# Outfield Squirrels, Sophie Cunningham, and the Head of FIFA's Big Feelings

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Podcast: [Casuals with Katie Nolan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/casuals-with-katie-nolan-7159750)
Published: 2026-07-30T07:00:00+00:00
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Hello! It's the podcast that would never leave you stuck in a giant plastic bottle in Malta. Today, Katie and the Casualties break down the latest in Boomer opinions, whether Plaxico Burress' comments can finally convince Isabella not to become a Jets fan, FIFA President Gianni Infantino's Monday Instagram rant and all of the ways he's gaslighting World Cup fans, the latest announcement that he's actively trying to sell part of the World Cup to private equity and all of the organizations opposed to it, and the dangers of that strategy seeping into college football as well. Fun! Then, Katie and the team [40:29] get into the dueling protests over Sophie Cunningham at the Fever's game in Seattle, Sophie's original comments and what she's actually saying about transgender athletes, and her political stance on it, the hypocrisy in her actions at the UFC fight, and the disingenuous words of right wing media trying to cover women's basketball, Emily Sonnett's injury and how it affects the Women's World Cup, the increasingly strange details of 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan's car crash, Tony Romo's OWI arrest and what we learned from watching the video, Justin Herbert and Madison Beer's engagement, new Red Sox infielder Curtis Mead's injury, Jimothy's day with the Rocket City Trash Pandas, the squirrel on the field in Detroit, and Alek Thomas' scooter encounter in Sacramento. And finally, the team wraps with your e-mails and voicemails from the week, on everything from Cathy Engelbert and hawk sounds to Point Break locations and erotic surf language.

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