the UAE for roughly a month and a half due to the war kicking off between Iran and the United States/Israel.

The outlet also reported that there are no passengers on the ship. That makes sense. I imagine people got the hell off and evacuated of the Middle East as quickly as possible once the war started.

Having said that, there is a possible new experience strategy here. Years ago, I floated the idea of luxury cruises around the Horn of Africa where you can fight pirates.

I don't see why this situation has to be much different. Imagine you and your bros together, a couple cases of iced down Coors Banquet, AK-47s, night vision and an IRGC threat looming somewhere in the Strait.

You think going to Las Vegas is fun? A cruise with the parameters I just set would be next level. Dangerous? Sure, but that's all part of the experience.

Would you ever hop on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz during the current situation? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Meet Lincoln, The Real Bald Eagle Behind The Super Bowl's Best Commercial

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:30:44 -0400

There were plenty of big-budget, celebrity-packed commercials during this year's Super Bowl. But one stood out amongst them all.

A Clydesdale. A baby bald eagle. A slow, steady journey from clumsy little tumbles to soaring, full-grown freedom. By the time that eagle spread its wings and took flight over the horse in the final shot, you were either misty-eyed… or lying.

Budweiser had the best commercial of the night, and it wasn't particularly close.

And just in case you were wondering, that majestic bird you saw at the end wasn't AI, CGI or movie magic.

He's real. His name is Lincoln. And he lives in Tennessee.

I met Lincoln last weekend at the American Eagle Foundation in Kodak, tucked into the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. And I can confirm — he is every bit the star you think he is.

Actually, maybe more.

There's a presence about him. A confidence. A little bit of attitude. Not in a bad way, of course. More like he knows he's important. Like he's fully aware that he stole all of America's heart.

Which, to be fair, he did.

But Lincoln isn't just a celebrity bird. He's also a reminder of why places like AEF exist in the first place.

He was hatched at the foundation and initially prepared for life in the wild. In fact, when he was first released, he showed incredible promise — flying more than 500 miles in just a couple of weeks. But something wasn't quite right.

Lincoln struggled to hunt. He began seeking out humans for food. And eventually, he simply couldn't survive on his own.

After being rehabilitated and evaluated, U.S. Fish and Wildlife deemed him non-releasable. So, instead of soaring freely in the wild, Lincoln found a permanent home at AEF, where he would go on to become an ambassador, a performer and (eventually) a Super Bowl star.

Of course, long before the Budweiser commercial made the entire country fall in love with him, Lincoln already had a pretty loyal fanbase in Philadelphia.

If you've been to an Eagles game over the past couple of seasons, you've probably seen him — dramatically circling the stadium before kickoff, whipping the crowd into a frenzy.

Lincoln took over that role from another legendary eagle named Challenger, who performed stadium free-flights for 25 years before retiring in 2019. Under the care of AEF, Challenger is currently enjoying a pampered life at Dollywood.

So those were some big shoes (er, talons?) for Lincoln to fill.

But teaching a bald eagle to perform in front of 65,000+ screaming fans is no small task.

"It's a little complicated, but we basically teach them that food is a rewarding behavior for them," Avian Care Specialist Ryn Cobb told me. "They understand that when they come to the glove, they get food. And slowly over time, we increase that distance."

Training starts with something called creance flying — essentially a tethered flight — before progressing to full, free flight. Even then, Lincoln isn't being forced to do anything.

"We use a GPS system called telemetry that attaches to his ankle and that keeps him safe so we know where he is," Cobb said. "And he chooses to come home every single time."

That trust between bird and handler is everything.

So how do you take a bird that's trained to fly in an NFL stadium… and teach him to glide perfectly over a Clydesdale in front of a camera crew?

"That's a little more complicated," Cobb said. "The saddle was specifically made to have a perch on top of it. And we baited the perch with food. So, a lot of it comes back down to food."

Still, the result was nothing short of incredible. And the team at AEF knew it.

"He did an amazing job, and proud is the only word I really have," Cobb said. "He's an incredible bird."

If you think Lincoln gets treated like a star on camera, wait until you hear about life on the road. Because he's not exactly a low-maintenance travel companion.

Lincoln flies commercial (in a custom kennel that takes up two seats), stays in hotels or Airbnbs with his handlers, and has a full setup that allows him to perch, stretch and relax like he would at home.

He also talks. A lot.

"In my hotel room, he is always chatting," Cobb said. "I have to turn all the lights out, and I can't watch YouTube or TV or anything because he is always chatting if the lights are on or there's any noise.

"He's not a great roommate."

By the time I left the American Eagle Foundation, it was hard not to feel a little differently about that Super Bowl commercial.

What looked like a beautifully shot, feel-good ad was actually something more.

A real bird with a real story. One that didn't make it in the wild like it was supposed to but, instead, ended up down a path just as meaningful.

Lincoln is just one of many birds cared for by AEF — animals that, for one reason or another, can't survive on their own but still have an important role to play in education and conservation.

And if you ever find yourself driving through East Tennessee, it's worth a stop. Because meeting Lincoln in person hits a little harder than a 60-second commercial.

Even one that made the entire country cry.

Iron Maiden Announces Plan To Skip Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:39 -0400

Twenty-one years after first becoming eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Iron Maiden is finally getting the nod it deserved a long, long time ago and will be inducted this November.

However, the band already says it won't be there.

READ: WATCH: 'IRON MAIDEN: BURNING AMBITION' TRAILER TEASES SECRETS, FAME AND TURMOIL

A month and a half ago, Maiden announced the final batch of shows on its 50th anniversary (of its founding, not the first record), Run For Your Lives Tour in Australia and New Zealand.

Knowing this, fans realized Maiden would be on the opposite side of the globe when the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction takes place on November 13.

Maiden is not a band that cancels shows unless absolutely necessary, and the gigs in Australia and New Zealand are not being touched.

"As the most observant have already noticed, the band will be on tour in Australia around the November date of the Induction ceremony for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles," the band's longtime manager, Rod Smallwood (an absolute legend), told Billboard. "In accepting, Iron Maiden made it very clear to the R&R HoF that the fans always come first and that the shows will, of course, go on."

So, unfortunately, Iron Maiden will not hit the stage at the induction ceremony, but it's pretty cool that the band is putting the fans above an honor that not everyone in the band has been super keen on over the years.

Back in 2018, lead singer Bruce Dickinson absolutely ripped the Rock Hall a third corn chute while at an event promoting his memoir.

"I actually think the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is an utter and complete load of bollocks, to be honest with you," he said, per Ultimate Classic Rock. "It’s run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock ’n’ roll if it hit them in the face. They need to stop taking Prozac and start drinking f--king beer."

