OutKick Nightcaps Column Covers Cruise Ship Plague Scare, Nick Bosa Girlfriend Video and Star Wars Fan Gripes

Over the first full week of May, attention turns to a cruise ship reportedly carrying the Bubonic Plague. Social media fills with self-proclaimed experts after one click on Twitter.

The World Health Organization says there is no cause for worry. The column recalls past scares over 33 years: SARS as a kid, swine flu in high school, Ebola in college, COVID, monkeypox in 2023, measles and bird flu flare-ups. The writer counts this as a potential seventh.

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa's girlfriend, Ella Ailiff, starts her offseason with tennis in a pink bikini, smoking balls on the court. The piece welcomes her to Florida and prefers tennis over pickleball.

Readers share when Star Wars lost them. Ryan N enjoyed the prequel trilogy despite Jar Jar Binks hate, praised the Darth Maul duel in The Phantom Menace, but cited Han Solo's lame death in The Force Awakens and Luke milking a sea creature in The Last Jedi as turning points. Gene in the Rock blames films 7-9 and Kathleen Kennedy taking over Lucasfilm in June 2013 after George Lucas stepped aside. Rick N calls Return of the Jedi silly for Ewoks and plot repeats.

The writer agrees Phantom Menace's last 30 minutes rank among the saga's best, slams The Last Jedi for Carrie Fisher floating in space, and recalls the theater gasp at Darth Maul's double lightsaber. Mentions Mark Hamill's behavior.

On Ted Turner's death, a memory surfaces of his early Atlanta promotion: a team attempting a bold stunt that would shock people today. Both political sides remember his media efforts.

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, a fan nearly fell from the stands in a wild scene. Other fans stepped in to help, unlike recent incidents where bystanders just record.

The column praises Spencer Pratt as sane from California. OutKick Nightcaps runs Monday through Friday around 4 p.m.