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We made it. We're here. Another Friday. We're cruising right along, folks. Somehow, we've arrived at the THIRD weekend of July!

Did you know a majority of NFL rookies have to report to training camp starting next Tuesday? Better yet, did you know that rookies for the Seattle Seahawks reported TODAY? That's right. We have actual players in actual facilities right now.

Sure, most of the vets don't report until a week from today at the earliest, but still ... you can almost smell it in the air. It's coming. Hang tight just a bit longer.

On that note, welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where Sam Burns shoots at 62 at The Open but nobody knew it was happening because NBC and USA Network decided to ignore the entire thing. Wild.

What else? I've got Sophie Cunningham rattling the internet with a simple question, a compilation of the worst umpiring from the first half of the MLB season, plenty of reader mail from yesterday's ESPYs disaster, and Hooters Gianna checks in one final time to end the week.

Whew. What a MENU! Lock it in for a few more minutes, folks, and then let's attack this weekend like patriots.

Grab you some peach ice cream for National Peach Ice Cream Day, and settle in for a Friday 'Cap!

Oddly enough, I had peach ice cream earlier this week for the first time in forever. Solid ice cream flavor, especially this time of year when it's 400 degrees down here in Florida. No smoke from the woke Canadians, though! Clear as day down here in the Sunshine State!

Mount Rushmore of Ice Cream Flavors to start class? Sure, why not?

I'll be honest, I'm not sure that last one even exists anymore, but I used to have it all the time as a fat kid growing up, and I have fond memories. Delicious.

Lordy, that's a weird looking list. I'm not even sold on it but, frankly, it's a Friday and I have a yard to mow, so let's get on with it and start class.

First up? Lucas Herbert shot a 62 this morning over in Royal Birkdale, tying a major record. He missed a makeable putt on 18 in heartbreaking fashion, which you'll see in just a second.

At the same time, Sam Burns also shot a 62, which you will also see in a second. The difference? Viewers barely even knew Burns was playing:

Wild stuff. I had it on in the background all morning, because that's just how working-class folks have to watch this tournament every single year. I have Zoom meetings to pretend to be on, and newsletters to put together every morning. I love the British Open, but the timing is so dumb.

Anyway, I knew Lucas Herbert was on 59 watch because NBC/USA Network shoved it down our throats. Rightfully so, by the way. It's not often that happens.

But imagine my surprise when they finally showed Sam Burns on 18 and he was ALSO on 59 watch! Amazing. How does that happen? Yes, I know Burns started the day at 3-over, so I understand not giving him much play early on.

But his back-nine was unreal. You could sense it coming for an hour, and we barely saw him at all? What a choice by the production team!

OK, let's keep the line moving ...

Yesterday, we focused on our great USA hockey teams losing out to the New York Knicks for the ESPYs' "Best Team" award earlier this week.

And folks, you guys had some thoughts. A quick sampling:

Did we hit all the notes, or what? "Fragile whites" is a great name. Credit to that guy. He brought the heat ... and gave me an easy fantasy football name in a couple months.

Well done, everyone. That's what I like to see on a random week in July. Some folks mail it in this time of year. Not me. Not us. This is where we GRIND.

OK, couple quickies on the way out. First up? Where do we stand on this take from Sophie Cunningham?

"So how do we save our farm land and stop all these dumb data centers?"

That simple post, and question, sent the internet into an absolute tailspin yesterday afternoon. Libs were mad at Sophie. Conservatives were mad at her. The farmers loved her. Most of the MAHA crowd stood behind her.

Now, I have no idea what the answer is. Frankly, I have no idea what any of these data centers mean. I think they're a little like Apple's version of "the cloud." Nobody knows what iCloud really is, or what it does, or how it works. We just know that it exists.

"Oh, it's saved in my iCloud."

What does that mean? Nobody knows. That's what these data centers are. Nobody knows what they do. Are they stealing all of our water? Are they killing the farms? Are they like the 5G towers all over the country and frying our brains?

Nobody knows. And, of course, nobody can agree.

