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What happens to UFC Ring Girls after they hang up their ring girl attire?
I have to hand it to Brittney Palmer. After spending 16 years as a ring girl, walking around the UFC octagon on countless Saturday nights, there’s a moment when you realize it’s time for a change. Retirement can be a tough transition, especially since there isn’t exactly a senior circuit for ring girls. There’s no equivalent to the Senior PGA Tour.
For some, the easy answer lies in platforms like OnlyFans. It’s a practical choice, I guess.
Now, while it’s true that Palmer does have an OnlyFans, she’s also among the top sports artists in the country. She’s producing art on OF and creating baseball cards for Topps. Moreover, she’s working on NFL jersey artwork for a Fanatics project called Under Wraps, where fans pay a hefty sum for a mystery jersey box. How cool is it that someone will walk away with art created by a UFC legend?
Mailbag Saturday…where I dump out the emails before heading over to the soccer fields to watch Screencaps the III’s team get destroyed
• Adam in Nebraska checks in: Give me 80s/90s college football. Give me 80s/90s Wendy’s.
Years from now, I’ll find myself more excited for Maction and MTN West than any SEC or BTN Saturday in October. We can’t forget what football meant to this country.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS ARE DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS SO FAR THIS SEASON
• Galen in Sunset Beach, NC can’t wait for October: A sacred day in the South today…The Third Saturday In October! The historic clash of the Tennessee Volunteers vs the Alabama Crimson Tide.
It’s funny, it was 56 years ago on this very day that I watched with my dad as we won 24-0. That was the last time both teams wore their home jerseys for the game. And here they are doing it again today. Should be quite a spectacle! Go Vols!
• Lee D. in Tampa is frustrated with the playoff system: Well, the suits really messed it up. Watching Tulane vs. Iowa just doesn’t do it for me. I’m skipping over that just like I haven’t yet caught a play-in game during the NCAA tournament. Seemed perfect at 64 teams, but now? Not interested in seeing Liberty vs. Ole Miss or SMU vs. Indiana. They can have their playoff games; it doesn’t mean I need to check them out.
I’ll start paying attention when the playoffs reach the quarterfinals. It’s what happens when major conferences hire network guys who don’t seem to understand the sport. Go Google “Tony Petitti” and see the difference. He’s the Big Ten commissioner, not a football guru. Last summer at B1G football media days, he seemed baffled as to why fans wouldn’t want more playoff games. He essentially compared college football to baseball and wanted to double the playoff games.
Did you see last year’s first round. Not something fans want to repeat. The BCS had it right with eight playoff games. They just didn’t use that approach smartly. A four-team playoff for conference titles would have really drawn interest, giving fans games worth watching and pleasing the TV networks.
Yeah, instead, we get match-ups like James Madison vs. Oregon. What a mess! And about Elon Musk’s new flying car, I can only imagine that makes Kirby Smart a bit uneasy.
• Brad S. on woke concerts: Back in 1979, the ’cause célèbre’ was No Nukes. (It might have been around the time of the Acid Rain and Ozone Hole movements.) They held a significant concert in Central Park to, you know, raise awareness (which often means selling albums).
Jackson Browne took part in that concert. When he toured afterwards, one of his stops was at the Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois.
It became clear that neither he nor his crew did any homework regarding the venue. Had they done so, they would have known about U of I’s well-regarded Nuclear Engineering program.
About four songs in, Browne launched into his “No Nukes” talk, mentioning a nuclear plant near Champaign and warning everyone to ‘duck and cover’ or something similar. (The Clinton Nuclear plant is actually around 40 miles from the campus.)
GOO GOO DOLLS’ JOHN RZEZNIK DRAWS LINE ON POLITICS AT CONCERTS: ‘I’M NOT GOING TO LECTURE YOU’
After a few minutes, someone in the audience yelled, “Shut up and sing!” and it got a big round of applause. Browne looked noticeably annoyed! He finished the show without saying another word! That seems a fitting response to artists who decide to go on tangents.