I don't know if being American has much to do with the sanctimoniousness, but he's got a point, as evidenced by the numerous snubs still waiting for their call from Cleveland.

New 'Top Gun' Movie Is Officially A Go, And There's A Genius Plot That Must Happen

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:40:44 -0400

Another "Top Gun" movie is officially in development.

The "Top Gun" franchise is one of the most recognizable franchises in entertainment. The first film with Tom Cruise came out in 1986 and shot the popular actor to superstardom.

The second film – "Top Gun: Maverick" – was released in May 2022, and earned north of $1.5 billion at the global box office.

"Maverick" was seen as the film that brought theaters back to life after COVID devastated the industry. Now, everyone is gearing up to run it back.

Paramount film co-head Josh Greenstein announced Thursday at CinemaCon that the third film is "officially in development with a script well underway, reuniting Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The outlet reported that no director is known at this time. Plot details are also unknown to the public at this time.

Seeing as how the plot details aren't known, I'm going to flex my creative skills a little bit. "Top Gun" is famous for never revealing the nation that's the enemy, but it also isn't that hard to figure out.

The original was clearly the Soviet Union or a Soviet-aligned nation due to the fact the enemy was flying a fictional version of an MiG.

The enemy in "Top Gun: Maverick" was so obviously Iran (a bit ironic, right?) that it's almost comical it wasn't openly stated.

The films play on current events, and that means the enemy in "Top Gun 3" needs to be China making a run on Taiwan.

Imagine dogfights over the Taiwan Strait. It would be absolutely epic. China, of course, will ban the film just like "Maverick," but I couldn't care less. Let the commies cry over it. I won't lose one second of sleep.

Let's see some Chinese Chengdu J-20s get blasted out of the sky.

What plot ideas do you have for "Top Gun 3"? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Coldplay Kiss Cam Lady Is Salty Chris Martin Never Checked On Her

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:11:10 -0400

Not too long ago, my buddy Matt Reigle and I ranked some bands that we thought deserved to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

One band who will probably eventually get in – though I'm not a personal fan of their music – is Coldplay.

They became eligible a few years back and had enough staying power throughout the years to stand the test of time, but I can think of at least one person who hopes they never get in.

Kristin Cabot, who you might know better as the "Coldplay Kiss Cam Lady," is not too happy with lead singer Chris Martin.

For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past several months, Cabot was caught red-handed in the arms of a man who was very much not her husband (he was her boss, actually) during a "kiss cam" segment at a Coldplay concert.

And, apparently, Cabot is more than a little miffed that the band's frontman never reached out to her after the incident.

Is she being serious right now? It's so hard to tell these days if something is a bit or staged for engagement farming, but this feels genuine.

"Oh, no! The lead singer of a famous rock band didn't reach out to me after I was caught in the loving embrace of another man in a luxury suite at one of their concerts! What an A-hole!"

As if it was Martin's fault that she decided to go to a concert with her boss and start cuddling with him during one of Coldplay's many ballads.

She even doubles down by saying that she will never go to another Coldplay concert again.

Lady, I can think of many reasons not to pay money to see Coldplay perform live, and being caught canoodling with your boss is pretty far down on the list.

But hey, whatever helps you move past it, I guess.

As you probably guessed, the comments section was an absolute warzone, with their lone target being Cabot.

Yep, that went about as well as I expected.

I'm truly amazed that this woman keeps popping up in the public sphere. It's almost as if she wants it this way.

You would think she'd want to lie low for a while and let this all blow over, but she's out here practically giving seminars on how she "took back the narrative" of her life.

YOU CHEATED ON YOUR HUSBAND WITH YOUR BOSS (allegedly)!

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

Now this is the part where I have to say that Cabot claims she was already separated from her husband at the time of the incident, and you can believe that if you choose to do so.

This would be about the point where most sane people would say, "That's enough internet for me" and log off, but not me.

I chose to make this my profession.

I'm surrounded by some of the worst stories and people the internet has to offer, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Good luck, Kristin.

I hope Coldplay never pops up while your Spotify playlist is on shuffle. That could be a traumatic experience.

Gina Carano Celebrates 44th Birthday By Slipping Into A Dress That Stuns MMA Fans, Yankees Fan Fight & MEAT!

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:03:42 -0400

Who wants a TNML sticker? Maybe you need two stickers? Don't get greedy, but I will allow you to ask for more than one. I have 1,000 TNML stickers in my office right now ready to ship out. Don't be shy.

Send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Thursday Night Mowing League

27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155

Perrysburg, OH 43551

I have to say thanks to the Screencaps readers who told me to look into the UPS Store as an option over the USPS PO Box. It was so smooth going into UPS. In about 10 minutes, I had a key, a box and no stress of dealing with a poorly run government agency.

Plus, I had heard horror stories of the USPS harassing people who received oversized packages to their small PO Boxes. The UPS girl simply stated they have a spot for the big stuff and not to worry.

Total price: $253 for 12 months, BUT, UPS was running some sort of deal and threw in three free months, so the deal will run for 15 months. That's under $17 per month to have a physical mailing address. That's less than one day's admission to a travel ball tournament. I couldn't say no.

#notsponsored

For some reason, I got sucked into the new LDS cult documentary "Trust Me: The False Prophet" on Netflix last night at like 10:30. Guess what time I went to bed? Yep, after 2 a.m. I couldn't stop watching this four-episode series on Samuel Bateman, the sexual predator, who convinced his followers that he was chosen to be Warren Jeffs' replacement prophet.

One thing led to another and three of his followers not only turned over their daughters, including minors, to Bateman, but also their money. Even crazier than this guy brainwashing his followers, there was a couple shooting a documentary about Bateman's group the whole time. I won't ruin how this whole story unravels.

Just know that when you sit down and start watching, you're going to burn through four hours. Guaranteed.

I'm not ready to reveal what I vibe coded, but I'll just say that I had a working site/app with some rather cool functions that I think you'd enjoy, and it was all done in an hour.

The bones of the project were done in about 3-4 mintues. The other 57 minutes were spent with me brainstorming with AI on how to fine-tune the project. I didn't mispeak. I gave Gemini the project idea. It gave me the instructions to enter into the AI coding assistant and in 3-4 minutes, I had a working site.

Google Gemini estimated the work done in that one-hour session would've cost between $23K-33K if it was done by salaried workers and way more if it were done by an agency.

You're damn right it made me stop and think:

— What will employment in general look like in 2-3 years, maybe sooner?

— People who can create big ideas will be the most employable workers. Doers will still be important, but those who can conceptualize will win out.