Next? You know what we all CAN agree on? We have seen some horrific umpiring this season in Major League Baseball:

Lordy. ABS be damned! For those who thought it would eliminate all the bad officiating, think again! Rest easy, folks — bad calls in baseball are alive and well.

Oddly enough, three of the worst umpires in the league all took a buyout earlier this month and will retire at the end of the year.

Surely just coincidental!

OK, that's it for today — and this week. Good work, everyone. Loved the fire this week. Few more slow weeks, and then we're off to the races.

Have a big weekend.

Here's NASCAR wife Gianna Blaney continuing to enjoy a Turks And Caicos beach vacation to take everyone home:

Are the data centers going to kill us? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

'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. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com.

Whew. We're on the other side of the week, boys and girls. And, as of today, we're on the other side of the month!

The ESPYs were last night. Did you know? I didn't. Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning and found out! Remember back in the day when the ESPN-led awards show was appointment viewing? It always marked the halfway point of the summer, right?

It usually falls on the slowest sports day of the year (during non-World Cup years, of course), and bridges the gap nicely.

But this year, it came and went with little to no fanfare, which is ... fair ... given how far ESPN has fallen over the years. And buddy, they did themselves NO favors last night.

On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where ESPN snubbed the crap out of our great USA hockey teams. It's truly unfathomable. You'll see.

What else? I've got Lindsey Vonn turning heads on the red carpet, and is getting stuck in a porta-john the worst possible thing that can happen to a person in this life?

I ain't talking about getting locked inside, either. I'm talking about literally falling through the toilet and getting trapped underneath.

I've never been more disgusted. Stay tuned!

Grab you a drink — dealer's choice today! — and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap.

Before we start ... watch that video, if you have time. I watch the Jimmy V speech once a year around ESPYs time, and it's just the best.

True story: I took a public speaking class in college and we had to choose one speech to give at the end of the semester. I chose that one. I'm fairly certain I was terrible at it, but whatever. It's still my favorite speech of all time — and that includes Lincoln's address!

Anyway, we've gone from that moment back in 1993, to ... this moment last night at the latest edition of the ESPYs:

Lordy. The difference that 30 years can make is truly remarkable. Do you think people in 1996, who were alive and well in the 50s and 60s, saw a societal transformation quite like we have? No shot, right?

While that little performance was certainly a talker, it wasn't the real talker from the night. Nope. That took place a few hours later, when the New York Knicks were inexplicably named the Best Team.

The other finalists?

Goodness gracious. Let me make sure I have the right ...

The USA men's and women's OLYMPIC hockey teams both won gold medals this year — with the men winning for the first time since the Miracle game — and ESPN instead gave the award for "Best Team" to the New York Knicks?

Okeedokee. Makes sense!

On top of that, they awarded OG Anunoby's tip-in in GAME 4 of the Finals "Best Play" honors over Jack Hughes' GOLDEN GOAL to win an Olympic gold medal.

You know what? I'd argue that tip-in wasn't even the second best play of the year! I'd put both the Golden Goal AND Miguel Rojas' game-tying home run in the ninth inning of GAME 7 of the World Series over it!

Yeah, I mean ... come on. What are we doing here? In what world is a game-winning, gold medal-clinching goal by the USA to win it all for the first time in four decades NOT the play of the year? It's just insane.

Oh well. ESPN has to pander to the NBA audience. It's in the rulebook, I reckon.

You know what's not in the rulebook? Falling through the toilet of a porta-john and having to be cut out:

"Come on, get on outta there!"

"Watch your f--king self, we're gonna cut way back, get all the way down!"

"I'm not lifting, lean forward!"

"I can’t, dumbf--k"

"I’m the dumbf--k? While you’re stuck in a f--king urinal?"

Just incredible content out of Kansas City today. I've never seen anything like it. We live in amazing times right now, folk. Soak it all in. Like Jimmy V said, don't take anything for granted.

OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night. First up? While we were all sleeping or drinking our morning coffee, Bryson DeChambeau was playing some elite golf over at Royal Birkdale:

After just a miserable season in which he's missed every major cut, Bryson fired a 3-under 67 and sits in a tie for fifth after Day 1. This, of course, comes a day after Sir Nick Faldo lit him up like a Christmas tree.

"He has, and I'll say it to his face, zero clue of strategy," Faldo said ahead of the opening round.

Take a look:

Tell us how you really feel, Nick!

Naturally, Bryson then fired a 67 and mentioned the word "strategy" three times in his post-round interview:

Is DeChambeau BACK? No idea. We'll see if he can carry this over to tomorrow. I hope so, personally. I've given Bryson a lot of crap this season, but the game is so much better when he's in contention.

Didn't think Royal Birkdale would be the place he would turn it around, but I'm all for it. Give 'em hell, Bryson!

OK, that's it for today. Good work, everyone. Here's Jutta Leerdam and Lindsey Vonn dominating the ESPYs red carpet to take us all home.

Patriots.

Did the USA get snubbed? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.

KC Navarro narrowly missed out on winning the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) X Division Championship at Slammiversary, but the moment was special nonetheless.

Navarro competed against his mentor, Amazing Red, in the match. Red got the better of him in one of the better sequences of the match. 

Navarro also talked about battling his fear of heights as he tried to make his way up the pillar to climb on the rope and get the title.

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"So, this Ultimate X was a lot more special than the first one I was in at Rebellion last year. See, me, I'm not a big fan of heights. So, it actually takes me a while to climb that thing, and I have to see what I'm gonna do," he told Fox News Digital. 

"But this year was very special to me because Amazing Red was in it. A lot of people don't know, but it was set on commentary, Amazing Red was a big mentor for me for my entire career. Somebody I looked up to. I mean, obviously me and him, same stature, you know, he did amazing things, no pun intended, amazing things in the X Division, former X Division champion. And just to be a part of his first match back, it was very special for me.

"I really was grateful that me and him got to have a moment in the ring as well. I know it was very special for him as well. Hope he comes back. That'll be awesome. I think it's awesome, cool to see him back. But it was very special for me. You know, Slammiversary last year, I walked in with a torn ACL, and I risked my career being in that ladder match against The Hardys, The Nemeths and The Rascalz. 

"This year, I came in with a brand-new knee in the Ultimate X at a match that's pretty dangerous for me to be in. If I would have fell the wrong way, I could have blew my knee out. So, I took a chance. But for me to get an opportunity this soon to go for a championship like the X Division title and being in the ring with a guy like Amazing Red, my boy Leon Slater, Fabian Aichner, Mr. Elegance, Frankie Kazarian, etc. It was a very stacked match to be in. I was very grateful to be a part of it."

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Navarro added that battling his fear of heights is just a part of the job.

"Yeah, I'm not a fan of heights, and it might be just from the injury, right? Like, I just might have been thinking too much, like, ‘Oh man, what if I get hurt.’ But, I mean, it's just me man," he said. "I just keep God first. I count on the adrenaline to get me through, which it does because once that bell rings, got no choice. Got to go for that belt.

"Once that bell rings and the lights are on, I'm all good. But it's just having a strong mentality of just knowing that this is what I'm meant to do, and I can't think negative. I got to go out there positive and know that I'm going to go in healthy, walk out healthy and maybe walk out a champion as well."

Navarro is in the midst of a feud with TNA world champion Nic Nemeth. Navigating the rivalry could put him back on the top of the roster.

A pilot has gone viral after leaving an unexpected message in the sky during a routine flight.

The pilot of the two-hour maintenance test flight over Northwest England traced the words "I'm bored" across the sky, with the unusual message and route appearing on the flight-tracking website Flightradar24.

The Ravenair-operated Piper Tomahawk aircraft departed from Liverpool around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. It spent about two hours flying over the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire and North Wales before safely returning, according to Flightradar24.

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Screenshots of the odd flight path quickly spread across social media.

Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital there is little cause for concern from his point of view because the flight was conducted to test the aircraft rather than transport passengers.

