Brian Donovan

Musings from the proud owner of a ginger beard

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Gael Monfils is joined by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, and Gilles Simon after playing his last Roland Garros match.

The 4 Musketeers reunited.

🥹❤️

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

An excerpt from Elina Svitolina's emotional letter about Gael Monfils to their daughter Skai, for @PlayersTribune, ahead of Gael's final Roland-Garros:

'The first thing you should know, I think, it’s that Gaël Monfils was one of the greatest shot-makers anyone has ever seen. There are others who were more consistent, or who made fewer mistakes … but it’s interesting. Because when you say why these players are great, maybe you are needing to give a long explanation. Or you are needing to show many statistics, or a whole match, or a whole tournament. But with your dad? It’s not like this. With your dad, it’s so simple. You can show someone a single point of his, even a single shot … and now they will “get it.” Because your dad, in just one shot, one moment, he could achieve what I think few athletes ever achieve. He could make people feel something. Almost like at a concert and there’s a perfect song, or at the movies and there’s a perfect line, and you have this feeling like, Oh my god. WOW. It takes your breath away.'

[🏁 @concertleaks]

Hayley Williams brought out Jason Isbell tonight in NYC to perform “Cover Me Up.”

[Brian Donovan @bvdono]

You’d do a lot worse than cheering for this guy. #COYBIG

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

Troy has a way with words man

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

Died with their boots on tonight.

There will always be moments to look back on but thought overall we turned up and played well, particularly in that first half.

Dara O’Shea MOTM tonight.

Thought Molumby and Ogbene were also excellent, and Troy with his usual high standards.

Missed opportunity for sure but we’ll be back.

COYBIG.

[Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 @IrelandFootball]

A journey that began in September, takes it’s next turn tomorrow night in Prague.

From Yerevan, to Lisbon, to that night in Budapest. There’s been one constant. You. Our fans.

From the very first whistle, we know you’ll be there with us 💚🇮🇪

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

Not much left to do other than watch Robbie Brady’s goal in Lille one more time

[Adam Lynch @AdamLynch27]

One week to go…

Let the country dream 🏆🇮🇪

[Brett @BrettRedacted]

Conan’s ubiquity on the internet is a stark reminder that I’ve never once seen anybody share a clip from Jay Leno

[Vittorio @vittorioangelon]

Run it back

[Dear White Staffers @dearwhitestaff]

What do you mean you can do karaoke and eat great food in the building where Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was plotted

[sarah @errorclement]

elmo realizing some people just can’t be taught the alphabet

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Five minutes after the half time show and our 4 year old refuses to speak English.

3 year old daughter just called me a gringo.

The dog just walked in wearing a gold chain with a crucifix.

Suing everyone involved.

[巴丢草 Bad ї ucao @badiucao]

Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

Everyone who grew up wanting to be a sportswriter wanted to work for the Washington Post. It’s unfathomable and avoidable that the section of Jenkins, Povich, Kornheiser, Wilbon, Boswell, Feinstein and many more is gone. A baffling and maddening decision.

[sar¹⁶🎧ིྀ @leclercsdior]

cinematic if you ask me 😵‍💫

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

Carlos Alcaraz hits one of the shots of the tournament 😳

[Bobby Wagner @bwags]

you watch Jeopardy! these days and it’s just a bunch of people shamelessly daily double hunting. James Holzhauer wannabes. it’s not so different from the three point revolution in the NBA — no ethical hoopers anymore

[Mike 📺 @michaelcollado]

Chickens when cars don’t let them cross the road

[ivan : ) @JoannaNewSum41]

Because we celebrate Ben Folds taking his girlfriend to get an abortion