7 days ago
The "Who Dey!" chant at Bengals games is one of the best parts of being a Bengals fan and a Cincinnati sports fan. When the Ruler of the Jungle leads The Jungle in the Who Dey chant before kickoff, that gets you going as a fan. After a big touchdown, that's when the "Who Dey!" chant is at its best.
So, where does the chant rank among NFL stadium chants? Sports Illustrated's Karl Rasmussen ranked the 10 best in the NFL, with the "Who Dey!" chant checking in at No. 6. If you've ever wondered how the "Who Dey!" chant came to be, here's how, according to Rasmussen:
The Bengals' chant originated in 1981, stemming from a popular local car commercial and a beloved beer, Hudepohl. Beer vendors at the team's former stomping grounds, Riverfront Stadium, used to offer the local beer by shouting "Hudy!" to fans. That eventually transitioned to "Who Dey," and it evolved further after fans incorporated the song played in commercials by Red Frazier's Ford of Cincinnati, which goes, "Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier … ******* ody!" The combination of both resulted in the Bengals chant. "Who dey? Who dey? Who dey say is gonna beat the Bengals? … ******* ody!"
Rasmussen also ******* yzes the comparison between the "Who Dey!" chant in Cincinnati and the "Who Dat!" chant in New Orleans that Saints fans do in the Superdome. In fact, he ranked the "Who Dat!" chant No. 5, one spot above the Bengals. Of course, there's an ongoing debate between the two teams of which chant came first.
One of my favorite memories as a Bengals fan was being at the Bengals-Saints game in New Orleans four years ago. There were so many Bengals fans who made the trip for the game. Before kickoff, Saints fans started doing the "Who Dat!" chant. In response, Bengals fans started doing the "Who Dey!" chant. It was dueling chants, making for an awesome pregame environment.
#beer #best #jungle #orleans
So, where does the chant rank among NFL stadium chants? Sports Illustrated's Karl Rasmussen ranked the 10 best in the NFL, with the "Who Dey!" chant checking in at No. 6. If you've ever wondered how the "Who Dey!" chant came to be, here's how, according to Rasmussen:
The Bengals' chant originated in 1981, stemming from a popular local car commercial and a beloved beer, Hudepohl. Beer vendors at the team's former stomping grounds, Riverfront Stadium, used to offer the local beer by shouting "Hudy!" to fans. That eventually transitioned to "Who Dey," and it evolved further after fans incorporated the song played in commercials by Red Frazier's Ford of Cincinnati, which goes, "Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier … ******* ody!" The combination of both resulted in the Bengals chant. "Who dey? Who dey? Who dey say is gonna beat the Bengals? … ******* ody!"
Rasmussen also ******* yzes the comparison between the "Who Dey!" chant in Cincinnati and the "Who Dat!" chant in New Orleans that Saints fans do in the Superdome. In fact, he ranked the "Who Dat!" chant No. 5, one spot above the Bengals. Of course, there's an ongoing debate between the two teams of which chant came first.
One of my favorite memories as a Bengals fan was being at the Bengals-Saints game in New Orleans four years ago. There were so many Bengals fans who made the trip for the game. Before kickoff, Saints fans started doing the "Who Dat!" chant. In response, Bengals fans started doing the "Who Dey!" chant. It was dueling chants, making for an awesome pregame environment.
#beer #best #jungle #orleans
8 days ago
HETAUDA, Nepal (AP) — She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light from the trucks roaring past to illuminate her painted face to the men rolling in on rickshaws and motorbikes. She knows that every stranger who pays for her body could end her life. But she also knows their money is the only thing preventing her death.
This spot, littered in condom wrappers and fringed by jungle, is familiar to her. Rubi Lama once came here not as a **** worker, but as an aid worker who helped **** workers.
For nine years, Lama — who is transgender — had devoted her life to conducting HIV outreach in Nepal's marginalized communities, including the LGBTQ+ **** workers who wait by this highway each night. But after the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, Lama and more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide found themselves out of a job.
Much has been written about the devastating impacts the U.S. foreign aid cuts have had on the millions of people the funding once helped. Far less is known about the impacts on the helpers themselves.
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers' lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, Lama and around 100 other LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to **** work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
#nepal #once
This spot, littered in condom wrappers and fringed by jungle, is familiar to her. Rubi Lama once came here not as a **** worker, but as an aid worker who helped **** workers.
