Let’s get this Wednesday Screencaps started with an observation: The world right now is unified as it honors our beloved Dolly Parton and what she meant to all of us. Now, I fully expect political sides to be ready to kill each other by lunch, but we all should sit back and enjoy this moment of peace. That’s the true power of Dolly. A peacemaker. A genius businesswoman. A true American legend.
More on Dolly in a minute, but I have to address this viral video that was all the rage last night on Instagram. I’m talking about the reportedly 6’4 11-year-old football player who looks like a dad playing against a bunch of 5th graders. At first, I thought this was some sort of YouTube bit where an influencer created this for pageviews.
Nope. The kid has his own Instagram page where I learned that the boy plays in a 12U league for the Naples Bears. Is the boy really 6’4? That might be stretching it, but who’s counting. The video evidence is stunning.
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Even Lamar Jackson took time out of his 2026 prep to get in on the action. “11???? Bra 18U out there,” Lamar wrote on Instagram Tuesday night.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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Speaking of Naples, would you trade your year-round weather for my weather in Ohio?
ā Kevin in Naples, FL says: That 53 degree weather in the AM sounds refreshing for a day or two, but I love my Florida heat. Other than keeping an eye on the tropics, summer is the most wonderful time of the year (cue up Andy Williams) down here in SWFL.
SUMMER TRAVEL PSA: IF YOU COME TO FLORIDA LOOKING FOR GREAT BEACHES, STAY AWAY FROM THE KEYS
Sure it’s hot out and you get sweaty quick. However, the golf courses are empty after 10:30 AM. You can play 18 in sub 3 hours. You don’t have to fight for parking at the beach. You can always get a barstool pretty much anywhere, anytime. There are some excellent summer Happy Hour deals going on.
The heat is really no big deal. For pool, beach or golf, slather on some SPF 30 and mix in a few waters along with some Mich Ultras or whatever watery light beer you prefer and it’s all good.
STEVE DOOCY: THE DOLLY PARTON I SAW WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING
I spent 48 years residing in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts and I hated everything about living there, particularly the weather. There’s nowhere else in America I’d rather live than Southwest Florida.
The power of Dolly Parton: She brought Trump & the Dem Socialists together
ā Chris in California sent in a tribute to Dolly: Iām sure youāre going to get a ton of emails like this but I couldnāt help chime in anyway.Ā Obviously, we just lost the late great Dolly Parton.Ā I think most celebrities are more flash than substance and most of the time I would roll my eyes at a celebrity death causing the President to order the flags at half mast but in this case I think Dolly Parton is more than worth of such an honor.Dolly Parton was everything we wish a celebrity could be.Ā
She was a person that made good and then actually used her celebrity to help others and best of all wasnāt political about it.I read that her Imagination Library foundation has donated over 330 million books.Ā
Think about that for a second, that is over a quarter of a BILLION books donated!Ā She helped with fire relief, scholarships, you name it she literally put her money where her mouth was and truly touched the lives of countless people.Ā She was even a huge proponent of the LGBTQ community BUTā¦ and hereās the biggest thingā¦ did she ever once talk crap about President Trump or another politician?Ā NO!Ā She was basically, you be you, everyone be happy andā¦ THE END!Ā
No political motivations, no going on every talk show screaming about how this side is wrong of that side is wrong. Like everyone in this country Iām sure she held various political opinions but she never let it get in the way of helping others, reaching out to anyone and everyone and most of all having a good time, while also producing some long-lasting art.
Admittedly, due to my age her glory days were probably a little before my time but I know my mom loved her music and a ton of her movies (As did my dadā¦ maybe for other reasons) and as someone that grew up in Southern California Iāll always remember driving past the two big nuclear reactors in San Onofre with my Dad and him explaining to me that the site was nicknamed the “Dolly Partons” and then getting home and showing me why.Ā (If you Google it youāll get the joke).Ā Either way, RIP to someone who was what we should want all of our celebrities to be.
A Tennessee sunrise for Dolly
ā Mark W. shares (sorry if it doesn’t load. It’s a Facebook photo because I don’t want to go nuts posting a bunch of sunrise photos to the Fox server):
The beauty of CFB coming back…the WNBA will quiet down
ā Travers in Knoxville says: Joe, really looking forward to Sat and the kickoff to College football seaon…why? Cause its footbal…and maybe that will mean the WNBA and its ludicrousness will move to page 3. I get it for you it might be click bait…but for most of us at this point I’ll just be glad when their season is done and hopefully we don’t have to hear about them anymore.Ā
Secondly….its good to see all the players who iddnt make NFL rosters come back to college. I’m sure they are coming for the love of the game and to finish their degrees.
Speaking of the WNBA, do we have a new Screencaps cartoonist?
ā Mike F. sent this (again, it’s a Facebook embed; I fully understand if you don’t want to have social media apps and can’t see this. No need to email me to say you can’t see it. I get it.):
Is Dick’s toast?
ā Wyn in Colorado wants to know if Dick’s is about to get Wendy’s’d:
Kinsey: Here’s my thing with Dick’s ā buying shoes is absolutely painful. They don’t have any help. And the help the do have is completely overwhelmed, especially during baseball cleats season, that I can’t think of many more stores that I hate like I hate Dick’s. We’re fortunate to have a Dunham’s down the road where they put all the shoes on racks. Find your own cleats. It’s heaven.
Plus, it’s cheaper. We haven’t spent a dime in Dick’s in the last 14-16 months and life has gone on. Our family can’t be an anomaly.
The ultimate compliment
Tuesday, I joined our OutKick morning Zoom call from the patio with Mrs. Screencaps’ garden in the background because I’m still respecting summer and it was incredibly nice out. “Is that an AI background,” my boss asked.
Talk about the ultimate compliment.
Nope, it’s our patio. That led to a request to show the rest of the garden/patio. More compliments. I had one coworker asking to stop by from New Jersey just to chill for a couple of days and decompress.
As I told that coworker, the next four weeks are special. Football starts this week. It’s going to be warm during the day. Cool nights. Swimming. Grilling. Fire pit nights. High school football in the air. The flowers still going strong.
It’s not lost on me how fortunate we are. I hope all of you remember that this week as we begin to crank down August. Soak it all in. Respect SummerĀ®. Enjoy that hard work you’ve put in to create spaces you actually want to enjoy.
Go have a great day.
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