1 hour ago
OutKick Nightcaps is simply a regular file group to tally Monday done Friday astatine 4 p.m.
Greetings from nan Wisconsin Northwoods!
My husband, our canine and I are connected our yearly visit up northbound to spot nan in-laws. And aft I timepiece retired today, we're headed to nan Minnesota North Shore for immoderate hiking, sightseeing and wide Lake Superior viewing.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE
Thank God that wildfire smoke cleared.
When I checked nan Air Quality Index (AQI) — thing I had ne'er moreover remotely considered earlier this weekend, by nan measurement — nan area we're going to sojourn successful Minnesota had thing for illustration a 600. Anything supra 100 is considered unhealthy, I learned.
And knowing my Airbnb preservation was non-refundable, I was getting beautiful nervous.
Fortunately, it looks for illustration we're successful nan clear. Unless much fires start, of course. But let's dream that doesn't happen. For everyone's sake.
Grab yourself an crystal acold Spotted Cow (if you know, you know) and settee in. It's Nightcaps time.
Whenever a sports play ends, there's this ongoing contented wherever we each statement whether that sport's resident aged feline is going to retire. Aaron Rodgers, LeBron James, and now... Lionel Messi.
Of course, he would person loved to spell retired pinch a second-consecutive World Cup win, but that's not really nan cooky crumbled.
Messi shared a connection connected his charismatic Instagram relationship earlier Argentina mislaid to Spain successful nan final, thanking his teammates, coaches and staff.
FIFA LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO BRAWL AFTER SPAIN DEFEATED ARGENTINA IN WORLD CUP FINAL
"The champion point astir each these years has ne'er been conscionable nan titles, but nan full journey. Sharing each time pinch this group, competing together, getting backmost up successful difficult moments, and enjoying each step," Messi wrote.
"Thanks to each of my teammates, nan method unit and each nan group who activity each time to support this National Team a family."
Ooh, cryptic! Does that mean this is his past World Cup? Will he suit up astatine nan ripe young property of 43 successful 2030?
I don't know. He didn't show me.
But connected Monday, Messi's wife, exemplary Antonela Roccuzzo, shared a station that besides sounded beautiful final.
Allow maine to construe for you: "You’ll ever beryllium nan best," Roccuzzo wrote. "Not only because of your talent, but because you ne'er stopped being yourself. Because nary matter what happens, you ne'er springiness up, you ever conflict to nan end, and you springiness your each until nan very past second."
She continued, "That strength, that mindset, and that measurement of getting backmost up clip and clip again are what make you unique."
Lionel Messi hugs Antonella Rocuzzo aft Inter Miami CF won nan Championship successful nan Audi 2025 MLS Cup Final against nan Vancouver Whitecaps FC astatine Chase Stadium successful Fort Lauderdale, Fla., connected Dec. 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
In an interview earlier this year, Messi said: "I emotion playing football, and I'm going to do it until I can't anymore."
But you cognize really that worked retired for Tom Brady's marriage. Maybe conscionable don't fto Antonela return immoderate jiu-jitsu classes, conscionable to beryllium safe.
Antonella Roccuzzo and Lionel Messi airs for a photograph connected nan greenish carpet up of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 connected Feb. 27, 2023, successful Paris, France. (Getty Images)
Check retired these morons astatine Yellowstone
Three guarantees: death, taxes and wacky worldly going down successful Yellowstone National Park.
Last week, we watched a grandpa (who was minding his ain business) get launched respective feet into nan aerial by an angry bison.
Shoutout to nan park, by nan way, for sending retired nan informing a fewer days excessively late.
Anyway, that feline wasn't astatine fault. He was successful nan incorrect spot astatine nan incorrect time.
Unfortunately, though, we do spot a batch of dumbf—ery connected nan portion of humans successful our National Parks.
In nan latest edition, cheque retired these 2 visitors who decided to hop disconnected nan boardwalk and return a stroll crossed nan Grand Prismatic.
In lawsuit you don't know, nan Grand Prismatic is nan largest basking outpouring successful nan United States and nan 3rd largest successful nan world. It spans astir 370 feet successful diameter and reaches depths of complete 121 feet.
And arsenic nan sanction "hot springs" suggests, it's HOT. Scalding hot. Last year, a bison tragically boiled to decease aft stumbling into 1 of Yellowstone's basking springs.
I consciousness bad for nan bison. I wouldn't consciousness bad for these two.
Any of y'all ever do a HYROX? It's benignant of for illustration CrossFit isolated from each title has nan nonstop aforesaid events/exercises.
One of my bully friends from precocious schoolhouse wants maine to do nan 1 successful Nashville pinch her this winter. And considering I talked her into a 20-mile hike past year, I conjecture I beryllium it to her.
I suppose I should commencement training for it sometime soon. If, that is, we tin moreover get tickets. Apparently there's a agelong statement of group signing up to torture themselves successful these HYROX races, truthful it's reliable to get in.
I thin to opportunity yes to beingness challenges without genuinely reasoning done what nan training will entail. This is really I've been roped into aggregate half marathons, bodybuilding competitions, a Ragnar Race, a mates Mammoth Marches and an OUTLAST way race.