For nine years, Lama — who is transgender — had devoted her life to conducting HIV outreach in Nepal's marginalized communities, including the LGBTQ+ **** workers who wait by this highway each night. But after the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, Lama and more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide found themselves out of a job.
Much has been written about the devastating impacts the U.S. foreign aid cuts have had on the millions of people the funding once helped. Far less is known about the impacts on the helpers themselves.
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers' lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, Lama and around 100 other LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to **** work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
#nepal #once
24 days ago
In 2016, Chelsea Handler filmed her ayahuasca ceremony for the Netflix docuseries Chelsea Does. In the decade that's followed, psychedelic healing has continued to bleed into the mainstream, from pop culture to TV, film, and music. This year, AppleTV's hit show Widow's Bay has shown a "shamanic journey," with Mayor Tom Loftis, played by Matthew Rhys, going on a psilocybin trip for clarity amidst supernatural events. AMC's tech satire The Audacity opens its very first episode with its CEO character, Duncan Park, played by Billy Magnussen, having a private ayahuasca ceremony.
And in the world of nonfiction, we've heard notable A-list testimonials in the press. Miley Cyrus has talked about her experience on Joe Rogan's podcast. Aaron Rodgers detailed nine separate journeys with it on his own Netflix series. Prince Harry told The Telegraph how this natural, indigenous form of healing helped him process losing his mother, Princess Diana. The brew that used to live in the jungle is now in the urban world, a secret no more. It's whispered about on the red carpet, and making headlines as a growing list of celebrities are now willing to talk about it on the record.
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And in the world of nonfiction, we've heard notable A-list testimonials in the press. Miley Cyrus has talked about her experience on Joe Rogan's podcast. Aaron Rodgers detailed nine separate journeys with it on his own Netflix series. Prince Harry told The Telegraph how this natural, indigenous form of healing helped him process losing his mother, Princess Diana. The brew that used to live in the jungle is now in the urban world, a secret no more. It's whispered about on the red carpet, and making headlines as a growing list of celebrities are now willing to talk about it on the record.
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26 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a falsified image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, waving before boarding an Air Force One that had been spray-painted with graffiti.
It came months after another racist post by the president that showed the couple as primates in a jungle. That one was deleted after stiff, bipartisan backlash.
The latest image shows the Obamas smiling and waving at the top of stairs alongside a baby blue and white presidential plane with graffiti painted on it that included the Democrat's campaign slogan "Yes We Can," "Obama" and "BLM," short for Black Lives Matter. The post also shows graffiti in Arabic on the plane that says the phrase "alhamdulillah," which means "praise be to God" or "thank God."
The use of graffiti is a coded message to remind people of crime and urban decay and has been used in racist messaging against Black people in the past.
Trump has a yearslong record of intensely personal criticism of the Obamas, and of using incendiary, sometimes racist, rhetoric. That includes everything from feeding the lie that Obama was not born in the United States to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries and posts that have sparked anger on his Truth Social website.
It came months after another racist post by the president that showed the couple as primates in a jungle. That one was deleted after stiff, bipartisan backlash.
The latest image shows the Obamas smiling and waving at the top of stairs alongside a baby blue and white presidential plane with graffiti painted on it that included the Democrat's campaign slogan "Yes We Can," "Obama" and "BLM," short for Black Lives Matter. The post also shows graffiti in Arabic on the plane that says the phrase "alhamdulillah," which means "praise be to God" or "thank God."
The use of graffiti is a coded message to remind people of crime and urban decay and has been used in racist messaging against Black people in the past.
Trump has a yearslong record of intensely personal criticism of the Obamas, and of using incendiary, sometimes racist, rhetoric. That includes everything from feeding the lie that Obama was not born in the United States to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries and posts that have sparked anger on his Truth Social website.
27 days ago
Far below Philadelphia’s City Hall, boarding the subways on their return from the Lincoln Financial Field, were fans with names on their shirts. Those of Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich, the players they hoped to see on 4 July. They had bought their tickets in the hope of a different match. France did not get the game they wanted, either, and not merely because a World Cup win over Germany would have been something to savour.
One with Paraguay was more one to endure than enjoy. There were parties elsewhere in Philadelphia, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This was something different: Nigglefest 2026. It was an exhibition of off-the-ball fouls, collapsing to the turf and scuffing up the penalty spot. It was designed to delay, to provoke.
