‘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.Here we go! Final Monday of July. Final week of July. Come Saturday, we’ll have turned the page to a new month. A big month. The real “calm before the storm.”All 32 NFL teams report this week. College football media days wrap up with that pesky Big Ten conference, and then the boys hit the practice fields. We’ve got the MLB Trade Deadline in a few days. There’s a lesbian cheating scandal currently rocking the WNBA.And they say this is a quiet time of year. Hogwash! Things are HAPPENING right now. The news cycle never sleeps. We don’t, either.Let’s roll.Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where ’90s heartthrob Topanga Lawrence (Danielle Fishel) puts her acting shoes back on and joins a “Sandlot” reboot of sorts set to hit screens next month.What a time to be alive.What else? I’ve got a flag football player getting absolutely leveled during an interception return, the Bills may have created the worst alternate uniform of all time, and the Sophie…

With the U.S. running low on expensive guided munitions, the Pentagon is pushing yet another project to develop cheap, long-range weapons that can be mass produced. But this time, the Pentagon is in a hurry. The Iran war has exposed the problem of relying on costly long-range missiles such as the Tomahawk. To remedy that, DoD is putting out a call for long-range, autonomously guided Ground-Based Affordable Mass, or GBAM, weapons that cost less than $250,000 apiece. The Pentagon also wants the GBAM munitions to be ready for demonstration within three months, and full-scale production within 18 months. The goal of the GBAM initiative is to supplement expensive smart munitions with “affordable, scalable long-range effects, and “enable commanders to service a broader target set, preserve exquisite munitions for their intended purpose, and sustain operational tempo throughout a prolonged conflict.” To facilitate that, the Defense Innovation Unit has created the GBAM Challenge. Contestants will pitch ideas in the form of a pitch deck or white paper, with a deadline of Aug. 5. Winning teams will be invited to a Phase II flight demonstration at a government test site in early November, where they will give a 30-minute presentation — and get…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The national co-chair for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was mocked by conservatives on Sunday after she proudly confirmed many of the DSA’s policy ideas, including abolishing the Senate, eliminating prisons and getting rid of national borders, among others.Speaking to Fox News’ Shannon Bream, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national co-chair Megan Romer fired off a series of “yes” and “true” responses when asked whether the organization’s platform calls for dismantling major American institutions.”[You’re advocating for] abolish[ing] the Senate?” Bream asked.”True,” Romer responded.Romer also affirmed the organization’s support for replacing the presidency and Supreme Court, abolishing ICE, eventually eliminating national borders while granting amnesty to people living in the country illegally, defunding the Pentagon, phasing out prisons and shifting most large corporations to public ownership.She said some proposals, including abolishing borders and prisons, are part of the organization’s long-term vision.WATCH: HOUSE DEMS DODGE QUESTIONS ON SOCIALIST AGENDA THAT THREATENS TO ABOLISH KEY INSTITUTIONSSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote, “These people are insane.”GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post of the exchange on Fox News, “Read their platform: Abolish the Senate, the Presidency, the Supreme Court and immigration enforcement. Open the…

The Pentagon on Sunday altered the way it has reported casualties since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28, when the U.S. and Israel first launched military strikes against Iran.In its updated accounting method, the Defense Casualty Analysis System’s category labeled “Overseas Operations (OO) Casualty Summary” lists U.S. casualties suffered in the conflict since July 7 — effectively removing the totals from those associated with Operation Epic Fury.The new page comes in the wake of criticism that the Pentagon had dropped the number of U.S. troops killed and wounded in the war with Iran. On July 17 three U.S. service members were killed when an Iranian missile hit their sleeping barracks at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. The fourth death occurred two days later in a separate incident in Erbil, Iraq, during a controlled detonation of an attack drone. The Pentagon initially updated its system to 18 killed before lowering that number to 14 once again. On July 23, Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, refuted a New York Times article on the lowering of the KIA number, writing on X that “Our Pentagon Press Office gave the New York Times a courtesy off-the-record phone call explaining in detail…

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that military strikes around the Strait of Hormuz are not effective. The top US commander in the Middle East, Admiral Brad Cooper, has advised US President Donald Trump that the designated bombing targets in the area had largely been exhausted. Cooper added that there was no point in continuing the strikes unless the US returned to major combat operations, according to Axios.  This advice has allegedly impacted President Trump’s decision on Friday to pause US strikes against Iran, the sources said. Trump paused the strikes on Friday, abruptly ending a 13-day bombing campaign amid reports that regional mediators were rushing to broker a new ceasefire. Several American news outlets reported that Trump was also concerned about dwindling stocks of interceptors used to counter Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone attacks on bases across the Middle East. Trump, however, denied that the US was running short of ammunition. –RT US Holds Off On Major Iran Strike Over Fears Of Missile Shortage The Strait of Hormuz, which is a vital maritime chokepoint, remains closed to regular commercial shipping despite American strikes on Iran’s port infrastructure and military sites in the country’s south. Iran has held firm as…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former college soccer player has been identified as the 26-year-old woman found dead in the waters off San Diego’s La Jolla Shores Beach as investigators work to determine what happened.Emergency personnel responded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after reports of an unresponsive person floating in shallow water, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Bryn Waite was pronounced dead at the scene.The body was found near the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, FOX 5 San Diego reported.SLED JOINS PROBE AS BODY MATCHING MISSING SOUTH CAROLINA PERSONAL TRAINER’S DESCRIPTION FOUND Officers and lifeguards with San Diego Fire-Rescue responded after a bystander spotted the woman in the water, the station added. Fire officials said the San Diego Police Department would lead the investigation.The Medical Examiner identified the woman as Waite and said her cause and manner of death remain pending investigation by the San Diego Police Department. The office listed her place of injury as “Ocean – Undetermined” and said the date and time of injury are unknown.Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Waite played defender at Central Washington University during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. She appeared in 15 games, making eight starts, and…

Roaches scurried up one shiny tile to the next, under the hood of cooking equipment. Their twitchy little bodies darted left, right, shimmying up and down as if they were levitating on the walls. In what seemed an insult to their hosts, they swarmed a food safety cutting board guide posted on the wall. A now-viral video of the pests scuttled across the internet last week, prompting the closure of a Texas Army dining facility that seemingly served up hot meals to two- and six-legged bellies alike. “We are aware of the video depicting our dining facility. Effective immediately, we are closing the Operation Iraqi Freedom facility to correct the situation. The DFAC will remain closed until the problem is remediated,” Lt. Col. Joey Payton, the director of public affairs for III Armored Corps, said in a statement to Military Times. Payton said the Army was investigating how the Fort Hood facility became infested with the crawling creatures. While the building remains closed, he said, the base is providing food trucks with options for soldiers who hold meal cards to use. Many junior enlisted soldiers who live in barracks automatically have part of their pay deducted to cover food at…

We are just days away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline, so I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that it is a good time to reduce the bet size for a few days. This is the time of mid-game handshakes and hugs when players are traded away. That means your handicap can be thrown off significantly because guys are unavailable. Two teams who may be getting rid of guys face off today as the Blue Jays take on the Nationals.The Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games under .500 for the season, and it is starting to look like last year’s World Series runner-up might have no path to make the postseason. They have been bad on offense, but their pitching staff has been a problem as well. It just seems like nothing is going right for the team, and they are likely to start trading away anyone of interest to those looking to make a postseason push. It is a sad reality, and a follow-up to the progress they made last season. There have been a number of issues on the mound for Toronto this season, including injuries. Max Scherzer is coming off of the…