A columnist on OutKick.com discusses recent sports news, focusing on the Miami Dolphins' poor performance and low expectations for their season. The article also mentions ongoing controversy around country singer Ella Langley after social media users criticized her over old hunting photos, accusing her of hypocrisy despite her song "Choosin' Texas" being popular. The columnist expresses support for legal and humane hunting while criticizing those who hypocritically consume meat yet protest against others who hunt.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-15,
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'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk.
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It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
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We're not talking the usual levels of Miami Dolphins bad.
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We're talking about 1–15 bad, à la 2007.
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If they're lucky to squeak out that one W at all.
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But you know what?
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That's because every year when Week 1 rolls around — despite knowing better — I delude myself into thinking "this season will be better!"
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I'm like Amy Klobuchar wearing the same dumb shirt and the same goofy grin.
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This year, I have no such delusions.
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Every week, I fully understand the team will s---- itself worse than that HYROX chick.
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team → understand → chick
Only this time, instead of a quarterback who gets concussed every other week, we have one who runs fast and wears rhinestone cleats.
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So with that, let's get to our Tuesday Nightcaps — featuring Trinity Rodman, Ella Langley and Aryna Sabalenka.
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Because I'm tired of hearing about all of them.
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Let's roll.
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The mob tries to cancel Ella Langley over hunting photos
Some people really don't like Ella Langley.
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I've heard a multitude of reasons for this: She cut a song with Morgan Wallen.
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She followed Charlie Kirk on TikTok.
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She got some lip filler.
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The real reason is probably because "Choosin' Texas" has spent a bazillion weeks at No. 1, and a good chunk of our population just likes to hate on people who are successful.
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But now, the miserable souls of the interweb have found a new reason to smear the good name of Ella Langley — she's a hunter!
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Some folks with too much time on their hands dug up some old photos of Ella showing off bucks she harvested in her home state of Alabama.
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I love how that second post said she'd been "caught" hunting animals.
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As if Ella didn't pose for that photo and post it on her own social media account.
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Ella → pose → account
Damn, you really busted her!
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Let's see what the comments are saying.
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As the founding mother of OutKick OutDoors, I'm obviously pro (legal and humane) hunting and fishing.
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And I won't bore you with all the reasons why hunting — particularly whitetail deer hunting — is crucial for conservation, preventing the spread of disease, and funding for the protection of wildlife and their habitats.
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I encourage you to do your own research if you're interested in learning more.
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I also have no problem with people who choose not to hunt or choose not to eat meat.
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But I guarantee at least 99% of the people screeching at Ella right now have no problem stopping by the Taco Bell drive-thru or picking up a pack of chicken at the grocery store.
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But harvesting your own fresh venison apparently makes you evil.
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Alexander Zverev throws shade at Trinity Rodman
Trinity Rodman is a world-class soccer player for the USWNT.
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So while her boyfriend, Ben Shelton, competed in the US Open the past couple of weeks, Trinity was in the stands supporting him.
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Unfortunately for Trinity (and America), Shelton lost to Germany's Alexander Zverev in the men's final.
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That's after she played a soccer game in Washington, D.C. on the same day and then rushed 200 miles to NYC to catch the end of the match.
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When he won, Zverev gave Trinity a shoutout.
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"Trinity, I thought you have a game today," Zverev joked.
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You’re the lucky charm ... not today, but usually."
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The crowd laughed.
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Trinity laughed.
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…and 59 more, not listed.
The Aporia
