Some boys may wonder why their parents insist on them wearing a cup to play baseball. They probably think they’re good enough in the field to never miss a short hop and would never turn that way into a pitch, so it’s just a nuisance.
To those young men, I would like to direct you to Nationals shortstop Alcides Escobar as your cautionary tale for the evening. Escobar found himself on first base in the top of the fourth inning, when Pirates pitcher J.T. Brubaker decided to keep him honest with a throw over to the bag. Escobar, having not strayed far off the base simply took a long stride over, but an errant throw by Brubaker eluded the mitt of first basemen Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and hit Escobar square in the beans.
I mean that thing catches him clean and sends him down to the infield dirt in a heap. Adding insult to injury is the fact that had it not hit him, he would’ve been able to take off and swipe second base but instead he was down and rolling in pain. The best part might be the Nationals first base coach grabbing at his own crotch in sympathy pain for his shortstop.
Happily, he was able to shake it off fairly quickly and had a laugh with Tsutsugo about the mishap, but this is why parents insist on a cup, because you never know when disaster will strike.
Lizzo is gearing up to take over the summer. She gave a head’s up about her goals earlier this week as she teased the release of her latest song, “About Damn Time,” through a confident Instagram video. Lizzo called the record the “song of the summer,” and now that it’s here, there may be some validity to that. “About Damn Time” is an empowering anthem that finds Lizzo overcoming her past doubts and rediscovering her glamour through the uptempo record. The track also arrives with a video that watches her turn the halls of the quiet Stressed And Sexy Support Group building into a colorful and vibrant dancefloor.
Along with the new track, Lizzo announced the title and release date of her upcoming third album. Special will arrive on July 15 and it will also include the previously-released “Rumors” with Cardi B. “I think that the music really is going to speak for itself,” she said about the album in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music according to a press release. “I’m writing songs about love from every direction, and I hope that I can turn a little bit of the fear that’s been running rampant in this world, energetically into love.”
She continued, “I had a lot of fear, and I had to do the work on myself, and this music is some of that work in turning that fear into love. I hope that when people listen to this album, it makes their day just a little bit better, a little bit more filled with love.”
You can watch the video for “About Damn Time” above.
Special is out 7/15 via Nice Life and Atlantic. You can pre-save it here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Last month, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was but a couple weeks old — and not nearing its second month — Sean Hannity did something he loves to do with Donald Trump: He gave him an easy question. It was a different kind of gesture, though: Instead of trying to make him look stronger than he is, Hannity gave him the chance to look decent. He repeatedly tried to get Trump to condemn Vladimir Putin. And Trump kept refusing.
A month later, he gave him a Mulligan. And he still couldn’t do it. During a call-in on Wednesday night — during which the former president ranted again about one of his weirder pet obsessions: the idea that windmills are bad and kill bald eagles — Hannity circled back to the idea that the Russian invasion is “evil.”
Hannity (again) tries to get Trump to condemn Putin. Trump won’t do it, and instead rants about NATO. pic.twitter.com/i8XcMGeI6V
Could Trump slam his buddy a month — and untold atrocities — later? He could not. Instead he ranted about NATO, reserving his ire for the international alliance that has stood up to Russia, not for Russia itself. (He seems to hate windmills more than he hates Russia.) Turns out he’s still steaming about his theory that some nations weren’t paying as much into the group as the United States were.
New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait had a theory about that, claiming it torpedoes one of Trumpist’s battier theories: that Trump was, as Chait put it, “cleverly trying to strengthen the alliance all along by prodding fellow members to increase their defense spending.” Trump’s rant helped “dispel” that notion, as Chait explained:
What truly gave the game away was when Trump segued to his economic grievances with western Europe. “And then they take advantage of us on trade,” he ranted to Hannity, revising his long-standing claim that western Europe is the true enemy of the American people (“Every bit as bad as China”). It is beyond obvious that Trump’s insults to NATO allies were not intended to strengthen their commitment but a bad-faith demand put forward as a pretext for the United States to abandon the alliance altogether. (Several of Trump’s former national security advisers have said Trump would have done so in a second term, and the loss of this expected outcome is the best explanation of why Putin decided to invade Ukraine now.)
