'World's Sexiest Volleyballer' Enjoys Red Wine, Parents Brawl At Bus Stop & Little Leaguer Gives Wild Pep Talk
We're over the hump and almost there, boys and girls. I can feel it. Almost taste it. The weekend is so close I can almost grab it.
But, it ain't time for looking forward just yet. It's a Thursday, and we respect Thursdays around here.
So, on that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps – the one where we get tanked with ex-Marshall volleyballer Kayla Simmons and go from there.
Not a bad way to start a Thursday night, right? Right!
What else? I reckon we'll stay in Florida and check in on a wild bus stop brawl between some parents, and then get fired the hell up with a little leaguer who has me ready to run through a brick wall.
We also have another heater (literally) to add to our aviation list today, and then end the day with OutKick star Rachel Bush as she mourns (celebrates?) leaving Buffalo.
OK, that's enough for right now. I don't wanna give everything away right off the bat.
Grab an Ultra Right – they're coming to Florida, too! – and settle in for a Thursday class that'll melt all your troubles away:
Is this little leaguer electric or what?
Didn't think I'd be starting class with little league, but that's why we win awards around here.
Zig when they zag. Rule No. 1.
Anyway, I reckon the season just started for the youngins – at least down here where there isn't snow on the ground – and, to commemorate the occasion, MLB tweeted out this little humdinger just last night.
And buddy, I gotta say – it had me ready to lace 'em up again and start cranking out 200-foot dingers into the dark March night.
Speaking of the tots, how about this bus stop brawl?
Insane. I'd run through a brick wall for this kid any day of the week.
Serious question for everyone: does your town still have little league? Like, is it still a big deal this time of year?
Growing up, it was massive in my town. I'm talking packed stands M-F, from February through April.
My dad was the Little League president one year and I always thought it was the coolest thing. It obviously didn't mean anything, but to 12-year-old Zach, I thought I owned the place whenever I pulled up.
We used to take it so seriously, too. They had a draft every year, and where you were drafted was make-or-break. Would literally define your spring. It got so contentious that they started hiding the results like the nuclear codes because it pissed people off so much.
Such a better time. But, at least in my old town, it's a shell of its former self now. I guess it's still there, but nobody cares anymore. Travel ball got super popular a few years after I left and sort of just destroyed little league.
But man, those were the days. Sort of reminds me of this (fast-forward to the 2-min mark if you don't wanna listen to Chief Goreck):
Kayla Simmons checks in with some Nightcaps wine
From the NY Post:
A Florida woman threw a barrage of punches at a student during a fight at a bus stop moments after she shouted for one of the girls to "beat her a—," footage of the brawl showed.
Taityana D. Duffy, 28, a guardian of a student at the bus stop, was arrested Friday after she "instigated, jeered and intervened" in a fight between two students and then "battered a juvenile during the incident," according to the Haines City Police Department.
We blog about a lot of fights here at OutKick, mainly because everyone is beating the hell out of each other in this country right now.
But this one is one of the better ones I've seen. Some good punches landed, some decent smack talk, plenty of action all over the field. Good stuff from the Haines City parents.
If they're ever looking to unwind, they could always head to Gainseville for a nice cool-down with noted Florida girl – and ex-Marshall volleyballer – Kayla Simmons.
Belichick and Saban and aviation, oh my!
Been a minute, Kayla. Welcome back to class! Summer will be here before you know it – Lord knows it's starting to feel that way here in Florida.
The weatherman tells me we're gonna make a run at 90 on Saturday around here. Can't wait!
Speaking of burning up, let's rapid-fire this puppy into a big Thursday night.
First up? I'm all in on this move from Bill Belichick and Nick Saban if they so choose:
That would be must-see TV, at least for me. I can't get enough of those two.
Imagine the awkward silence we'd get? The fake laughter? The attempts to be somewhat personable because the producers are hounding them in their ears, and then both guys just getting visibly annoyed by it on live TV?
Belichick at some point being told to speak louder because he's just mumbling on about something, and then over-correcting and yelling into the screen? I mean, come on. It would shatter ratings records.
PS: Bill, what are you doing?
TMZ Sports has learned ... the former New England Patriots head coach opted to forgo the NFL Combine on Saturday in favor of attending the 2024 Coastal At The Capitol cheerleading event in National Harbor, Md.
Witnesses tell us the 71-year-old had a seat in the back row of the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center to catch at least one of the competing teams' routines ... before he left.
Hilarious. 2024 is wild and it's only March. We're in for an insane year.
And Colin Cowherd is pumped for it!
Where Colin was right. But hey, at least he plugged Fox News!
Finally, you know what time it is … let's check in with the folks 30,000-feet up!
Free agent Rachel Bush takes us into a big night
You know the drill …
In the last two months we've had:
- Alaska Boeing Max loses a door mid-flight.
- Atlas Air blows an engine in the sky.
- Guy in Utah gets sucked into a commercial airliner while running on tarmac.
- Another Max plane gets dinged because of pesky loose bolts.
- Wheel nearly comes off commercial flight right before takeoff.
- United CEO is also a drag queen.
- Virgin flight missing bolts.
- Holes mis-drilled in new Max planes.
- A pair of JetBlue planes collide at Logan
- Perfectly-sane Britney Spears pilots a plane
- NYC bound plane makes a U-turn because of a fire in the cockpit
- Helicopter makes a U-turn four seconds after liftoff, winds up stuck between a building a light pole
- United flight bursts into flames mid-flight
I have a new(ish) Hyundai Palisade in the driveway that just got here yesterday and I plan to use it this summer. Enough said.
Take us home, Rachel. Her husband, Jordan Poyer, just got cut from the Buffalo Bills yesterday, making her the biggest free agent WAG in a long time.
Buckle up.
OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).
Does your town still have little league? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.