Swedish World Cup defender's wife hopped on a mechanical bull, Eleonora Incardona checks in & hotdog cookies?
Welcome to Sunday Screencaps. Kicking things off for us today is Maja Lindelof. She's the wife of Swedish defender Victor Lindelof and has been labeled the "Premier League's hottest WAG."
This wasn’t a title that was just handed out to her one day. There's science behind it or at least the use of an app that makes it sound more official. Maja's score on this app was a 9.7 out of 10.
Walking around with that high of a score could get to some, it doesn’t appear to have gotten to Lindelof's wife. She's embracing all that comes with her World Cup visit to the U.S., just like the fans and influencers are.
Last week, Maja enjoyed some Texas nightlife. That included hopping on a mechanical bull, because everyone knows if you're in Texas and not hopping on a mechanical bull, you're missing out.
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"Still a bit drunk while posting this, might delete later," she wrote in the caption of her mechanical bull ride video.
After initially sitting on the bull backwards, Maja gets turned around, and embraces a piece of Texas that I'm sure even some Texans take for granted.
- Jim T in San Diego writes:
A priest friend of mine had a going away dinner at his parish last night - he still owes the Navy another three years (he felt the calling to ministry while already a Navy officer) and reports back as a chaplain this summer.
As I was pulling into the parking lot at the church in the suburbs of San Diego, I noticed two armed security guards - one of whom is a buddy from the Boy Scouts. Last time I saw him was about two years ago when I was pulling into the parking lot of this funky, old-fashioned candle shop in Rancho Santa Fe that was closing after a couple decades in business and I wanted to get my wife a birthday present. It turns out that the candle shop shared a driveway with a synagogue.
My buddy was telling me last night that private security business for houses of worship is through the roof. Of course, we just had a mosque shot up a few weeks ago in San Diego, and a few years ago the same at a synagogue nearby.
But what a sad state of affairs that people need armed guards to watch over them while we worship.
Wondering if anyone else in SC Nation has this situation at their place of worship?
- Jim T in San Diego writes:
Coming out of church dinner last evening, saw this. Never fails to be impressive.
- Scott from Henderson Nevada writes:
Hi Sean,
Long time reader, first time email.
I feel like someone should bring up how ridiculous the World Cup coverage of the USA game last night was when they kept emphasizing "Türkiye" (Yes, my email autocorrect adds all the extra punctuation above the word.). It would be one thing is we referred to Germany as "Deutchland" or Japan as "Nihon"…why is Fox arbitrarily changing how we say Turkey…IMO they just sounded like ass clowns all night….
Cheers!
- Jon writes:
Sean,
Did I miss something? Won’t Screencaps going dark on Saturday end the consecutive streak? All streaks have to end sometime but this looks like going out with a whimper instead of a bang. No grabbing the bug out bag ahead of a Cat 5 hurricane. No digging out from 5 feet of lake effect snow. Even being conscripted into the Viking longboat rowing team during the World Cup would be acceptable.
Oh well.
SeanJo
Hey Jon, I'm just the reliever. I toe the rubber when I'm asked to do so. The decision to go dark on Saturday wasn't mine. I believe the last streak came to an end with a whimper as well.
- Rick writes:
Happy Friday Sean,
I'm no big 'futboller', hooligan, or soccer purist of any kind, but I keep an eye on the international level of the qualifying leading up to the World Cup finals and then I find the tournament itself entertaining to watch, usually. I can appreciate plenty of persons not being interested in the game as soccer is rather alien to most sports fans in the States, but being interested in the game because of who's there is as bad as watching the Super Bowl for the commercials, a complete waste of time that misses the entire point of the event. I guess we just have opposite interests in the World Cup games.
When I watch a sport, I'm only interested in the action on the field and could not possibly care less as to who is in the stands and how they are reacting (never forget the horrific impact of one T Swift on pro football games lest we repeat that error). I understand giving some general camera shots of the fans or a family member of a player who just did something great (or terrible), but these camera shots of those poser 'celebrities', most of whom I'd guess did not have to pay anything to get in unlike the exorbitant costs fans have been stuck with and have likely observed no soccer of any kind until being in the stadium, are an obnoxious waste of time. The other side of it is that other than for injuries, soccer doesn't exactly stop until halftime/fulltime is called (these ridiculous 'hydration breaks' not withstanding), so every second spent on the stands is missing something happening out on the field.
It's unfortunate you haven't really watched team USA as they've been fun to watch. My recollections are that they typically have played a mostly defensive game hoping to create a few counterattack chances per game. This time, though, they've played an attacking, aggressive style that has resulted in them scoring far more goals than they have in past World Cups by this point, and the guys themselves seem to be a great group of teammates to each other which is always great to see. Who knows how far they'll get, but it should be a fun ride as long as it lasts. Go Team USA!
As for the clock business, again I'm no expert on soccer, but it's a peculiarity of the game that once the clock starts it goes until the referee stops it for halftime/fulltime unlike most sports here where the clock stops for every whistle or infraction. The added/stoppage team is an attempt to add time lost due to fouls, free kicks, resets injuries, and so on in order to still have played approximately the correct amount of time for the game. A soccer referee has far more discretion and individual judgement that can impact a game than a baseball umpire or football ref, so it's up to the referee to decide when enough game time has elapsed.
Keep up the good work as you spell Joe for the next week. Have yourself a great weekend, and I hope the broader FoxNews audience you're hearing from now is treating you well.
SeanJo
Hey Rick, thanks for reaching out. Just to be clear, I'm not interested in the sport of soccer at all. I don't watch it. I don't think the watching the Super Bowl for the commercials comparison is entirely accurate. I'd probably have to watch some soccer and choose to focus on the action in the stands for that to be the case.
That's not the case. I catch all of the action in the stands, which I choose to focus on, on social media. But if you enjoy the sport, have at it. It's not for me. I'm not watching the Super Bowl for the commercials. I will only tune in if the USMNT goes on a deep run. That's it, those are my terms.
At some point, after years of trying to make it a thing, you have to have some results.
- Drew in Katy, Texas writes:
Sean,
Thanks for filling in for Joe. Joe showed a massive "steak rack" as he called it on Thursday. That looks like a commercial sized Santa Maria grill. The crank that raises and lowers the grill relative to the coals is a common feature.
WAIT... WHO IS ACTUALLY USING HIGHWAY REST STOP BBQ GRILLS?
A typical sized Santa Maria grill design is more like this: https://woodfiresmokers.com/products/santa-maria-grill or this: https://heritagebackyard.com/collections/santa-maria-grills-with-casters/products/commercial-portable-santa-maria-bbq-grill
The television series "Life of Fire" Season 1 Episode 10 explains the whole back story on Santa Maria grills.
I have a basic welding shop in my barn. My next project out there is to custom build one. The steel for that grill is going to be a great Father’s Day present . . .
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That's all for the last Sunday of June. I have to get the rest of this day going. Toss some meat on the grill and send it my way. I'll be resuming my relief duties on Monday through Thursday.
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