— Will this country need to import cheap Indian and Asian tech labor as it has for the last three decades?

— Colleges are f'd. NPR reported this week that, "A new estimate projects that 442 of the nation's 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, with a combined 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or having to merge within the next 10 years."

Between the population decline and AI, it's going to be a bloodbath across higher education, especially at the higher price points.

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— Beer Guy Neil in Cleveland emails:

Hey Joe, welcome back. Your comments on Huber-tucky had me rolling yesterday. As a resident of NE Ohio we have a similar phenomenon. Anyone North of 480 refers to Brunswick as Bruns-tucky. It got me thinking, are there similar areas across America that have their own 'Tucky'? I'd love to get screencap nations opinion.

Keep pushing out content, and I'll keep the clicks up.

— Jeff E. is fired up across the Atlantic and comes out firing with a strong email:

Currently spending the next two weeks in Portugal. One week for business meetings, one week of vacation. Of course I’m reading Screencaps -it’s a daily habit for me.

Ron from FL was spot on. Got me thinking about my top ten women sports to watch:

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For the record, I absolutely loved watching my daughter play fast-pitch and run cross country.

My Hypocrisy: I ended up going to The Eagles at The Sphere and buying a new truck. The Eagle concert experience was fantastic. The truck is great.

I didn’t want to spend that much on either, but it turns out in the end, you’re not taking it with you. FYI - Portugal prices are really reasonable.

In my last correspondence with you I mentioned to pay attention to Artemis II. I knew it would be awesome - but it was even better. Amazing what we can do when we pull in the same direction.

Travel ball excessive HR celebration - my kid would sit out a year to think about it. Disgusting. Today society is more about style than substance. Be a decent man and do your job well - no one cares. Celebrate like a douch - accepted. Sad

— Dave R. wants in:

I have to say AMEN to Rob in Florida for saying what most of us red-blooded American men are thinking about sideline reporting, especially female ones who probably have never thrown a football in their life for fear of breaking a nail.

While we are at it, this is akin to Renee Montgomery in the studio during the NCAA men's tournament talking about how some of the forwards weren't posting up correctly in the low block which is why the dunk missed. Like she has ever even been able to touch the rim! If she wanted to talk about dribbling and making layups using a smaller ball, then fine, go ahead and waste my time.

— Monty has an opinion to get off his chest:

Apparently ol Montgomery Lee in Tennessee called it. These USELESS hotties on the sidelines, "TWAMMYs". Yup, "tits with a microphone". If that was an "innocent interaction" with my "friend", then I have a gold mine to sell ya here in Monterey, Tn.

— ‘Sheriff’ John responded damn near immediately. I published Thursday Screencaps at about 9:02 EST. John emailed this at 9:33 EST:

No, I've never examined a raccoon's penis. I have chopped off tails and feet for examination, but never a penis.

FWIW, I haven't killed a raccoon in well over a year (I've shot a lot of squirrels though). My bigger problem right now is with a hawk that keeps picking off my chickens. The remaining ones are terrified and I can't do anything about it except to give them a place to hide. I also put up a giant owl decoy, but that doesn't work like they said it would.

Also, living in Texas, this is Buccees' home territory and I've just quit stopping at the big travel stores because of the crowds. It's just not worth the hassle. We actually have a local (much smaller) Buccees in our neighborhood (picture attached) which is where I buy my gas and I still go there. It gets crowded too, but not like the big stores. Buccees started out as a local gas station chain in Lake Jackson (south of Houston) back in the 1980's and started to expand into the bigger travel centers in the early 2000's. There are still a lot of the very small convenience stores scattered around the small towns in Brazoria County south of Houston. I'd say the one in our neighborhood is "medium sized" compared to some of the older ones. We still have most of the same food and drinks and candy, but none of the merchandise that they sell in the bigger stores.

Finally, the reason our oil and gas prices are up in the United States when we have plenty is very simple. There are no (or very little) restrictions on exports anymore, so the suppliers here can sell to whoever they want. Why would they charge less to an American when there is a foreigner who is willing to pay a higher price? (note, I personally have no problem with that... it's how supply and demand works)

I'm receiving numerous messages from Screencaps Boomers saying how they've regained control of their lives since COVID and they're going out and touching grass.

— Ken G. emails:

A few thoughts on the retiree and doomscrolling:
- It would be interesting to see the stats split between men and women in retirement as I believe everyone fills their free time differently
- Any link to men and the population in generalhaving less friends especially when your real friends are dying off
- Also split by age as I would think as you get older and less mobile there is more time to fill and less activities to take up your time.
- With more time available in retirement, you might be doing more exciting things which you want to share. I rarely saw posts about people at work (a promotion or a work party maybe)!
- I would also expect a link to the various TV shows and their push to follow on socials

I gave up social media when I retired almost three years ago. No time for it especially when I have Screencaps and a few other sites that keep me up to date. And knowing socials are filled with only the good stuff people want to share and the bots taking over - good riddance! Some of my observations are from my time on socials - Dad wanted Twitter to follow Fox News and similar right wing groups, Facebook friends with many moms of my friends and friends of my Mom who gave me the most likes, and the less active "older" friends referred to things they could only know from doomscrolling (one "friend" referenced a photo of my parents in a post that was among about 75 photos and my parents were in the background of pic 60!)

Keep up the great work. I made sure I did not write 666 words!

— Grumpy Dean in Monroe, GA checks in:

Hey Joe, old grumpy ass Dean from Monroe GA again
Retirement;

I retired almost 10 yrs ago, elec tech for the USPS for 37 yrs. I was lucky enuff to retire at 57 yo.
Got off facebook over 3 yrs ago. Too political, read the GOAT column daily,listen to a lot of podcasts, mostly sports talk.

I use the internet for a lil news here n there. But just staring at that lil screen will make u stoopid!
Covid was the straw that broke my back, watched states like GA bounce back, saw my birth state(MA), spent a buncha yrs in CA, they went crazy. Was just too much.

Spend my time chasing green fish(bass), working out, lil part time gig, yard work, diy.
If you stay on that phone u will go crazy! Im grumpy enuff as it is!

Now get off my lawn! Take care.

— Trenton sets the record straight:

On gas prices, the key thing to understand is that oil is priced in a global market, not a local one. Even if the U.S. only imports a small percentage from the Middle East, any tension there—like around the Strait of Hormuz—adds a risk premium to oil worldwide. That shows up at the pump pretty quickly.

There’s also a refining piece that matters. The U.S. hasn’t added much refining capacity in the last 20 years, so most refineries are running at or near full capacity. You can’t just flip a switch and produce more fuel overnight.

