Nick Bosa’s model girlfriend starts summer in a pink bikini on a tennis court, crazy Mark Hamill & plandemic!

Over the hump and safely onto the opposite facet of our first full week of May. All eyes at the moment are on the weekend — and, in fact, on that cruise ship that is apparently carrying the Bubonic Plague.

Amazing. You click on on ONE factor about it on Twitterand all of a sudden, your total timeline is simply full of a bunch of people who find themselves all of the sudden epidemiologists. Feels good to be again in 2020! It’s like I by no means left.

The excellent news? The WHO says to not fear, and if we have discovered something over time, it is that the WHO may be trusted.

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They’re all wasted!

Let’s roll.

Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one the place Nick Bosa’s model girlfriend, Ella Ailiff, will get summer rolling by smoking tennis balls in a pink bikini. As one does, in fact.

What else? I’ve bought Ted Turner reminiscences from his early days in Atlanta, a wild scene final evening in St. Louis, and this Spencer Pratt out in California looks as if a winner. I do not know him from Adam, however as somebody who has lived in Free Florida for his complete life, I’d wish to suppose I can spot expertise once I see it.

This cat has Item.

OK, document you no matter you may have useful as we speak — seller’s selection! — and settle in for a Thursday ‘Cap!

Which pandemic quantity is that this for you?

Let’s spin the wheel and begin with the predictable freakout over this rat virus on the cruise ship. No, I ain’t trying up the title. I do not a lot care. Not but, a minimum of. I select to disregard it, as a result of that is how I assume issues simply go away. It’s how I dwell my life, actually.

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All the hullabaloo did get me excited about all of the fearmongering I’ve been by way of over my 33 years on this planet. Obviously, COVID was the large one. Duh. But, of us overlook that we have heard it everywhere in the previous three a long time.

When I used to be a child, it was the SARS outbreak. When I used to be a junior in highschool, it was swine flu. Remember swine flu?! What a time to be alive. My then-girlfriend (now-wife) truly bought swine flu, after which took the ACT and completely embarrassed me. I feel she bought a 34. I’m fairly certain I did not sniff the 30s.

Of course, there was the Ebola insanity once I was in school, after which COVID. People overlook concerning the Monkeypox hysteria after COVID in 2023. That was enjoyable. We’ve additionally had a couple of flare-ups of the meals and chook flu.

Health employees in protecting gear evacuate sufferers from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. (Misper Apawu/AP)

What’s that? Six? This might be my seventh! That’s a lot of epidemic/pandemic/plandemic expertise in simply 30 years. I take into account myself a seasoned vet. What about you? I’m certain we have got some actual warriors in this class. Some pandemic lifers. Let’s hear it!

OK, let’s get class began with 49ers DE Nick Bosa’s girlfriend, Ella Ailiff, hitting the tennis courtroom to get her NFL WAG offseason began:

We have a lot of indignant ‘Star Wars’ followers in class

Welcome to Florida, Ella! Not certain that outfit is setting you up for the very best success on the courtroom, however to every his personal. Look good really feel good, really feel good play good. I get it.

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PS: Tennis remains to be far superior to pickleball. I do know we’re in this pickleball craze proper now, however tennis will come again round.

OK, let’s maintain the road shifting. I’ve bought an analytics assembly this afternoon, which ought to be a barrel of enjoyable.

Yesterday, I asked everyone when “Star Wars” formally misplaced you as a fan. I wrote about it earlier this week, however needed to get you enter as a result of I’m of the assumption that we are the smartest class in America.

Shockingly, you guys did NOT maintain again.

From Ryan N:

“The prequel trilogy I thoroughly enjoyed, and think phantom menace gets way too much hate because of jar jar, but the darth maul lightsaber duel at the end makes up for that, especially if you’re 9 watching it in theaters.

“But the unique query, the place did they lose me? It was once they killed off Han Solo so lamely in Force Awakens. But even then, the nostalgia was sturdy sufficient to get me to go pay cash to see The Last Jedi (one of many worst motion pictures I’ve ever seen, not to mention simply a dangerous Star Wars film). I used to be fully accomplished after Luke milked the ocean dinosaur factor.”

I agree with everything! This is why Ryan is a Nightcaps OG. “Phantom Menace” 100% gets way too much hate. The last 30 minutes of TPM are some of the best in the entire saga. There, I said it.

Last Jedi, meanwhile, lost me when they had Carrie Fisher floating in space. Goodness.

Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher attend the Midnight Mission’s 100-year anniversary Golden Heart Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2014. (Araya Diaz/Getty Images)

From Gene in the Rock:

“For me, 7-9 have been the true clinkers. IMHO the sequence died in June of 2013 when Lucas stepped apart and Kathleen Kennedy took over at Lucasfilms. Everything since then has been s#it. Return of the Jedi was the height.”

No argument from me. Like TPM, the last 30-45 minutes of Return of the Jedi are elite.

…Unless you ask Rick N:

“Star Wars actually misplaced me with Return of the Jedi. When I used to be younger (all of them got here out in theaters earlier than I used to be round to go see them, so television/video tape have been my in-roads), I beloved all 3 motion pictures, however as soon as I hit round 20 or so, Return of the Jedi was simply foolish. Ewoks, the repeat of A New Hope’s plot, the we’re brother/sister, simply not great things.”

Ted’s big idea, Cards fans to the rescue and this Spencer Pratt is going places

I can still remember the entire theater gasp when Darth Maul whipped out the double lightsaber. If I remember correctly, the trailers all kept that from us, so it was stunning. Not one single moment in Disney’s awful sequels even comes close to those three minutes.

It could also be because, I don’t know, they also involved a heavy dose of Mark Hamill, who has become just the most insufferable person on the planet?

Gee, can’t imagine why fans were tired of Mark Hamill towards the end! He’s so normal now!

OK, let’s rapid-fire this long class into a big Thursday night. Strap in, we’re going quick.

First up? We didn’t get to Ted Turner’s passing yesterday, but I did find this little nugget amazing:

This is the effect Ted Turner had on folks. People from both sides of the aisle spent yesterday remembering Turner. Some, for his efforts in the media world.

Could you imagine a team trying to pull off THAT promotion in today’s world? Folks would faint.

Next? Let’s head out to Busch Stadium and get a press check from the fans:

Lordy. What is it with MLB fans the last few years? We had the Pirates fan last year fall onto the current field, and now this guy was one leg away from a potentially nasty situation. Good on the fans for stepping in, though.

Nowadays, they just whip out their phones, hit record, and let the chips fall where they may. Not here. Good job!

OK, that’s it for today. A long class, but a solid one. We’re almost to the end of the week, folks. Hang on a bit longer.

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And maybe take a look at this Spencer Pratt to kill some time. He’s the first sane person out of California I’ve seen in a long time, loooooooooong time.

OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 pm (roughly, we’re not robots).

How many p(l)andemics have you ever been by way of? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.