NASCAR mom Natalie Decker returns to racing after radio meltdown, Trump’s crazy pizza move and FIFA women!

We succeeded. Middle Friday in June. After today, we only have two more until July. Blink, and we’ll be in football season before you know it.

And I mean football. Not any game is currently being played in the US of A.

Relax. It’s a joke. I’m a company man, which means next month, I love soccer! If FOX likes it, I like it. I hope the ratings are good, because that would go a long way in AI replacing me … at least temporarily.

So, congratulations on the FIFA World Cup! USA plays tonight. It’s a good day to win a ball game, as my little league coach used to say.

Welcome to Friday Nightcaps — the one where NASCAR mom Natalie Decker revs the engines again for the first time since her Hall of Fame radio broadcast last month.

What else? I got the best of the rest from a great week of content, another reader email I’d like to talk about, more rib talk, and AJ McCarron giving us all a pep talk going into the weekend.

Sounds good? Good!

Get yourself a peanut butter cookie National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, and stay tuned for Friday ‘Cap!

In six weeks combined and …

First of all, a warm, fluffy peanut butter cookie (preferably from Publix) is elite. Not the best, but it’s on Mount Rushmore.

Now that that’s out of the way…we’re going to switch things up a bit and start the class with another email.

BUBBA WALLACE ‘SEE RED’ AFTER SWIMMING, WOMAN DRIVER HARASSED AND CRYING & NASCAR MISSED MARK

From Sherri U:

brother,

Let’s help middle-aged and old people and get out a little bit. Your story today was an awareness sequence with a bunch of screenshots. I was interested in it the DCC that was firedbut you don’t know what’s going on based on what you wrote and a bunch of screenshots.

See other comments. See the posts above and below this screenshot, which were within the first hundred posts.

You post on Fox, not X, Instagram, Reddit etc. Please improve your writing style to get your Fox reading.

Some of us prefer to stay away from X, Instagram and the like, so posting a bunch of screenshots with links to more news information on social media apps is useless.

Thanks, Sherri!

So, OutKick and Fox became one unit about six weeks ago. It was difficult, as these things often are. Although we have always been under one roof, these two sites are … different. That’s just the honest truth.

OutKick is a bit more loosey-goosey. Less (more) with more ideas. This column, in particular, has been a culture shock to many people who haven’t been here in the last three years.

Nightcaps is a daily column we started back in 2023. In short, the daily Nightcaps for the most dangerous moments you may have missed while at work. When you ride the subway, or the bus, or you read at red lights in your car on the way home, it’s your way to catch up on the news from the day you missed.

Lots of quick hits, especially from social media. Fast, fun, interactive. I use a lot of embeds from Twitter and Instagram. I realize they don’t work for other people. I realize that some people may not be as visual learners as I am. I realize that some people don’t have access to them for whatever reason.

Moving forward, now that we have new listeners, I will do my best to work on this. I’ll try to explain what I’m showing you via Twitter or Instagram better. It won’t be perfect, and it’s always going to change, but we’re trying to work around some things to make the transition a little smoother.

SMOKIN’ CHARLEY HULL JUMPS QUICKLY TO OPEN WOMEN’S PEOPLE BEFORE YOUNG, STEPHEN LAUGHES WEIGHT AND MEAT

There is no real point to this explanation other than that I am open and honest with everyone – including long-time students and newcomers alike. I am nothing if not open and honest. It’s kind of the point of this class.

OK, we’re almost 700 words in and it’s Summer Friday. Let’s get this show on the road so we can all send it off and get the weekend going.

NASCAR’s Natalie Decker is BACK driving high this weekend at Pocono for the first time since her radio went off at last month’s truck race at Dover.

And while that was quite a shame, we’re still huge Natalie Decker fans here:

Natalie Decker waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on April 24, 2026. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Such a week of content!

Welcome back, Natalie!

For those who can’t see that embed, or don’t know how to open it, some background…

That, of course, is not the whole story. Not even close. The roar of the car that followed was amazing to hear.

Natalie Decker walks the grid during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, on May 24, 2024. (David Jensen/Getty Images)

“Guys, I’m trying to hold my s— together, ​​​​​​​​​but I don’t want to keep doing this,” he said after being told to go down pit road to receive a passing penalty. “There are so many things I can say right now, and I’m just trying to keep it together, about the f—ing director of the series.

“I feel like a f—ing failure … There are so many things I want to say and I’m probably going to be f—ing stopped, you know nothing.”

It seems like it’s only a matter of time before Natalie gets refreshed and ready to make things right. Like any good American, I’ll be monitoring the situation this weekend at Pocono.

OK, let’s get to the best #internetcontent from the big week. We’ll start with more Natalie, because it’s Friday after all:

Ribs, lines and AJ take us home!

Good week. Early June, you guys. Some consider it the lowest part of the year. Hogwash! And hey! The College World Series starts this weekend.

Give me that over FIFA any day of the week!

OK, let’s quickly shoot this weird Friday class into a big Friday night. First? Anyone see this Royals pitcher get one out of the dome earlier this week?

Scary:

Texas Rangers right fielder Brandon Nimmo talks to Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo after hitting a line drive single during the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on June 10, 2026. (Photos by Denny Medley/Imagn)

Good grace. We see this happen 2-3 times a season, and a hold your breath a minute every time. I have NEVER seen a welt come off so quickly. That should be some kind of record.

Brandon Nimmo and Lugo were Mets teammates for years, by the way, which explains the immediate concern. He just ran to him without even calling for time. Lord.

You will be shocked to know that Lugo will be going through concussion protocol before his next start. Maybe you’re smart.

The next one? A few more emails for this week’s rib debate that I accidentally started when I told you I didn’t remove the lining from my rack (hey now!) earlier this week.

From Carol C:

NO…watch marked or not…silver leather MUST GO ON….period! Sorry, you’re missing that one.

And, from More places to stay in Scottsdale:

It is an illusion. Leave the skin ON.

I used to pull them, but I spent four good years in KC, went to many different BBQ Joints, and learned something. There is an old BBQ Joint called Woodyard. I was watching and talking to their old Pitmaster putting on his ribs. Their hole was already facing forward. A handmade brick they built when they decided to make their own meat and open a restaurant. He did not pull the skins. So I asked, “What’s going on?” He just smiled at me and said, “Now why would I do that?”

Thank you, both of you! Obviously, I agree with … Dom Z!

To be honest, I’ve done it both ways. I understand both sides of the argument. I will say this, and I went over this in a column earlier this week…

When I bought the ribs, I asked the butcher if the membrane was still there. He told me that yes, he never removes the membrane from St. John’s ribs. Louis because it’s too strong and doesn’t make a difference.

Take that for whatever it’s worth.

OK, that’s it for today. Good class, good week. Here’s former Alabama QB AJ McCarron absolutely ripping his UFL team to SHREDS for a big weekend sack.

See you Monday.

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OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column scheduled to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (well, we’re not robots).

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