On top of that, not all crude is the same. The U.S. produces a lot of lighter oil today, but many of our refineries—especially along the Gulf Coast—were built or upgraded over time to run heavier crude. That creates a bit of a mismatch, so even though we produce a lot domestically, we still import some types of crude and export others. It’s a system that’s been built over decades and doesn’t shift quickly.

Then it comes down to basic economics. Refiners have contractual obligations to supply fuel here in the U.S.—that’s like your mortgage and utilities, those bills get paid first. But once those obligations are covered, every additional barrel is free to go wherever it earns the best return, including overseas markets. These are large, global companies, so decisions are driven by supply, demand, and returns—not geography.

On the profit question—I get where your brother is coming from. When prices go up, oil companies do make more money. That’s real. But it’s largely because the underlying price of crude is rising in a global market, not because someone is deciding locally to raise prices at the pump.

There are plenty of opportunities for groups like DOGE to evaluate waste and spending in government, but at the end of the day, these are publicly traded companies. Their financials are transparent, and it’s up to all of us to look at things like 10-K’and decide who we want to support with our dollars—but don’t get a retailer started on 10-K or we might end up on a whole separate soapbox about Visa and Mastercard.

Hope that helps—and hope you’re finding a few open tee times.

— This is from Drew's message that I ran on Thursday:

Mon - Flew in and went to the Louisville Slugger factory. This was awesome, we had such a good time. It's only about 90 minutes of your time, so not something you plan your whole trip around, but if you are in the area, or nearby, it is a great daytime activity. We got to hold a bat from 1930 that Babe Ruth used!

Wed - Wednesday was our trail day. We drove to Frankfor and visited Buffalo Trace where we did the behind the scenes tour, which was the highlight of the week. Being a huge Blantons and BT fan, this was fantastic. Great tour and got to taste 4 different products at the end. Their merch/gift store is massive as well.

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That is it for this Friday morning in mid-April as the birds sing their hearts out. We're facing one more round of storms before the weather falls off a cliff and we get back to winter conditions in NW Ohio.

Get those TNML sticker requests in. Get to the golf course. Enjoy a half-day at work. Enjoy those Friday beers.

Let's go finish strong.

Rep. Lauren Boebert Wants To Know Why Everyone In Congress Is So Horny

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:40:31 -0400

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert went scorched earth on just about everyone during a random media blitz Thursday afternoon. I'm not sure anyone was safe.

She took aim at Congress. She took aim at the media. She took aim at horny people.

At one point, she took aim at horny people in the media talking about horny people in Congress! It was a wild little ride, but one I'm personally happy to have gone on.

There are quite a few firecrackers in the US political scene at the moment. Anna Paulina Luna. Tim Burchett. Nancy Mace. AOC. The list is extensive.

Lauren Boebert 100 percent belongs on it. She's a veteran in this industry, and deserves a seat at the table.

And, even though it's been a quiet few months for her, it sounds like she's about ready to break out of her shell once again:

"Yeah, go to church, find Jesus. Why is everyone so horny here?"

Amazing. Then she just storms off. What a scene. It was only six seconds, but what a scene.

Obviously, Boebert was being peppered with questions about all the recent sexual misconduct allegations on the Hill. I don't need to rehash it for everyone, but it's been a doozy of a week in that regard. We all knew Congress was full of disgusting people, but to see it all play out has been jarring.

Anyway, Lauren Boebert is DONE with it all, clearly. She wants everyone to stop being so horny. She wants to know why we're all so horny. She is disgusted by us all being so horny. She wants us all to find Jesus.

On a totally unrelated note …

I mean, funny is funny, and objectively, this was funny. I like Lauren Boebert, by the way. She's a Nightcaps star (which sort of proves the point). She's a firecracker. She gives me #content all the time, and for that, I am appreciative.

But she HAD to have known the internet was going to cook her for admonishing us for being horny, when her past ain't exactly Sunday morning worship service.

Doesn't mean it's not now. Doesn't mean she's not a saint in 2026. But the movie theater incident was all anyone could talk about in 2023. It's not like folks just forgot about it.

So, yeah, this was going to be where everyone went when Lauren talked about being horny. It was the natural progression for the internet, and they followed it beautifully.

Anyway, I don't care about any of it. It's all small potatoes compared to the sick things we're seeing nowadays. I'm all in on Lauren Boebert admonishing the media for being too horny whilst wearing what appeared to be the shortest black dress in Washington DC. More power to her.

Let's have a big Friday.

Country Music Star Shares Toughest Part Of Playing Navy SEAL On 'Yellowstone' Spinoff: WATCH

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:20:00 -0400

Riley Green had to put in a lot of work to make sure he seemed like a real Navy SEAL on TV.

Green, a country music star, is set to make his debut on the "Yellowstone" spinoff "Marshals" this weekend on CBS. A recently released promo for the series shows that Green will play a former SEAL teammate of Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), who is struggling with PTSD from combat.

It marks the first time the "Jesus Saves" singer has done any acting, and he took it very seriously to make sure the finest details of being a SEAL were perfect.

One of my biggest gripes with entertainment is when action scenes and the military are portrayed in comically incorrect fashions. Details matter, and they matter a lot. Green went the extra mile to make sure even the way he reloaded a rifle was spot-on.

Green said the following during an interview with Military.com:

"I've hunted my whole life. I've been around guns my whole life. What I would say, more familiar than a lot of people. And, there was a, you know a scene where we needed to be changing a magazine out and I would take time in between filming to go work with the SEALs because. How they said it was you need to be able to do it without thinking about it. You need to be able to do it without looking at it… Although I've always been able to work, and I'm familiar with it, to be able to do it and not even be looking at the gun, you know, there's a certain level of it just that's not natural, you know. So going and working with them and I, mean, we might have a 30-minute break, and I'd be over there just constantly changing the clip out and putting it back in. Those are things that you don't think about going into something like this that you really if you can do it and take the time, that's what's going to make it seem real to somebody who actually has been in that situation."

Green also admitted that learning the finer details to make it seem as real as possible was certainly a challenging experience.

You can watch his comments in the video below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

As OutKick readers know, I'm not a fan of "Marshals." I think it's a huge swing and miss, and mostly because Taylor Sheridan isn't running the show and it's on broadcast TV.

However, I'm curious to see how Green does. It certainly sounds like he put in a lot of effort to make sure he is believable as a SEAL.

To be clear, he's talking about reloading a rifle under fire and in CQB environments. CQB is the kind of combat that happens at close range, and often inside buildings. Speed and expertise are the difference between life and death.