Chait goes on to postulate that, had Trump been re-elected (or re-instated, as Mike Lindell has long wished), NATO would be no more, Putin would go unpunished, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he tried to extort and only succeeded in getting himself impeached, “would probably at this moment be in exile, in a Russian prison, or dead.”
In any case, maybe Hannity can try again with Trump in May. Perhaps third time’s the charm?
Earlier this year, Atlanta duo Earthgang released their much-anticipated fourth album Ghetto Gods. Representing the new sound of rap from the ATL, the Dreamville signees have a loaded list of guest features on board for Ghetto Gods in Ari Lennox, Musiq Soulchild, CeeLo Green, JID, J. Cole, Future, Nick Cannon, Baby Tate, and Lynae Vanee. When the album dropped, a statement from Earthgang’s Olu and WowGr8 said that the album was intended as, “…a sonic reminder of the godhood present in all of us and a study in how our environments create our reality, which, through dedication, faith and belief can be transmuted into whatever we desire.” On no track on the album is that message felt perhaps quite as much as on “Amen” featuring Philly R&B crooner Musiq Soulchild.
“Baby, say a prayer for me, yeah, put one in the air for me. Show me that you care, you’ll always be there, promise that you’ll never leave,” Musiq sings. And on the new video for the track, a full-on gospel choir and church-style backing band help the trio drive home the spirituality of love wrapped in the duality of faith. It’s the latest in a series of videos from songs off of the album that Earthgang has dropped since the album’s release. They include last week’s heist-themed drop for “Billi” and the heartfelt visual for “Strong Friends” the week before that.
Watch Earthgang’s video for “Amen” featuring Musiq Soulchild above.
Ghetto Gods is out now via Dreamville and Interscope. You can stream it here.
Things aren’t so great for Alec Baldwin right now, being as he is at the center of a tragic on-set shooting. The investigation into that is still ongoing, though he’s maintained that he didn’t pull the trigger that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In the meantime, he always has his family — a very, very large family, including six kids with current wife Hilaria alone. Why do they keep having children? In a recent Instagram post, he explained why.
The actor (and, remember, Boss Baby vocal star) posted a video of María Lucía, his sixth child with Hilaria who was born last March. The video shows her when she was still a toddler, giggling and cooing. “People ask why,” Baldwin wrote in the caption. “This is why. Being a parent is the ultimate journey.”
María Lucía was born a mere five months after their previous child, Eduardo, was born, which itself followed too tragic miscarriages. How on earth did they manage to swing that? Easy: María Lucía was born to a surrogate. What’s more, Hilaria announced last month that she’s pregnant with yet another child, which will be her seventh. (Alec had only one child with Kim Basinger, to whom he was married from 1993 to 2002. Hilaria and he have been together since they began dating in 2011.)
You can also hear what sounds like Hilaria speaking Spanish in the background. Born in Boston as “Hillary,” her longtime insistence that she’s Spanish has been the subject of much online speculation and ribbing.
Russian’s invasion of Ukraine has not been going as well as Vladimir Putin may have liked. He reportedly fired a ton of secret agents recently, hoping to blame them for his failures. Now this: A Russian ship, whose inhabitants were memorably told where to go by Ukrainian sailors in the early days of the conflict, has fulfilled its natural destiny by sinking into the sea.
As per Mediaite, the Moskov, a cruiser first launched in 1979, has plummeted into the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city. The ship had suffered a mysterious explosion, and while it was being dragged back to port for repairs, it simply sank. Russian authorities claim the cause was ammunition on-board catching fire. The Ukrainian government say it was felled by their own artillery.