But if there's 1 endurance situation I won't beryllium partaking in, it's nan '5 Guys Challenge.'
No, it has thing to do pinch nan burger concatenation and it's not nan latest stunt by Bonnie Blue.
The 5 Guys Challenge — which, champion I tin tell, was created by feline connected TikTok named @lukaslogss and his buddies — requires 5 fellas to collectively complete nan pursuing tasks: portion 5 gallons of milk, do 5,000 push-ups, propulsion 500 precocious fives, drawback 5 fish, tally a cumulative 50 kilometers, deed 500 3-pointers connected nan tribunal and complete 5 video games.
Now my video crippled days ended pinch Mario Kart connected N64, truthful what do I know? But completing an full video crippled takes a REALLY agelong time, yes? I don't moreover deliberation Mario tin rescue Princess Peach connected Super Nintendo successful 24 hours.
Especially if he has to portion a gallon of milk, spell fishing, tally a 10K and do 1,000 pushups.
Absolute animals.
Let's unfastened nan mailbag.
📩 Email: [email protected] (Send your thoughts, stories, tips, rants and photos of your dog.)
🐦 Twitter/X: @TheAmberHarding
📸 Instagram: @amberharding
The USC Trojans proceed to cognize thing astir nan Trojans
Over nan weekend, I wrote astir USC Football's incredibly dumb Odyssey-themed hype post. They're evidently trying to capitalize connected nan fame of Christopher Nolan's caller movie — nan 1 that follows Odysseus' 10-year travel location pursuing nan Trojan War.
The problem, of course, is that nan Trojans mislaid nan Trojan War. Spectacularly.
And this isn't moreover nan first clip nan USC diversion section has gotten its ancient Greek lit confused. A mates of years agone they did a Trojan-Horse-themed hype video.
The Trojan Horse was not a bully point for nan Trojans, either, FYI.
Richard M. writes: As an ancient history major, I really appreciated your column. As an Oregon Duck fan, I really appreciated your column.
One further constituent astir nan Spartans, if I may. Sparta was not conscionable portion of nan Greek army. The King of Sparta (Menelaus) was really nan 1 joined to Helen erstwhile Paris came on and swiped her.
Gene successful nan Rock has a proposal for nan 'best canine shot ever'
We stumbled upon this shot astatine nan canine park, and I'm rather judge whoever near it down was missing it because it was gone nan adjacent day. I don't blasted them, I would person gone backmost to retrieve it too. You don't usually deliberation of blase mechanical and materials engineering successful nan aforesaid condemnation pinch a canine toy, but this shot had both.
The size of a tennis shot but nan heft of a shot for bully distance, pinch extracurricular grooves and a hollow halfway which make it bounce funny and not true. Obviously a worldly arsenic dense arsenic tyre rubber, but truthful squishy that it's an irresistible chew toy. It's besides apparently indestructible, because Lexi has been chomping hers arsenic an all-day chewie for nan amended portion of 3 weeks and nan shot hasn't moreover noticed. She's sewage crisp teen teeth and loves to chomp, and we're utilized to her destroying moreover precocious value Kong toys. This shot — isolated from for immoderate aboveground abrasion, it looks for illustration it could person travel consecutive from nan package. In a word, if your k9bff is simply a shot chaser, this is nan shot that has everything. I dunno if that's Rocky, but I'm judge nan footwear fits plentifulness of your readers.
Took maine a infinitesimal to way it down, each I knew from nan shot itself was it came from an outfit called Chuckit. I was expecting it to beryllium immoderate specialty portion from Chewy for $27 a ball, but turns retired they're 2 for $8 astatine Walmart. It's called a Rebounce, because it besides turns retired it's made from recycled materials. Yah, recycled into indestructibility. Oh, those engineers!
The ChuckIt Rebounce is nan latest successful rubber canine shot technology. (Photo courtesy of Gene successful nan Rock)
Amber:
As a shot enthusiast, my German Shepherd Rocky has galore varieties — including an orangish and bluish Chuckit ball. But pinch a reappraisal for illustration this, I conjecture I'll person to propulsion a Rebounce successful my Amazon cart.
Leaping sheep dogs are a point to behold
Drew successful Katy, Texas, writes: I've seen immoderate astonishing moments of cervid gracefully leaping fences. I've seen the dogs jump into nan pools successful competition. I ne'er knew that location were dogs that leap for illustration these.
I person nary thought what breed this is. You judge don't person to get retired and unfastened agate for them to fto them done a fence.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS
Happy 6th birthday, Gus!
Chris L. writes: You did a small statement awhile backmost astir my canine Gus who is battling cancer. Back successful October, we were told he had astir 3-6 months moreover aft nan amputation and chemo. Well coming nan large feline celebrated his 6th day pinch a travel to nan shop to prime retired a caller toy. Here he is happily carrying his prime retired of nan store!
Gus is kicking butt and taking toys. (Photo courtesy of Chris L.)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Amber:
Go Gus! Keep connected fighting, buddy.
Amber Harding is simply a writer for OutKick.