"This was a test flight, not a passenger flight," Leff said. "Writing 'I'm bored' takes a certain amount of skill and suggests the pilot was anything but distracted."

Leff noted that the most demanding work for pilots typically happens before takeoff during takeoff and landing.

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"Only a small percentage of flying on more modern aircraft is done manually at cruise," he said. "The workload above 10,000 feet is far less than during the takeoff and landing phases.

"'I'm bored' is an amusing way to express this."

The aviation company, Ravenair, told the BBC a flying instructor in his 20s was conducting a routine test flight after a replacement part had been installed on the aircraft.

"I think the pilot was literally a bit bored as it was just a test flight. Mind you, it was pretty skillful flying," Wes Barrett, operation manager, told the news outlet.

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"He was a bit bored, but he probably had to concentrate a lot in the end to spell out the words."

The flight path quickly went viral, prompting discussion across social media.

"This should be unremarkable ... but it's nice to see the pilot didn't face any issues because of this," one Reddit user wrote.

Others praised the precision required to pull off the message. 

"Guys, [I] think he might have been a little bit bored," another commenter joked. "Credit for the amount of concentration and thinking required for this, though."

Another person wrote on Facebook, "Adult version of Etch-a-Sketch."

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Fox News Digital reached out to Ravenair, based in Liverpool in the U.K., for comment.

A California registered nurse is facing backlash after social media posts circulating online appeared to express a wish that President Donald Trump and late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., would die, prompting questions about whether his employer is reviewing the matter.

The Instagram story, posted by Robert Acuna-Bagshaw, who identifies himself on his LinkedIn page as a registered nurse at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Memorial Children's Hospital since January 2016, appears to show a collage of three public figures, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., President Donald Trump and Graham.

McConnell is on the left, with a skull power-plug emoji beneath his photo and flashing text that says, "Pull the plug." Trump is in the center, with a countdown beneath his photo, and Graham is on the right, with a gray tombstone graphic reading "R.I.P." over his image.

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At the bottom of the story, blue text reads, "If all 3 of these f---ers die this week, I might become religious again."

Near the top of the story is an orange cross graphic, and the Instagram account name visible appears to be "lb_buddha," with Acuna-Bagshaw’s name also appearing on the account profile.

Graham, 71, passed away at 10:23 p.m. Saturday. An autopsy was done on Sunday suggesting that Graham passed away from aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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A statement from Graham’s office read, "The death certificate will be PENDING until all the toxicological and microscopic testing are finalized, and at that point the death certificate will be updated to reflect the cause of death and appropriately classify the manner of death."

McConnell, who has been hospitalized for almost a month, said in a statement Sunday that he has been recovering from a fall.

"My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion," McConnell said. "I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages."

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In a later Instagram story posted on Monday that included screenshots of various accounts, Acuna-Bagshaw wrote, "What’s funny is that MAGA morons are messaging me on all my socials, threatening my life, calling my work trying to get me fired, looking up my address and insinuating attacks to the property owners of the listed address etc. because I’ve reposted memes, all the while not realizing all of their internet activity, which they can’t delete, is being tracked. When one of the morons actually does something, because that’s what MAGA does, they’ll all be suspects."

Acuna-Bagshaw added, "If you’re new just yesterday and I don’t know you, expect a call. I’m fortunate enough to have made a life with friends in positions that specialize in these situations. It’s sad that MAGA are like this and personally attack people to shut them up when nothing was done to them. I guess they missed that part in the Bible about false prophets."

"What’s funny is they attack me for being a nurse & assume I’m as racist and bigoted as they are," he added. "They’re exactly what’s wrong with this world. Attacking and insinuating about people they know nothing about. Oh, this is just a few I stitched together for this post. I have you all. . . ."

"Anyone who engages in or endorses political violence or assassination culture must be condemned in the harshest terms possible," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital. "They should also immediately seek psychiatric help to treat their severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has warped their brains and made them sick in the head."

