'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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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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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