The Moskov became an international laughing stock after in the early days of the invasion when a small group of Ukrainian soldiers, defending the Ukrainian-controlled Snake Island, told their enemy combatants, “Russian warship, go f*ck yourself!” The phrase quickly became a Ukrainian rallying cry. It’s also been turned into T-shirts, which have been sold to support various humanitarian causes connected to the invasion. It was even commemorated on a stamp.
The sinking of the Moskva — the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet — suggests that it will be difficult going forward for the Russian navy to not only launch amphibious attacks against Ukraine, but also to defend other ships.
The news was cheered by many on social media, some of whom joked that it had been “promoted to submarine.” Surely Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump have been left verklempt.
Chloe Cherry, who had a breakout role as Faye on season 2 of Euphoria,has been open about her past as a porn star, she even starred in a porn parody of the show before being cast in it, and now she is sharing some more details about her iconic lifestyle.
“I used to have a bunch of them,” the actress said. “Having a sugar daddy is kind of like dating except you’re dating for different reasons because they are providing something for you, so you’re dating based off of what they’re providing for you.” She confirmed that she doesn’t have sugar daddies anymore, though she does stay in touch with some as friends.
Cherry also explained that she is single, though dating around. “I will never again accept a guy that doesn’t want to at least try to take care of me in some way or be chivalrous in some way,” she added. “Why would I accept that when I know it is out there? I know there are people out there that want to treat me really well.”
The pornstar-turned-actress also expressed how hard it was to get into the industry, and how she was often discouraged. “It is so hard to make it in adult film. All the people I worked with and started with, they worked so hard to make a name for themselves.” She also said that her parents didn’t understand her job until she began making money. “You think society is mean to sex workers, sometimes their own family is worse.”
Finally, Cherry told the story of how she got her big break being cast on Euphoria: through an Instagram DM. “First [Sam Levninson] followed me, then he had a casting director DM me. I was like, ‘this is unreal.’ You know how there are so many phishing scams! At first, I turned out down. I was like, ‘I don’t believe this,’” she explained. Eventually, they convinced her to audition, and the rest, including her sugar daddies, was history.
One of the most exciting aspects of the mixology world is the creativity and innovation from bartenders all over the country (and the world). And we’re most definitely in a booming era for cocktails. It’s obvious that, when crafting a drink, most often bartenders reach for whisk(e)y, rum, tequila, vodka, gin, and other spirits as the base. But while it’s more common to mix with spirits, some bartenders shake things up by using beer.
Whether it’s a simple shandy, michelada, beer-based bloody Mary, or something more elaborate, picking the right beer for mixing is extremely important. There are countless different beer styles and not all are easy to mix with. To find the best, we asked a handful of bartenders for help. They were kind enough to offer up their picks for the best beers to mix with.
Keep scrolling to see all of their choices. Maybe it will spur some creativity in you and you’ll grab a sixer of one of these beers and mix up a cocktail yourself.
Guinness Stout
Guinness
Andrew Guerin, bartender at Bourbon O Bar in New Orleans
When it comes to mixing with beer, give me Guinness all day long. The complex malted flavors, the coffee, and subtle dark chocolate notes, the roasted profile all make it so easy to interchange. It’s a great accompaniment to dessert cocktails ingredients.
If it’s not a Michelada, then my go-to is always Miller High life. Dating all the way back to 1903, this American lager, popularly known as “the champagne of beers,” is a beautiful combination of light and crisp with a subtle note of toffee. My favorite way to spruce up this effervescent delight is to add a touch of Aperol and lemon juice for the ever-charming Spaghett.
My Favorite beer to mix with is Space Dust IPA made by Elysian Brewing Company. I love to use this in a New York sour. Instead of using red wine as the floater, I like using this fine IPA. It adds a hint of bitterness to this cocktail that I truly enjoy.