It might look like absolute chaos to the untrained eye, but to the pros, it's art. To be clear, I am far from a CQB expert. I would get melted by anyone who knows what they're doing, but that's the difference between the real deal and a guy who works on a computer for a living.

What's your prediction for how Riley Green does in the "Yellowstone" universe? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Retired Adult Film Actress Asia Carrera Is Proof That Hard Work Pays Off As She Passes Texas Bar Exam

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:10:05 -0400

Talent alone is only going to get you so far. It's hard work that's going to put you over the top. It separates those who really want it from the rest.

Retired porn star Asia Carrera, real name Jessica Steinhauser, knows all about that. Before hanging up her lingerie and calling it a career, the 52-year-old starred in more than 250 adult movies.

You don't put up those kinds of numbers without hard work and dedication to your craft. So what does one do when they call it quits and walk away from adult cinema?

If you're a member of Mensa like Carrera, with a reported IQ of 156, you set your sights on the state bar exam. According to TMZ, she didn’t only set her sights on the Texas bar, she passed it.

The outlet reported that she recently announced on Facebook that she had taken the bar exam for a second time in February and, after missing out on passing it the first time by two points, she got the job done.

Her second attempt took place in a packed room of nearly 1,000 people in Waco, Texas, hoping to get closer to becoming a lawyer. She did it to prove the point that she could pass the bar if she wanted to.

Carrera, reports TMZ, already has a master's degree in education and doesn’t even want to be a lawyer. Her real name can be found on the pass list for the Texas bar exam.

This isn't a Kim Kardashian-like stunt for attention, although respect to Kim K for not giving up and for continuing to push forward in a see-through dress. It's not something everyone could pull off.

I don't have many rules that I live by, but respecting such a move as refusing to let failure keep you from doing what you love is one of them. I'll always respect that and I'll always respect hard work.

Congratulations to Asia Carrera on passing the Texas bar exam.

Nutella Is Copying Peanut Butter's Homework For First New Flavor In Decades

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:50:30 -0400

Nutella has decided to expand its roster for the first time in ages, but its new offering seems a little familiar.

Everyone is at least familiar with the hazelnut-y, chocolate-y spread. I won't lie, it's pretty damn good.

I was holding out for many years on principle and didn't give it the time of day until I was in my mid 20s. I just thought slathering a piece of bread with chocolate sauce (I know, it's hazelnut, but I'm an idiot who can't tell the difference) seemed like straight-up heresy.

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But hey, you live, and you learn, and now I could probably eat a jar of that European goop with a spoon.

However, the brand has decided it's time to conquer new frontiers with a new flavor of spread: peanut.

If you just thought to yourself, "Hang on, Matt, you dreamboat, you; a peanut-flavored spread? Isn't that just peanut butter?" you're not alone.

George Washington Carver cracked the code on this years ago.

I can appreciate that they didn't throw millions of dollars at research and development. There's no point in trying to concoct spreads that taste like sardines and gooseberries when you could just tell people, "Hey, people already like peanut butter, we should just make that."

I'm a big peanut butter guy, so this is intriguing.

My daily driver is JIF. I grab a little Skippy if it's on sale, but don't come anywhere near me with Peter Pan, unless you're looking to have some problems.

However, everyone needs something else to tinker with for fun, and I could see this fitting that bill.

You don't start every day with it, but maybe when you're having a rough morning or after the Flyers lose, you smear some on an English muffin or just start shoveling it into your stupid face to wind down.

I don't know, I'm open to trying it, but wouldn't it be kind of funny if it were just completely horrific?

Like, everyone's excited to try "Peanut Butter From The People Who Brought You Nutella," but they take a bite, and it tastes like battery acid.

Three Bigfoot Sightings In Three Days Across Ontario Has Canadians Talking

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:10:53 -0400

A couple of weeks ago, across Ontario, a string of reported Bigfoot sightings took place. The three separate incidents in three separate days with three different witnesses were reported just weeks after the Ohio Bigfoot flap.

The reports in Northeast Ohio have since died down, but there were up to eight "high-credibility" sightings. The reported Bigfoot sightings in Canada started April 3 and continued through Easter weekend.

The Bigfoot Mapping Project and Bigfoot Society were, as you would expect when the tree knocks are heard and sightings are taking place, on top of it. The first sighting took place in Dresden on Good Friday in the early morning.

The Bigfoot Society said that a 7-foot black figure was spotted at the tree line at 6:15 am. This report was followed by another on April 4 of an 8-foot creature with cinnamon fur, also in Ontario, Thamesville to be exact.

The 8-foot creature is said to have been spotted at 5:35 pm and there were also footprints found and wood knocks heard. On April 5 in Raglan, Ontario, the third and final in this string of sightings was reported.

A dog alerted someone at 7:30 am on Easter morning to a 7-foot black creature at a tree line. Wood knocks were also reported. Then nothing. As quickly as they had popped up, the Bigfoot were gone.

The sightings have Canadians talking. Tom Chalmers, an area resident, had a little chuckle, according to CTV News. He's never seen one of the creatures.

"So, I’ve heard and seen a lot of odd things, but no, Bigfoot has not been one of them, I’m afraid," he said of the recent sightings.

Another inhabitant of our neighbors to the north was much more open to the idea. Mike Oulds told the outlet, "Everything is possible."

Absolutely, everything is possible. I've said it a million times before, I've never found anything at all even remotely resembling evidence of a Bigfoot, but I like the idea of them being out there being the hide-and-seek champ.

That's what keeps the search for answers alive. That's what keeps the investigators going.

"It’s easy to refute somebody who thinks every twig snapping is a Bigfoot, right? Like that guy’s a tinfoil hat guy," Scott Tompkins said.

"There is so much more to the community than that, and I hope I can at least be a tiny representation of that."

Tompkins is the creator of the Bigfoot Mapping Project, and he also pointed out there hasn't been this type of reported activity since the mid-70s.

Here Are 10 Of The Most Egregious Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs Still Waiting On A Call From Cleveland

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:50:07 -0400

A new batch of Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees has been announced, and there are some big names finally getting their day in Cleveland.

Phil Collins, Billy Idol, and — most importantly, in the eyes of people with good musical taste — Iron Maiden will all be part of this year's crop of acts being enshrined in the Hall of Fame later this year.

However, there are plenty of musicians that are still getting shut out.

So, I called up my pal and fellow rock/metalhead, OutKick's Austin Perry, and we came up with our top five bands and artists who are still getting the cold shoulder from the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

You can call this a homer pick if you want to, since I was born and raised in South Florida, and he was the soundtrack to my childhood, but Jimmy Buffett not being in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is laughable.

The man has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and basically invented an entire genre of music called Gulf 'n Western, which is basically country and yacht rock mixed in a blender.

