Louis Garon

Observateur averti de l'actualité québécoise, canadienne et internationale et grand fan de foot européen.

[Louis Garon @GaronLouis]

@beauti_animals Canadá

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@OverDrive1050 Don’t care Guy

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@UtdBloke_ Uruguay

[Stu Cowan @StuCowan1]

It certainly looks like #Habs are crumbling under pressure of playing games they have to win for first time in four years.

[Anne Rosencher @ARosencher]

C’était l’une des envolées les plus impressionnantes de la dernière vague Mediametrie  : la radio Nostalgie a gagné près de 580 000 auditeurs en un an !
Un carton qu’on peut mettre en parallèle avec le succès des « Goldmen »- ce groupe de 5 Chtis qui remplissent plusieurs Zéniths par mois avec leurs reprises de Jean-Jacques Goldman. Ou encore avec la popularité folle et qui ne faiblit pas de la troupe du Splendid.
La nostalgie, enfin, transparaissait dans la dernière enquête de l’Ipsos sur les Fractures françaises, comme l’un des sentiments les plus largement partagés dans la population.

La nostalgie, donc, est d’actualité, et ça n’est pas une mauvaise nouvelle. On a tort de vouloir la réduire au « c’était mieux avant ». C’est un sentiment plus complexe et nécessaire aux sociétés. On regarde le passé ; on mesure ce qui est parti et qui ne reviendra pas ; on voit ce qui va mieux et qu’on entend conserver, et oui, on dit ce qui a été mal fait, et qu’on prétend réparer. En cela, c’est un des aiguillons du progrès.

A l’échelle individuelle, ensuite. La nostalgie c’est prendre acte d’à quel point les sensations du passé, les paysages, les musiques, les gens qui nous ont veillés, les expressions qui nous ont bercés nous constituent. C’est un point de repère, un héritage et une fidélité.

Bref. Petit éloge de la nostalgie ⬇️

[Sans Filet 🔞 @SansFilet]

🤴🏻 "Il n'y aura jamais un autre Nadal. Il a cet alliage de la force bestiale avec la finesse technique. Il a créé un personnage impossible à imiter, singulier pour l'éternité."

🗣️ @FredVerdier

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Jacob Cersosimo @JacobCersosimo]

Jessica Pegula’s family is worth billions of dollars, she’s a top 10 tennis player in the world & yet she still takes the subway.

She’s #OneOfUs

[Étienne Fortin-Gauthier @EtienneFG]

La Cène? Personnage bleu? Tout nu?

Philippe Katerine à CNN

Il demande pardon aux Chrétiens «qui lui accorderont» il n’en doute pas

#lacene #JeuxOlympiques

[Actu Foot @ActuFoot_]

La France doit continuer avec Didier Deschamps ? 🇫🇷🤔

Un bilan exceptionnel mais peut-être la fin d’une ère.. la question se pose ?

[L'Équipe @lequipe]

Didier Deschamps, le sélectionneur des Bleus, a reconnu que l'Espagne a été supérieure ce mardi en demi-finales de l'Euro > https://t.co/m5N0TFcSvT #ESPFRA #FRAESP

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@PitchingNinja Bartolo Colon

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@PitchingNinja Le grand Dwight Gooden

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@PitchingNinja John Franco

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@PitchingNinja Sid Fernandez

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@PitchingNinja Dwight Gooden

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@PitchingNinja Orel Hershiser

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@ATRightMovies Michael Clayton

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@PitchingNinja Nolan Ryan

[Coalition Avenir Québec @coalitionavenir]

À ne pas manquer! 🚨
Débat avec notre candidate @MarieAnikShoiry , ce soir, diffusé en ligne sur les plateformes de Radio-Canada et à l’émission de radio C’est encore mieux l’après-midi, entre 17 h 10 et 18 h 00. https://t.co/dKVt6hk8Go