Fox News Digital reached out to Long Beach Medical Center, Acuna-Bagshaw and McConnell for comment but did not immediately receive responses. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., never wanted President Donald Trump to be nominated, let alone win the presidency in 2016.

"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it," Graham said on X at the time.

Graham had run on the same ticket as Trump, and like many other Republicans on the debate stage, challenged Trump’s candidacy as preposterous — he once likened his candidacy to "being shot in the head."

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But Trump ultimately clinched the nomination, took the White House and eventually won over Graham.

Now, in the fast-moving hours after Graham's sudden death at 71 years old, and as private jockeying to fill his empty seat takes place behind the scenes, Trump has lost a once-fierce political enemy turned friend.

Trump told NBC’s "Meet the Press" that he had just spoken with Graham the night before and believed "It could have been his last call."

"I don't know exactly, but I got a message about 1 in the morning from one of the people in his office that he had passed away. I said, ‘I just can't believe it,’" Trump said. "He was like a member of the family to me. It's very tough, actually."

It wasn’t always that way for Trump. He once told a crowd in South Carolina nine years ago that Graham was a "disgrace," and "one of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever seen."

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"I don’t think he could run for dogcatcher in this state and win again," Trump said at the time. "I really don’t. Other than that, I think he’s wonderful."

Still, their relationship evolved from potshots online and on the debate stage into steadfast friends who weren’t shy about hitting the golf course.

Graham transformed into one of Trump’s most vocal allies in the Senate and a key bridge from the upper chamber to the White House during Trump’s second term — even after Graham believed Trump should never step foot in the White House.

After winning his primary for the GOP nomination in June, Trump was almost top of mind for Graham.

"I want to thank the big guy, God," Graham said during a speech last month. "Trump comes later. Mr. President, you’re not far behind God, but we’re going to start with him."

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But that reverence, be it political or sincere, took time. Years ago, Trump at one point grew so angry at Graham that he leaked the lawmaker’s phone number online, which prompted Graham to make a show of destroying several of his phones.

And after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on Capitol Hill, Graham turned his back on Trump.

"Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president," Graham said on the Senate floor as the vote to certify the election neared. "All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough."

In the run-up to and during Trump’s second term, Graham became a fierce ally of Trump’s.

He led the vanguard for the "one, big beautiful bill," as Senate Budget Committee chair and has championed Trump’s flagship election integrity legislation, the SAVE America Act.

And in the hallways of the Senate during the last year and a half, you’d often hear Graham say he’d just spoken with Trump or was headed to the White House to hammer out a legislative dispute — be it with Democrats standing in the way or Republicans.

Now, after a rocky, explosive and tight-knit journey together, the road has run out.

"I said, ‘We'll see you soon,’" Trump recalled of his last call with Graham. "Come over anytime you want. He came into the White House, because I liked him. Can't do that with everybody."

A professional soccer player who competed in the World Cup less than two weeks ago has died at 25.

The South Africa Football Players Union announced the "untimely passing" of midfielder Jayden Adams.

"Death has cruelly stolen one of our own. It has robbed our nation of a remarkable footballer, but it will never take away the legacy Jayden Adams leaves behind," the union said in a social media post.

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"We will forever remember his humility, his extraordinary talent and the pride with which he represented South Africa. Rest in eternal peace, Jayden. You will never be forgotten."

"Jayden had only recently represented South Africa at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, carrying the hopes of the nation with pride, courage and distinction," the SAFPU said in a separate statement on Saturday. "His passing is an immeasurable loss to his family, teammates, clubs, the football fraternity and the country at large."

No cause of death was immediately known.

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Adams started South Africa's World Cup opener, a 2-0 loss to host nation Mexico. He also started the team's draw against the Czech Republic before coming off the bench in South Africa's 1-0 win over South Korea that clinched a spot in the Round of 32.

He spent six seasons with Stellenbosch FC before joining Mamelodi Sundowns.

Adams did not play during the knockout stage.

He was a member of Mamelodi Sundowns, which won the CAF Champions League title last year.

Adams scored two goals in nine appearances for South Africa.

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