Drake Maye battles crippling milkshake addiction, Great White goes airborne and better halftime show ideas
Drake Maye battles crippling milkshake addiction, Great White goes airborne and better halftime show ideas
'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.
I don't know about you, but I've got that Tuesday feeling, and it's time to dig into some Nightcaps because we've got everything from Drake Maye's obscene milkshake habit to an Air Jaws sighting to discuss.
I'm deputizing for the great Amber Harding, and it's good to get back in the saddle after I had a short week last week to celebrate the wife's birthday.
And she did it right: an Airbnb with a pool, theater, and game room that was only about 20 minutes from our regular abode, and she invited friends and family over.
Between floating in the pool and watching hockey games on the outside TV (which was slightly broken; can't win them all) and watching the Vincent Price vehicle "The Tingler" in the theater, I had to ask myself a couple of times if it was my birthday too.
A great time was had by all, but those Airbnbs aren't cheap, and that's why it's back to work for this hombre!
So, let's dig right in.
I'm a big milkshake guy, but I like an everyman's milkshake.
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All I want is a nice, frosty chocolate shake that is thick, but not so thick that nothing comes through the straw and you pass out.
I don't need whipped cream, wacky flavors, or half of a cherry pie sticking out and chocolate syrup squirted all over the top of the glass.
Just. A. Milkshake.
And I bet Drake Maye has similarly strong opinions because he had a bona fide milkshake problem.
In an interview with Men's Health, the Patriots QB revealed that he is trying to cut back from as many as three shakes in a day.
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And no, not protein shakes.
The fact that he was crushing that many milkshakes and is a starting quarterback in the NFL is crazy. You'd think he'd be washing himself with a rag on a stick and having to get weighed at the zoo.
Unreal. This needs to be studied by science.
Smart to cut back, but I bet he takes the occasional late-night trip down to Steak 'N' Shake to whet his whistle when he's jonesing.
He's only human.
I'm not a beach guy. That's partially because of "Jaws" and also because I don't like sand or when seaweed touches my foot.
However, I've warmed up to the beach as I've gotten older, but consider me out again after seeing this video of a Great White doing its best Shamu impression off the coast of California that went viral.
Now, I'm a veteran "Shark Week" watcher, so I was familiar with the phenomenon of sharks breaching and doing flips like it's the X-Games.
I was, however, under the impression that this was something that only happened off the coast of South Africa, which was fine by me.
Now, the cartilaginous acrobatics are hitting American shores (technically, they're still off of them, but you know what I mean).
This sort of thing never happens in pools... right?
Perhaps more so than any other position in sports, being a hockey goalie attracts a certain offbeat breed.
It makes sense. Most of us would decline if asked to put a huge chunk of the team's fate on our shoulders while fighting off 100 mph howitzers.
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