World Cup fever takes off as fans launch reporter into air, Johnny Manziel goes nuts & viral cat lady ID'd

Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week. Nicely done. We did it. For a lot of us, this is also a Friday.

Nothing better than a three-day weekend. The best. They're undefeated. Nothing has stood the test of time quite like the excitement for a three-day weekend.

It does beg the question ... which version do y'all prefer? Getting the Friday off, or the Monday?

Our next two 'three-day weekends' will actually play this out in real time. After Saturday, the next big holiday is Labor Day. That's when we traditionally get the first Monday of September off.

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Personally, I'd rather that one. Mondays are the absolute worst day of the week, and it ain't particularly close. I can stomach a Friday. Everyone is naturally in a better mood on a Friday. We work on Fridays, but we all sort of mail it in a bit, too.

But a Monday is just miserable. Getting a Monday off immediately changes the tune of the entire week. Everything shifts. You start work on a Tuesday, and your body is naturally in a better mood. You're also starting the week one step closer to the end of it, and you didn't have to do a thing.

Easy call for me.

Anyway, all that to say ... Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where World Cup fever sends one West Coast reporter flying into the air during a Mexico watch party.

What else? I've got Johnny Manziel going absolutely NUTS on a Cleveland radio host, a Wimbledon scare, and how about the viral cat girl who got engaged on top of the Empire State Building yesterday?

This girl is NUTS, but also, she might be a genius. Welcome to class, Angela Nikolau!

OK, grab you a Modelo, hang on for dear life, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!

I know nothing about soccer, and I don't pretend to. Frankly, it's not my thing. Not my sport. Not my wheelhouse.

That being said ... what a tournament. I can't believe it's only halfway through. Feel like we've been at this for a MONTH now. Every day, we get something new. That's a good thing when it's July and there is nothing else going on.

I have no clue if the red card last night was the right call, but, given the outrage, I assume it was not. Oh well. We live to fight another day, I reckon.

As for the other stuff — the stuff going on outside the stadium — I did get this email last night in regards to Freddy the Fraud.

We talked about him in yesterday's class, so go back and check someone's notes to get caught up. Or, you know, just click here.

From David G:

Zach,

On the German dude, I get people are always looking to blame the Libs for everything but come on man. Hope we can ALL agree we don't like frauds. Well, other than the 75M or so that voted for one. I'm not a "Lib," just an American who clearly knew Trump's MO for decades. Raking in $2B in crypto while we're suffering, imagine that. I'd hope no one would want to line the pockets of some random guy lying through his teeth.

The frustration seems to be directed towards people who reacted as expected, instead of a con. Seems like far too many appreciate this type of corruption, and making money on SM for lies, is precisely that. No wonder we need a Million data centers, supporting utter garbage. Thanks for your time.

Thanks, David! I'll be honest, I have no clue what he's trying to say, but we welcome all sorts of opinions in this class. That's why we win (alleged) awards. As for Trump ... the White House confirmed yesterday that Freddy will still be making the trip, despite him deleting his Twitter because America turned on him.

We're the Land of Second Chances, after all.

OK, let's get this class officially started now with Sacramento reporter Peyton Headlee getting toss into the air like a rag doll at a Mexico watch party:

Lordy. What a scene. Apparently, this is what Mexico fans do? They just launch people into the air. I looked it up. Did some digging. And it's true!

"I wore my Mexico jersey yesterday and two different people ran up to me and tried to pick me up and throw me," one person in the comment section said.

Amazing. Like I said, I don't love soccer. I'm not even sure I like it. But I do appreciate the fandom. These people are NUTS. Imagine if this tourney was going on during college football season? I think the country would just shut down.

Give me a Mexico watch party in Oxford in two months during LSU weekend!

Speaking of college football ... let's go ahead and check in with Heisman-winner Johnny Manziel. We haven't heard from Johnny in a while, so I'd imagine he's doing well ...

... Right?

For those who can't read the fine print ...

"Rizz, you stupid c---. These comments were made in October of last year but of course you bored h---- in the Cleveland media have nothing to speak about because your quarterback stopped banging massage therapists and you can only speak about losing so much to all of the people that listen to this trash a-- show. My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by a lot more people than just be. I've taken plenty of responsibility for my failures in that building and in that city. By the way have you spoke to or about or 6th pick in the draft that year Justin Gilbert lately? Or what about our all world coach that was hired Mike Pettine? Tom Brady couldn't have won with our roster from 2015. Just move on, f--- off and leave me out of this bull---t."

Whoaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie! What a RANT from Johnny Football. Shockingly, he deleted it. Can't imagine why! By the way, here's the clip that got Johnny all fired up:

World Cup action going on all around the country, the Indians are a game back in the AL Central, and they're trashing Johnny Manziel over on ESPN radio in Cleveland in July.

Football town, baby!

OK, two quickies on the way out, because this class has already run way too long. First? With all the FIFA madness going on, let's not forget there's also a pretty big tennis tournament happening.

Here's your Day 3 Wimbledon recap!

Tennis ain't much in my wheelhouse, either. But, like soccer, I do appreciate the content we get out of it. I also appreciate Novak, mainly because he made the Libs freak out a few years ago during the COVID vaccine hysteria.

Patriot.

OK, that's it for today. Weird day, admittedly, but it's also July 2 and we're all mostly checked out anyways, so you get what you get.

On the way out, here's the viral cat lady's Instagram account, which the internet quickly found after her Empire State Building stunt yesterday.

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She seems ... interesting.

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

Which day off do you prefer? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.