For crying out loud, they renamed A1A down here in South Florida to "Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway!" What more do you people need?

(*CORRECTION: Buffett was posthumously inducted into the Rock And Roll Of Fame in 2024, but shouldn't it have happened way before that?!)

We all know why Ted Nugent isn’t in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and it rhymes with shmis smolitics.

Which is insane, because there are plenty of other artists with controversial political views (I’d argue Uncle Ted’s views in many respects aren’t that controversial) who were welcomed with open arms.

There’s no other explanation. He sold a ton of records and was highly influential.

I mean, it drives me nuts when people who don’t like the Motor City Madman for his politics try to say his music stinks. That just makes them sound like idiots.

Go throw on "Stranglehold," "Cat Scratch Fever," "Wango Tango," or, my personal favorite, "Great White Buffalo," and then explain to me why Ted Nugent isn’t a Rock And Roll Hall of Famer.

Let's move from South Florida to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area where I spent a good six years of my life…

Pantera deserves to be in the Rock Hall.

These Texas legends codified the genre of groove metal, and their southern sensibilities mixed with their love for heavy music made them one of the most unique bands of the '90s.

Guitarist Dimebag Darrell is, pound-for-pound, one of the greatest to ever plug into a Marshall stack, with hits such as "Walk" and "Cowboys From Hell."

It's a crying shame Pantera couldn't make it into the Hall of Fame before the untimely demise of Darrell and his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul.

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s rule is that you're eligible 25 years after your debut record, which means all ‘90s bands are fair game, and for me, there may be none better than the Smashing Pumpkins.

Siamese Dream has great song after great song, and also features one of my top 5 favorite guitar tones (future list?). That buzzsaw fuzz tone you hear on tunes like "Cherub Rock" and "Today" is just so, so good.

Of course, the driving force behind the band is frontman Billy Corgan, but don’t discount some of the best rock drumming ever from the great Jimmy Chamberlain.

While the Pumpkins are a "'90s band," they don’t sleep on their output in the 21st century. There’s a lot of it, and it's all good.

In fact, despite being a douche who listens to music on Spotify or vinyl, the Pumpkins’ 2007 comeback record Zeitgeist is one of like three CDs I keep in my office.

If the Red Hot Chili Peppers are in, the Pumpkins not being in is a disgrace.

When you think of bands that defined an era, you'd be hard-pressed to find a group more influential to the 1980s Sunset Strip hair metal movement than Mötley Crüe.

Once described as a motorcycle gang who played instruments, Mötley Crüe took the theatrics and pop sounds of Kiss and Van Halen and turned them both up to 11.

Every late ‘80s hair metal band you can think of owes its existence to the Crüe, but the Los Angeles quartet was more than just influential. Songs like "Live Wire," "Home Sweet Home," "Dr. Feelgood," and "Kickstart My Heart" are instantly recognizable and have an attitude about them that is uniquely ’80s in nature. These guys deserve their place in Cleveland.

How can you claim to be the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and not include the guy who was literally the walking embodiment of rock and roll, the late Lemmy Kilmister?

"Ace of Spades" alone should have been a ticket to Cleveland, but go dig into the Motörhead oeuvre if you haven’t, because there are some gems.

"Killed By Death," "Metropolis," "Overkill," "Damage Case," hell, they did like three songs for Triple H!

Sometimes, when acts that aren’t rock artists get inducted, people go, "Who cares? Why are you yelling about this here at Trader Joe’s?" But Motörhead is a prime example of why it's a problem.

Only so many people can get inducted each year, which means if you give a spot to Missy Elliott, it takes away a chance for an older act who influenced bands already in the Hall of Fame — *cough*Metallica and every band after them*cough* — from getting in.

And, unfortunately, if you wait long enough, they die before getting a chance to get inducted, which is what happened to several members of Motörhead, most notably Lemmy.

They were at the top of their game for nearly a decade and a half, sold tens of millions of albums, and have some of the most-played rock hits of the '80s.

Seriously, when was the last time you were at a sporting event and didn't hear "Rock You Like A Hurricane?"

Their influences span more than just arena rock, though, as they navigated genres like blues, hard rock, and even neoclassical shred at a time when that wasn't even a known term in the musical lexicon.

I can't imagine why these bratwurst-loving bastards wouldn't be in the Hall other than the selection committee has some kind of bias against Germans, but either way, this is an oversight that must be rectified at once.

Here's another act who passed away before getting his due… which he’s still waiting for.

I think you could induct Dio as a member of Rainbow or for his work with his own band, Dio.

"Holy Diver" alone should’ve made him a first-ballot Hall of Famer in my book, but then you throw "Rainbow in the Dark" and "The Last In Line" in there too, and, well, what the f–k are we doing, Rock Hall?!

But it gets worse, because Dio should’ve already been in as a member of Black Sabbath.

The only members inducted were the original four — Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — which I get… to a degree.

Sabbath had a lot of members over the years, and you can’t put everyone in there. I mean, the Tony Martin years are cool, and I like the album Born Again with Ian Gillan from Deep Purple, but that doesn’t need to go into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

But the guy who replaced Ozzy and whose massive pipes gave us Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules?

Uh, he should be in there!

I often hear people say that Nirvana, and Kurt Cobain in particular, are the voices of Generation X.

Well, if that's the case — and you all know how I feel about Cobain — then Blink-182 represents the voice of millennials.

And behind all the fart jokes and boner innuendos, there is plenty of emotional weight to a lot of Blink's songs, particularly off their self-titled 2003 release. Next time you are at a party full of people under the age of 40, put on "All The Small Things" and you'll see there won't be a single mouth shut.

Their songs are iconic, representing the carefree nature of the '90s and early 2000s, and the songwriting duo of Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge is one that has an uncanny ability to produce endless hooks and catchy melodies. If Green Day can make the Hall, there is no reason why these pop-punk pioneers are still on the outside looking in.

Thin Lizzy is, for my money, the most mind-boggling blind spot the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame has to offer, which is saying something.

In fact, I almost fell out of my chair when I realized they weren’t in.

How? I mean, just this year, if you go to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame page about Iron Maiden’s induction, it mentions Thin Lizzy as one of their influences, along with Black Sabbath and Genesis.

Sabbath and Genesis are in.

Thin Lizzy? Nope!

They’re another band with a long list of members, but at least induct the classic lineup of Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, and Brian Robertson — and include Gary Moore, whose absence from the Hall in any capacity is downright wrong.

