Chris Wilson

I tweet sometimes

[U.S. Department of the Interior @Interior]

He got it from his mama.

Bear 89, aka Backpack, is the 2026 Fat Bear Week champ. Turns out hefty runs in the family.

His mom, Holly the Duchess of Density, won in 2019. She carried him on her back as a cub and helped him survive a serious leg injury. Now her little Backpack has a crown of his own. 👑

[lauren @laurchan_]

I won the harry styles ticketmaster war!!!

[Chris Wilson @Wilsun1010]

Mr. President, a second “False God” has dropped #TSITP

[Joe Binder @JoeBinder]

Pope Leo XIV made the broadcast while at Game 1 of the 2005 World Series

[daniel (job market era) @danielluo_pi]

our secretary of "education"

[tooforwon @tooforwon241]

😭😭😭😭

[Chipper Jones @RealCJ10]

I was on the bus…this absolutely happened!

[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

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

Quincy Olivari showed Steph Curry this video after the game and then walked out of the arena with a pair of Steph’s autographed shoes.

Olivari: “I used to sleep under that jersey”

[Symone D. Sanders Townsend @SymoneDSanders]

This is four minutes of Barack Obama being both completely fed up with the shenanigans and very effective.

[Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath]

Two decades ago, I started building a community of Cal creatives to steer our fans into the next generation. And did it grow.

This past month, using memes, AI art, music videos, those creatives helped get @CollegeGameDay to Berkeley.

Our story is on ESPN https://t.co/xqyUpcW0ZP

[Dennis Shanahan @dennis_shanahan]

In October 2012, I chatted with a 24-yr-old Steph Curry while he stood in a hot dog line before an Oakland #Athletics playoff game. He expressed hope that one day the atmosphere in the arena where he played could match the excitement of an A's playoff game at the Coliseum.

[Shayna Rubin @ShaynaRubin]

Marcus Semien gets it

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The Oakland A’s were killed by greed. Do not allow the people responsible for this to spin it any other way. John Fisher did not have to move this team. Major League Baseball and its owners did not need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.

[Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN]

What remains a total mystery is why the other owners in baseball stand by as the A's debacle plays out, and they don't do anything. And the situation will continue to be an embarrassment for them all, as the team moves to a minor-league park. It's mind-boggling.

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

MONDAY NIGHT PRIME TIME: A washed conspiracy theorist from New York gets cooked in prime time by a superior opponent from San Francisco

TUESDAY NIGHT PRIME TIME: A washed conspiracy theorist from New York gets cooked in prime time by a superior opponent from San Francisco

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

This is a fantastic piece of content. Well worth the 2 minutes (whether you like baseball or not).