Random things that I’ve been wondering about: Do people still throw all the coats on a bed when there’s a gathering at a house?
Mrs. Screencaps was really excited by this question. It took her on a nostalgic trip back through her life. At our place, we usually toss coats onto a living room chair, so no one has to trek upstairs to hang them.
There’s something distinct about the memory of heading into your grandmother’s bedroom to grab coats before heading home.
According to Gemini, the tradition of where to put coats goes back to the 19th century, when houses had specific spaces for guests to “de-layer.” Over time, etiquette authors in the 1920s suggested women direct their guests to dressing rooms, often on upper floors. Meanwhile, men weren’t expected to do the same upstairs. After WWII, veterans shifted to single-story homes, and that adapted the de-layering custom to what many of us do today.
Interesting, right? So, when folks de-layer in your bedroom before a card night, they are keeping a 19th-century tradition alive.
• Homebrew Bill in Nebraska shares his thoughts on having people over in 2026: I wanted to share my experience. I live in a nice neighborhood, and we have some great friends nearby. But we rarely host anymore, and it’s mainly because my wife is a bit OCD and tends to be introverted.
Our friends know our house is lived-in; it’s just that my wife feels everything needs to be perfect if we invite anyone over, like we’re about to sell. When I do manage to have friends over for a beer, I catch it for tiny things like dog hair in the basement. Often, those gatherings end up taking place in the garage where the beer fridge is.
It’s a bit frustrating sometimes.
• Mark from NC doesn’t seem to like people: I think the TV show “Friends” is the worst TV ever…and I’ve never watched one episode. If you’re that age, spending time at someone else’s living room, you still haven’t taken on adult responsibilities like being married, having kids, holding a job. I haven’t been at anyone’s house since my 20s, and that was over 40 years ago. If anyone thinks of visiting me, my wife will be sure to say, “Don’t let them in.”
• Phil in Florida enjoys hosting: I personally really like having people over. I don’t have to drive, the party wraps up when I want, and I usually end up with a fuller beer fridge. Plus, unexpected fun can happen, like when one friend came over, then her roommate, then her roommate’s friends showed up, and my girlfriend came home to a house full of strangers—all having a blast. I got in so much trouble afterwards. There’s this one morning I’ll never forget when I was outside putting together the remnants of the night before when my sister casually mentioned, “Did grandma die yesterday and we threw a huge rager?” And she confirmed, “Yes, that is exactly what happened.” If there’s a room with a bed and a door, absolutely have people over. You can’t tell stories about not having friends over. I’ll avoid discussing the Bears or anything Chicago-related for now, though. Take care!
A Dodgers fan deals with the World Series domination coming to an end
• Scott in Rocky Point, NY puts it all in perspective: I am a lifelong Dodgers fan, officially for 51 years. My family moved to Lake Havasu, AZ in 1975, and the only baseball we could find was Dodger games from a Vegas TV station. So, naturally, I became a Dodgers fan. It’s been a rollercoaster ride with moments of triumph and defeat—Garvey, Cey, Lopes, Russell infield, Fernando Valenzuela. I almost hurt my hand cheering for Kirk Gibson’s famous home run off Eckersley. Mr. October beating the Dodgers. The Dodgers overcoming the Yankees in ’24, and then Machado’s letdown and Piazza… you get the picture.
Despite my strong fondness for the Dodgers, I’m a fan of baseball as a whole. Don’t dislike teams, except the Braves—can’t bring myself to appreciate them.
This year’s early exit for the Dodgers? It’s disappointing but honestly a deserved sweep by the Brewers. They were truly playing as a cohesive unit. From game one, I had a sense it just wasn’t our year. When a team collectively struggles, it’s pretty obvious. It’s refreshing to see a team that hasn’t been in the World Series for 44 years making a strong showing. I’m indifferent to the large vs. small market debates; that’s for the analysts. This World Series (which I’m guessing will be Brewers vs. Guardians) should be entertaining. I’m rooting for the Brewers to take it all, with a final game in Milwaukee to reward their long-suffering fans.
Have a great one.