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There's our list, but who are your biggest remaining Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame snubs still waiting for a call from Cleveland? Let me know!: matthew.reigle@outkick.com

Jennifer Welch Reveals Vile, Sadistic Plan To Expose MAGA Men & Their Penises

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:18 -0400

If you think LIB podcast icon Jennifer Welch has been vile and disgusting in the past, she just took things to a whole new level on the latest episode of her "I've Had It" show with her friend Pumps.

In the "Secret Lives of MAGA Men" episode, Welch revealed the sadistic plan in her head to have Americans watch politicians get erections while watching gay porn. Seriously. This woman is the biggest icon in the LIB movement and this is how she energizes the base.

"If I were a dictator, I would line up all the penises of every member of Congress and Senate and I would hook their penises up to this testing […] and I would play various different types of porn," Welch explained.

Again, those are her words. She wants to out politicians as being gay by testing their penises for erections while watching gay porn. And women across the country are eating up this form of rule.

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"I would have it live-streamed, so everybody in the whole country could enjoy who is getting an erection, Lady Graham, when they watch certain types of porn," she continued while taking a shot at Lindsey Graham.

"And so the point of this is that nobody gives a s--t if somebody's gay. Nobody gives a s--t if somebody's trans. Nobody gives a s--t if Big Titty Bryon wants to have big titties," she added, while taking a shot at Bryon Noem, the husband of Kristi Noem, who is accused of enjoying living a fetish lifestyle.

"What we care about is the hypocrisy. Ostracizing people during the day that you're fetishizing at night. And now the science backs it all up. All of these homophobic men probably like to watch gay porn. And here's the thing, there's nothing f--king wrong with it. Who gives a s--t? They do. They're embarrassed that they like penis. And so I just want to put up this next one, and this is important," Welch railed.

"Bryon Noem reportedly told his dom, he has this dom on Only Fans, he wants to be a trans bimbo slut named Crystal. And here's the thing: I want to live in a world where Big Titty Bryon gets to be a trans bimbo slut named Crystal because I think if that's what he wants to do, swing for the fences. It's a free country. But Christine Noem wants to live in a world where she kidnaps kids and sends people off to concentration camps and dehumanizes them and has a police force that shoots innocent protesters. And so I mean these f--king fascists, Pumps, are just more than I can take.

"But it was before Trump. All of these sanctimonious, Bible-thumping Christians I always know when they're wound up about gays, and now you know the ones that are wound up about trans issues. These are the people that pull an all-nighter yanking off to trans porn. That's just what's happening."

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Co-host Pumps finally stepped in and praised Welch for her commitment to hating MAGA men for years to which Welch replied she dreams of outing Graham, Mike "Grinder" Johnson and her other target. "I want Ted Cruz's if we can find it," she said of the Texas politician's penis.

"If it's not inverted, I want that thing hooked up. I want to see what it reacts to."

As for the rest of basic MAGA men, Welch continued to spout off her theory about the Trump movement.

"My theory is you can always tell when a man has poor sexual performance or a small penis because they have big trucks with big tires or big motorcycles or you know they tell you how big they are."

This is what the tolerant left is not only thinking, but cheering for. Let that sink in.

MAGA Bikini Congresswoman Stuns While Taking Out The Trash, RFK Jr. Addresses Penis-Gate & Russini Fight!

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:35:10 -0400

Here we go! Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week — and to the other side of April.

Two weeks down. Two to go. We have a quiet weekend coming up, and then the NFL Draft. That'll ramp up starting Monday. One of the sneakier weeks on the sports calendar, really. Now, this year's draft isn't great, which is probably why we haven't heard much about it… yet.

That will change this weekend. The NFL simply doesn't come and go without anyone noticing. It's the king for a reason. The draft will be all you hear about next week. I promise.

Anyway, we're not there quite yet. For now, we roll along and keep the momentum pointed in the right direction.

Let's roll.

Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where MAGA Bikini Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna takes out the trash like the patriot she is.

What else? I've got more fallout from yesterday's 12U homer, RFK Jr. slicing off raccoon penises (yep, you read it right), Tiff Ann and Mario Lopez link back up and throw the internet some HEAT, and we've got some reporter-on-reporter DRAMA involving Dianna Russini.

Whew! And I said this was going to be a quieter weekend. Hogwash! The #content never slows down. That's on me. I'll be better moving forward.

Grab you a $10 Mich Ultra like I did last night at Dodgertown, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!

As I said yesterday, last night was the annual Jackie Robinson Game at what used to be "Dodgertown." That's the park I grew up going to before the woke Dodgers up and left, and it was the absolute best. It hasn't been "Dodgertown" in years now, but I refuse to call it anything else.

Anyway, we went last night, and it was exactly how I remembered it.

You see a billion people you know. Concessions were packed. Kids running around all over the place, rolling down the hills, playing tag in the stands. The beer was more expensive than I remember ($10 for an Ultra seems steep, but there's no use in complaining about it), but it still hit the spot.

We spent two hours there, just sitting in the left-field stands, eating burgers, drinking beer, and letting the kids run around. I honestly can't believe MLB doesn't give that stadium more games. This state is flooded with minor league baseball teams. They are EVERYWHERE. And you're telling me we can't get one game a month at the place the LA Dodgers called home for decades?

Come on. Every small town in America should have at least one minor league baseball game per month during the season. That's my hot take for the day. We don't need 15 home dates a month. We need one a month. That's it. Nothing beats spring and summer nights at the ballpark. It's the most American thing we do.

Make Small Town Ballparks Great Again!

OK, let's get this class started… with more baseball!

"How is this celebrated?!? What the hell is wrong with people?! Where are the coaches? Umpires? What parent in the right mind wouldn’t drag their son off the field if he did that? Pathetic!!"

Kirk Herbstreit is IRATE, and, frankly, a little embarrassed after seeing that clip, which has gone mega-viral since we hit on it in yesterday's class.

I don't blame him.

Everyone wants to blame the parents/coaches in today's travel ball world, and it's hard to argue with that. I played baseball for two decades, including a few intense years of travel baseball… in FLORIDA. We don't mess around down here.

I'm talking games every weekend, practice every day, showcases every month.

Not once did I ever wear a go-pro on my helmet or have a cameraman following me around the bases. If I did, I would fully expect to get drilled.

If we have any Phillies fans in class, I played for years under Dave West, who was a pretty good reliever back in the 90s. He played on that great Philly team back in ‘93 that probably should’ve won the World Series.

Anyway, if we ever even thought about pulling some crap like that, he'd get on the mound and plunk us himself. And then we'd ride the bench for a week.

Loved Coach West. Always had a tin of Skoal in his sock, and drove a beautiful blue Bronco. He sadly died years ago from brain cancer. Yes, he played on the old turf at Veterans Stadium. You wanna go down a wormhole, Google that one. It's sick.