It was, according to interpretation, either disgraceful, mildly irritating or a justified way of trying to stop a superior opponent. If Sweden could be accused of being too accommodating when they lost to France, the same charge could not be levelled at Paraguay. Every other opponent had conceded at least three times to the tournament favourites. Paraguay only let in one goal, and a penalty at that. But was that due to their underhand tactics or the genuinely excellent defending that surrounded it, but which will garner less attention?
Gustavo Alfaro, the Paraguay coach, said his side “fought like lions”. Some of the tactics were scarcely those **** ociated with the king of the jungle. Officially, though, they fought clean. That Paraguay only committed 13 fouls was laughable; for the first time in 28 years, they completed a World Cup game without getting as much as a booking, which could suggest their behaviour was immaculate. Instead, it said rather more about the frankly bizarre performance of Ilgiz Tantashev, the Uzbek referee, who seemed incapable of recognising Paraguayan wrongdoing.
That said, it was scarcely the battle of Philadelphia and more an extended exercise in s**thousery. There was a pettiness to much of it, a streetwise nature to parts of it. There were offences that stopped short of being deemed violent conduct. There were others designed to induce a violent reaction from France.
One with Paraguay was more one to endure than enjoy. There were parties elsewhere in Philadelphia, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This was something different: Nigglefest 2026. It was an exhibition of off-the-ball fouls, collapsing to the turf and scuffing up the penalty spot. It was designed to delay, to provoke.
It was, according to interpretation, either disgraceful, mildly irritating or a justified way of trying to stop a superior opponent. If Sweden could be accused of being too accommodating when they lost to France, the same charge could not be levelled at Paraguay. Every other opponent had conceded at least three times to the tournament favourites. Paraguay only let in one goal, and a penalty at that. But was that due to their underhand tactics or the genuinely excellent defending that surrounded it, but which will garner less attention?
Gustavo Alfaro, the Paraguay coach, said his side “fought like lions”. Some of the tactics were scarcely those **** ociated with the king of the jungle. Officially, though, they fought clean. That Paraguay only committed 13 fouls was laughable; for the first time in 28 years, they completed a World Cup game without getting as much as a booking, which could suggest their behaviour was immaculate. Instead, it said rather more about the frankly bizarre performance of Ilgiz Tantashev, the Uzbek referee, who seemed incapable of recognising Paraguayan wrongdoing.
That said, it was scarcely the battle of Philadelphia and more an extended exercise in s**thousery. There was a pettiness to much of it, a streetwise nature to parts of it. There were offences that stopped short of being deemed violent conduct. There were others designed to induce a violent reaction from France.
1 month ago
The Great American Tailgate challenge has arrived, and Bengals fans now have the chance to prove what Cincinnati has been serving up for decades: Cincinnati chili dogs are the rightful kings of Queen City tailgating.
USA TODAY and the Pro Football Hall of Fame are teaming up for a nationwide celebration of the foods that define football culture across all 32 NFL cities – and Cincinnati's fan base is officially on the clock. This summer, fans nationwide will vote in a bracket-style tournament to determine America's Favorite Tailgating Food. Each team enters with one signature dish, and for the Bengals, nothing represents the city better than a chili‑topped coney loaded with shredded cheese. It's the flavor of home, the taste of tradition, and the dish that fuels game days from the Jungle to living rooms across Ohio. Every vote you cast helps Cincinnati advance through the bracket and also enters you into a giveaway for a $1,000 Pro Football Hall of Fame merchandise gift card. One lucky fan will walk away with the chance to load up on Hall of Fame gear, collectibles, and memorabilia. This contest is part of a larger national event in Canton celebrating the food culture of all 32 NFL cities. It's a showcase of regional pride, fan passion, and the traditions that make tailgating one of America's greatest rituals.
So rule the jungle, Bengals fans. Cast your vote, rep your city, and help Cincinnati chili dogs claw their way through the bracket. Bragging rights are on the line – and the city's tailgate legacy is ready to roar.
Get your tickets now: Celebrate food, football at Hall of Fame with Great American Tailgate
No purchase is necessary to vote or enter the giveaway.