I love bitter cocktails. Especially fruity and bitter. My favorite beer to mix into cocktails is Le Freak by Green Flash Brewing Co. It is a Belgian Trippel & American Imperial IPA hybrid with a bracing 101 IBU rating which they do an excellent job balancing with the bready malts and fruity and citrus flavors. I typically like to use it as a float or a substitute for carbonation in smaller quantities to not overpower the rest of the cocktail with its big flavor.
Corona Extra
Corona
Lily Van Duyn, food and beverage manager at The Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg, Florida
There’s nothing better than a loaded Corona by adding a shot of tequila to the bottle and topping with a lime. One sip will instantly make you feel like you’re relaxing on the beach in the summer. The crisp, refreshing, slightly sweet flavor of the Corona is only heightened by the addition of vegetal, vanilla, and caramel flavors of the tequila.
Black Hammer Hella Sexy
Black Hammer
Mariza Sabino, general manager at Dirty Habit in San Francisco
ABV: 5% Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Right now, the favorite is Black Hammer Brewing’s Hella Sexy Munich Helles. It’s a fun, underrated style that makes a great citrus shandy. Cara Cara oranges are in season right now, and they’re great with the Helles. Black Hammer’s Helles is crisp, light, and a great complement to citrus. It’s a perfect breakfast shandy.
Modelo Especial
Modelo
Stephen O’halloran, bar manager at Camino Riviera in San Diego
My favorite beer to mix with is the Modelo Especial because when you have an excellent recipe for a Michelada, there is nothing better on a hot day. Modelo on its own is light, crisp, and thirst-quenching. When you mix in the spicy flavors of the Michelada, it’s cranked up to a different flavor level. Bonus points – it can also help with a hangover. So many great flavors here that range from spicy and sweet to salty and citrus. Taste the rainbow.
Stiegl Radler is hands down the best beer to mix with cocktails. Low ABV, light bubbles, and an excellent grapefruit crunch to it. Stiegl Brewery is also one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to. Located in Salzburg, Austria, they have a great water source. They have been brewing gold before the United States was even a country.
Founders All Day IPA
Founders
Subhash Sankar, head mixologist at Alaia Belize in San Pedro Town, Belize
Founders All Day IPA is light by design and packs less of a boozy punch without sacrificing the aromatics or bitterness that are a trademark of the style. Its piney, dank flavor profile has a bold flavor of lime zest with a long, bitter finish. This makes it a great base for simple, refreshing cocktails. It sets the stage but doesn’t take away from the main event.
Goose Island Sofie
Goose Island
Charles Bement, sommelier and beverage director of B. Hospitality in Chicago
I don’t often make beer cocktails. If the question of a “beermosa” ever came up, though, I’d probably say Goose Island’s Sofie. Its light lemony quality closely emulates sparkling wine. If that counts as mixing with beer, it’s definitely my go-to.
The best beer to mix with is Peroni. This light Italian Lager is crisp to the taste and is usually my choice to make something like a Michelada. This leaves the cocktail evenly balanced and perfectly refreshing, especially enjoyed poolside.
Ahead of a win or go home play-in game against the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers are potentially getting an important player back from injury.
According to the team’s latest injury report, center Jarrett Allen is listed as questionable for the Friday’s game and will attempt to play. He has not played since fractured a finger on his left hand against against the Toronto Raptors on March 6. Since then, the Cavs have gone 7-12, including Tuesday’s play-in game loss to the Brooklyn Nets, without Allen. Over that stretch, they’ve had the league’s 23rd ranked defense, per Cleaning The Glass — down from their sixth-ranked defense for the entire year.
During the team’s media availability on Thursday — which occurred before the injury report was released — Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff said that Allen was a full participant in the team’s walkthrough for Friday’s game.
“We have not ruled anybody out,” Bickerstaff said. “But, we haven’t ruled him in either.”
Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Allen considers himself ’50-50′ to play and that the pain in his hand is still significant, while Shams Charania notes he will “attempt” to give it a go, but it’s not a guarantee he steps on the floor.