Speaking of gross animal holes, let's check in with our current health secretary!

I mean, what a headline. I DARE AI to make a headline quite as perfect as that little masterpiece from the NY Post.

The bizarre account by the nation’s top civilian health official was unearthed in the new book "RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise," authored by The Post’s own Isabel Vincent, who drew upon a wide range of sources including private journals he penned while living in New York City between 1999 and 2001.

"I was standing in front of my parked car on I-684 cutting the penis out of a road killed raccoon, thinking about how weird some of my family members have turned out to be," reads a surreal passage in which the Health and Human Services head, 72, was reportedly lamenting his rocky relationships with his brother Douglas Kennedy and cousin Bobby Shriver.

"My kids waited patiently in the car," he noted, later telling People magazine he collected the raccoon’s genitals so he could "study them later."

MAHA!!!! Goodness gracious. I don't know what's more shocking — RFK standing on the side of the highway cutting off a dead raccoon's penis, or RFK writing it down in his journal? Either way, it's a humdinger.

What was he studying? I need to know. Better yet, what did he find? What did he learn from the dead raccoon's penis? This administration is supposed to be the most transparent in history. Forget the stupid war. Let's get to the bottom of this.

OK, rapid-fire time on this Thursday. First up? Speaking of things that we did back in the 90s…

Look at that! AC and Kelly together again, all these years later. Have any two people aged better in the history of time? Both are 52, by the way. Amazing.

Next? We have to fill our Russini quota for the day, so here's some USA Today reporter absolutely stuffing Dianna in a locker:

"I want to first of all say that I am so thankful an outlet does have the audacity to do a story on Dianna Russini being called out. She deserves to have been, and all of us do know what she’s been up to.

"From fights with other reporters in Chili’s parking lots about hooking up with married NFL coaches to everything else, it is almost certainly all true. It was the worst kept secret in the NFL reporting world for a while."

Bombshell! NEED that footage from the Chilis parking lot like I need air to breathe. Please, let someone have it.

But wait, there's MORE from Crissy:

"I will say there’s a line. Alright, so, you probably have seen a lot of people coming after me. I’ll be transparent and I would love to use this as the greatest example.

"I had a strong relationship with former QB JT Daniels that, as anyone would imagine under those circumstances, did include multiple sexual encounters and there was a lot involved. However, JT and I didn’t begin that relationship until after he was out of football. I can honestly say I have never slept with a player or coach for professional gain."

I mean, is this not the greatest week of Big J drama in the history of time? Dianna's out, Crissy is out for BLOOD, and now she's battling with the trolls over her sex life with former USC/Georgia/West Virginia/Rice QB, JT Daniels.

This is why we love the internet, boys and girls. It can be exhausting most of the time, but every once in a while, it delivers.

What a week.

OK, take us home, Anna Paulina Luna. It's trash day!

OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).

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South African Police Chief Stops Meeting Thanks Chunk Of Tissue Stuck To His Head

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:10:45 -0400

I love innovation in everything. Sports. space travel, music, and, especially, ways to publicly embarrass oneself in front of a South African government inquiry.

That is what one former police chief in South Africa did when he tried to use a tissue to sop up some sweat on his chrome dome during a hearing, and it is hilarious.

According to The Independent, South Africa is in the midst of an inquiry into police corruption. One of the people on hand was Julius Mkhwanazi, the former chief of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police. He was there to present evidence after being suspended in 2025 amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct.

So, you can understand why he might be a bit nervous, but Julius here is a full-on sweater.

I mean, the man is dripping worse than a cold beer on a hot, humid day.

When he got to the point where he couldn't take any more head wetness, Mkhwanazi reached for a tissue — mistake numero uno — and tried to sop it up.

The only problem was that the tissue couldn't stand the immense volume of head sweat and broke apart, leaving one giant remnant stuck to his head.

And it proceeded to derail the entire meeting.

I'd like to welcome getting shreds of tissue stuck to my head during a government inquiry to my list of fears!

I think the biggest problem here is going to be the cheapening out on the paper products. I've never been there, but I suspect that a government building in South Africa is not splurging on the finest, multi-ply Kleenex brand tissues that are velvety soft on your skin and smell like Vicks Vapo-Rub.

No, they do what government buildings do here, and they buy the cheapest possible option that can be legally called "tissue" or "toilet paper."

Which, as a taxpayer, I appreciate, but if I were trying to mop flopsweat off of my head, I would not be happy about it.

Still, the way this all unfolded was damn near perfect.

The way Mkhwanazi adjusted his papers and put on his glasses with a piece of tissue clinging to his head like TP hanging on to your show for dear life plays like an SNL sketch.

Then, the nervous way everyone in the room was trying to carefully let him know that he had a big piece of Scott's on his head was just gold, Jerry.

It's always funny… when it happens to someone else.

Bam Margera Shreds On Skateboard, Defies Odds Stacked Against Him

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:56:49 -0400

Things have been rough for former MTV star and skateboard icon, Bam Margera.

Since his heyday in the late 2000s, Margera has seen his life spiral out of control, dealing with both personal loss and demons that have plagued him for nearly two decades.

He's been in rehab, to the ICU, and nearly went to an early grave all before the age of 50.

But something remarkable has happened recently.

Bam Margera has started skating again. And not just skating, but shredding.

Check out these moves from the 46-year-old skating legend, who looks like he hasn't skipped a beat since 2005.

If you came of age in the mid-to-late 2000s, these 31 seconds of video likely brought a tear to your eye.

It's hard enough for an average 46-year-old to even stand up on a skateboard, and here's Bam doing nollies and boardslides (yeah, I played the Tony Hawk video games) like they're second nature.

A doctor once told Bam that he would never be able to skate again due to alcohol-related damage he had done to his knees.

It looks like Margera is defying the odds and thumbing his nose at those who said he can't in his typical, brash fashion.

It's been a long road back for the former "Viva La Bam" and "Jackass" star. He's lost friends along the way and hit rock bottom more than once, so it makes me happy to see that he's making his comeback so gracefully.

And look at the smile on his face after he lands those tricks.

Priceless.

Everyone seems to be in lock step in rooting for Bam as he makes his way back to his old self, too.

I tip my cap to you, Bam Margera.

You were a massive part of my childhood, inspiring me to pick up a skateboard (though I wasn't very good at it) and pull pranks on my friends (though they weren't quite as irreverent as the ones you pulled on your TV show).

I was worried you wouldn't live to see your 40s, so seeing you not only surviving, but thriving, is inspiring.

Keep climbing, it's good to have you back!