USA TODAY and the Pro Football Hall of Fame are teaming up for a nationwide celebration of the foods that define football culture across all 32 NFL cities – and Cincinnati's fan base is officially on the clock. This summer, fans nationwide will vote in a bracket-style tournament to determine America's Favorite Tailgating Food. Each team enters with one signature dish, and for the Bengals, nothing represents the city better than a chili‑topped coney loaded with shredded cheese. It's the flavor of home, the taste of tradition, and the dish that fuels game days from the Jungle to living rooms across Ohio. Every vote you cast helps Cincinnati advance through the bracket and also enters you into a giveaway for a $1,000 Pro Football Hall of Fame merchandise gift card. One lucky fan will walk away with the chance to load up on Hall of Fame gear, collectibles, and memorabilia. This contest is part of a larger national event in Canton celebrating the food culture of all 32 NFL cities. It's a showcase of regional pride, fan passion, and the traditions that make tailgating one of America's greatest rituals.
So rule the jungle, Bengals fans. Cast your vote, rep your city, and help Cincinnati chili dogs claw their way through the bracket. Bragging rights are on the line – and the city's tailgate legacy is ready to roar.
Get your tickets now: Celebrate food, football at Hall of Fame with Great American Tailgate
No purchase is necessary to vote or enter the giveaway.
1 month ago
Jennifer Lopez reflected on her 2000 Grammys appearance in the Versace jungle-print dress
In an episode of SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma, the singer joked that Google owes her for inspiring Google Images, which was made one year after her appearance at the awards show
Google Images was created in 2001 after unprecedented demand for photos of Lopez in the plunging dress
Jennifer Lopez's 2000 Grammys dress is a cultural phenomenon that sparked one of the greatest creations in Google history — and now she jokes that she feels like she's owed "good karma" for it.
The global pop star, 56, appeared on the popular internet series SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma and joked that she deserves monetary compensation for being the person to inspire Google Image Search before it launched in 2001. The platform was co-developed by Huican Zhu and Susan Wojcicki.
In an episode of SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma, the singer joked that Google owes her for inspiring Google Images, which was made one year after her appearance at the awards show
Google Images was created in 2001 after unprecedented demand for photos of Lopez in the plunging dress
Jennifer Lopez's 2000 Grammys dress is a cultural phenomenon that sparked one of the greatest creations in Google history — and now she jokes that she feels like she's owed "good karma" for it.
The global pop star, 56, appeared on the popular internet series SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma and joked that she deserves monetary compensation for being the person to inspire Google Image Search before it launched in 2001. The platform was co-developed by Huican Zhu and Susan Wojcicki.
1 month ago
Before the Kentucky Wildcats can worry about Tennessee. Before it can worry about Florida or Texas or the meat grinder that is 18 SEC games in the dead of winter, it has to tip one up in Rupp Arena on a Monday night in November against the Manhattan Jaspers.
That's where the 2026-27 season begins. November 3. Home. The crowd is loud. The lights are bright. Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats are back on the floor for the first time since a Midwest Region second-round exit to Iowa State, which stung everyone in Big Blue Nation who thought this was the year things clicked back into place. One game. Then 17 more before the SEC schedule swallows everything whole.
The Southeastern Conference made it official Thursday, releasing the full 2027 men's basketball conference schedule for all 16 programs. League play tips off January 2 and grinds through March 6 — two full months of the most competitive conference basketball in America, now backed by two straight years of data to prove it.After that? Nashville. Bridgestone Arena. March 10-14 for the SEC Tournament, where reputations get made and bubble teams go to die.THE STANDARD IS ABSURD. THE SEC KEEPS RAISING IT ANYWAY
Let's just put the numbers on the table, because they deserve to be seen in full.Over the last two seasons, the SEC has sent more teams to the NCAA Tournament than any other conference in the country. Fourteen teams in 2025. Ten in 2026. A two-year average of 12, which, for context, is higher than the previous single-season record of 11 set by the Big East in 2011. The Big East, in 2011, was considered a freak of nature. The SEC has now done it across two consecutive seasons.
And it's not just about quantity. The 2026 regular season standings told the whole story: the SEC finished first nationally in average NET (46.3), first in Wins Above Bubble (46.4), first in KenPom (40.7) and first in Torvik (42.4). The collective KenPom efficiency rating of +19.65 was the fifth-highest mark in the metric's history — the second-highest in 21 years.This is the jungle every SEC team wakes up in every January. There is no easy Tuesday night. There is no bye from the gauntlet.POPE'S WILDCATS: DONE BEING GOOD ENOUGH
That's where the 2026-27 season begins. November 3. Home. The crowd is loud. The lights are bright. Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats are back on the floor for the first time since a Midwest Region second-round exit to Iowa State, which stung everyone in Big Blue Nation who thought this was the year things clicked back into place. One game. Then 17 more before the SEC schedule swallows everything whole.