Cleveland’s All-Star center Jarrett Allen considers himself “50-50” on returning to the lineup vs. Atlanta on Friday in Play-In Tournament, sources tell ESPN. Pain is still significant in his fractured finger, but he remains determined to try and help Cavs secure the 8th seed.
Cavaliers All-Star Jarrett Allen will attempt to play in Play-In Tournament game vs. Hawks on Friday — he has been listed questionable on injury report. Allen has been out since March 6 due to fractured finger.
If Allen can play and be close to what he was before it got hurt, it would be a massive deal for the Cavs. Stout defense has been the defining characteristic this season and it just hasn’t been the same without Allen. It could particularly matter in slowing down Hawks center Clint Capela, who had 15 points and 17 rebounds in Atlanta’s win on Wednesday over the Charlotte Hornets.
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, a wave of fear ran through the country that led America to violate the civil liberties of tens of thousands of its own citizens. In 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans and people of Japanese ancestry in ten camps throughout the country.
The smallest of the camps, Amache in southeast Colorado, housed around 10,000 internees from 1942 to 1945, with a peak of 7,318 in 1943.
At the camp, internees lived in military-style barracks. Some worked producing agricultural products and others labored in the silkscreen shop or at the cooperative store. The camp also had a barbershop, schools for children and a hospital. Amache also had the largest number of internees volunteer or be drafted into service during World War II of any internment camp.
After the war, in 1947, most of Amache’s original building stock was sold through the War Assets Administration.
The Japanese internment was one of America’s most shameful acts of cowardice and bigotry. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan formally apologized for the atrocity calling it a “grave wrong” and used the moment to reaffirm “our commitment as a nation to equal justice under the law.”
John Hopper was a new social studies teacher at Granada High School in Colorado when he first visited the plot of land where the Amache Internment Camp once stood. “It just looked like a sagebrush cactus hill with cattle on it,” he told the Christian Science Monitor.
Three years later, some of Hopper’s “really bright and willing students” wanted to interview a camp survivor, which led him to create a nonprofit, the Amache Preservation Society (APS). The extracurricular activities surrounding Amache and its history soon evolved into a class at Granada.
Iu2019m incredibly grateful for Granada High School Principal John Hopper and his students who have worked to preserve Amache and gave us a tour of the site today.nnAnd a huge thanks to Granada for their willingness to donate their land.pic.twitter.com/S1t1DkwcU7
Over the years, students enrolled in the class have worked on the preservation of the site by tending to the cemetery or other landmarks. They have helped to work at the Amache Museum as docents or on the site as tour guides.
“The first time I ever saw John’s kids give a presentation, … I thought, OK, this is what this is all about,” Bonnie Clark, an anthropology professor at the University of Denver and leader of the DU Amache Project, told Christian Science Monitor. “They are super engaged.”
Over the years, thanks in part to work done by the students, Amache has been a place for camp survivors and their descendants to visit and pay homage to loved ones while keeping the memory of the tragedy alive.
For the students, caring for Amache and its history has been a lesson in compassion.
“It’s taught me a lot about empathy,” Bailey Hernandez, a junior, said. “You start to think, well, how would I have reacted if my family was forced into one of these camps?”
For Hopper, now the dean of students at Granada School District RE-1, it’s an opportunity to teach students about individual rights in a very real way.
“It is a heavy, heavy topic, especially when you talk about civil liberties,” he said. “But that’s part of my job I enjoy talking about–needs to be talked about.”
In 2006, Amache was designated as a national historic landmark, and last month, President Joe Biden made it part of the National Park Service. But in a way, it was already being treated that way by the students of Granada and Hopper.
The Japanese internment during World War II was a catastrophic lapse in judgment by the American people and its leaders that should never happen again. The best way to ensure that is by remembering our past and never forgetting its lessons. Hopper and his students’ incredible work has kept those priceless memories alive for future generations, thus helping to protect all of us from injustice.
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