Since Novak Djokovic first won a major in 2008, this is only the fourth time he hasn't won a major in a calendar year: 2009, 2010, 2017, and 2024
Take a bow, Alexei Popyrin!
The GOAT losing early, the world number 1 dealing the doping allegations, the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion suffering from burnout, all of this and more has set the stage perfectly for Alexander Zverev to embarrass himself in front of the world yet again.
Update on this - cheated out of gold because they ‘didn’t have a big enough ribbon for the medal’ and the whale ‘didn’t enter the competition’ and ‘isn’t human’
HAPPENING NOW: Arizona Republicans endorse Vice President Harris and slam Trump for his attacks on democracy. GOP leaders will form a new advisory committee to help the Harris for Arizona campaign reach Republicans who will reject MAGA from now until November 🗳️
Duplantis setting a new Olympic record, being real bulged up in the shorts area and doing the Turkish Shooting Guy 'hand in pocket' pose to celebrate........brat summer
Kristen Faulkner (@FaulknerKristen) has one of the craziest stories at this year's Olympics:
• Grew up in Alaska
• Rowed at Harvard
• Moved to NYC after school
• Started working for a venture capital firm
• Took a beginner's cycling class in Central Park
• Started cycling at 5:00 am before work
• Started competing in local cycling tournaments
• Quit her job & moved to California to cycle full-time
• Added to the USA road cycling roster one month before the Olympic Games
And now, just seven years after taking a beginner's cycling class in New York City, Kristen Faulkner has won gold at the Olympics in Paris — the first American to win gold in the women's road race in 40 years.
INSANE.
Oh my goodness.
Interviewer: “Did Donald Trump make a mistake when he chose JD Vance?”
Nancy Pelosi: “No, I think it was a great choice” and then laughs hysterically.
Golden. Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure.
Obsessed with the fact that, because Rebeca Andrade doesn’t speak English and Simone Biles doesn’t speak Portuguese, the vast majority of their interactions consists of giggling, enthusiastic nodding and variations of this:
A Rugby player at the peak of her physical prowess, and the internet is bullying her for her weight. The 00s were bad enough the first time around. Can we not do this again