The Southeastern Conference made it official Thursday, releasing the full 2027 men's basketball conference schedule for all 16 programs. League play tips off January 2 and grinds through March 6 — two full months of the most competitive conference basketball in America, now backed by two straight years of data to prove it.After that? Nashville. Bridgestone Arena. March 10-14 for the SEC Tournament, where reputations get made and bubble teams go to die.THE STANDARD IS ABSURD. THE SEC KEEPS RAISING IT ANYWAY
Let's just put the numbers on the table, because they deserve to be seen in full.Over the last two seasons, the SEC has sent more teams to the NCAA Tournament than any other conference in the country. Fourteen teams in 2025. Ten in 2026. A two-year average of 12, which, for context, is higher than the previous single-season record of 11 set by the Big East in 2011. The Big East, in 2011, was considered a freak of nature. The SEC has now done it across two consecutive seasons.
And it's not just about quantity. The 2026 regular season standings told the whole story: the SEC finished first nationally in average NET (46.3), first in Wins Above Bubble (46.4), first in KenPom (40.7) and first in Torvik (42.4). The collective KenPom efficiency rating of +19.65 was the fifth-highest mark in the metric's history — the second-highest in 21 years.This is the jungle every SEC team wakes up in every January. There is no easy Tuesday night. There is no bye from the gauntlet.POPE'S WILDCATS: DONE BEING GOOD ENOUGH
1 month ago
Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus that preys on "zombie fungus" known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome death.
The new species was found in the jungles on Malaysia's part of Borneo, a large island known for its biodiverse rainforests. Samples were collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of Malaysia Sabah's Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, and the research was published in the New Zealand Journal of Botany.
It was dubbed a "hyperparasite" because it "effectively parasitizes the primary pathogen," the institute's Deputy Director Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan told AFP on Friday.
"The fungus belongs to the genus Pleurocordyceps and acts as a specialized hyperparasite," Seelan said.
The new species targets ants already infected by Ophiocordyceps, or "zombie fungus," which manipulates the infected insect's nervous system and makes it behave erratically before killing it and bursting from its carcass.
The new species was found in the jungles on Malaysia's part of Borneo, a large island known for its biodiverse rainforests. Samples were collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of Malaysia Sabah's Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, and the research was published in the New Zealand Journal of Botany.
It was dubbed a "hyperparasite" because it "effectively parasitizes the primary pathogen," the institute's Deputy Director Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan told AFP on Friday.
"The fungus belongs to the genus Pleurocordyceps and acts as a specialized hyperparasite," Seelan said.
The new species targets ants already infected by Ophiocordyceps, or "zombie fungus," which manipulates the infected insect's nervous system and makes it behave erratically before killing it and bursting from its carcass.
2 months ago
President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" and walked away after moderator Kristen Welker challenged him about unsubstantiated claims of "cheating" in the California primary elections.
The dustup between Trump and Welker arrived during a rain-heavy sit down, full of weather-related interruptions, amid the president's pre-midterms visit to Wisconsin, a crucial swing state for both parties that he won in 2024.
After Welker noted that "Republicans are doing well in California" following the June 2 primary contests, Trump said "they're dropping fast because it's a rigged election," which led to a tense back-and-forth in the interview that aired June 7.
Republicans have criticized the dayslong, ongoing counting process in California's primary races.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, a conservative, and Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton are both in second place standings in their respective contests, but Democratic foes have gained ground. California has what's known as "jungle primaries," in which all candidates regardless of party compete against each other, and the top two hopefuls advance to the general election.
The dustup between Trump and Welker arrived during a rain-heavy sit down, full of weather-related interruptions, amid the president's pre-midterms visit to Wisconsin, a crucial swing state for both parties that he won in 2024.
After Welker noted that "Republicans are doing well in California" following the June 2 primary contests, Trump said "they're dropping fast because it's a rigged election," which led to a tense back-and-forth in the interview that aired June 7.
Republicans have criticized the dayslong, ongoing counting process in California's primary races.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, a conservative, and Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton are both in second place standings in their respective contests, but Democratic foes have gained ground. California has what's known as "jungle primaries," in which all candidates regardless of party compete against each other, and the top two hopefuls advance to the general election.
