Andy Roddick's take on Vondrousova's situation is by far the most reasonable one, which is why getting a four-year suspension for rejecting an anti-doping test outside of established hours is beyond INSANE.
SOMEONE BUILT WORDLE BUT FOR MINI GOLF AND IT IS QUIETLY BECOMING MY FAVORITE MORNING RITUAL
it's called https://t.co/uNM5Of4MOd.
you open the tab and there is one mini golf hole. that's the whole game. one new hole every midnight pacific. same hole for everyone in the world. your first finish counts.
you click the ball, drag back like a slingshot, let go. the further you pull, the harder you hit.
today's hole is called "Up and around." it's an S-shaped tropical island floating in dark teal water, with cross-barriers and one little wooden ramp that i ricocheted off three times in a row. par 6.
at the top of the screen, a live ticker scrolls past in real time:
> someone holed 6/6 · par
> someone holed 5/6 · birdie
> someone holed 11/6 · +5
real strangers are putting on the same hole as you. you can see the ghost rings of where their balls travelled, in cyan and purple and pink.
when you finish, you get a wordle-style share card. emoji result. takes one tap to drop into a group chat.
PC Gamer just wrote a whole love letter to it. the writer admits they scored a 20 on a par 12. they were thrilled.
the developer goes by https://t.co/0LJJsQnIeY. the 3D models are from Kenney, a guy who has been releasing free CC0 game assets for over a decade.
no signup. no account. no tracking. your streak lives in your browser. if you clear your cookies, the streak dies with them.
the about page says it in one sentence: "Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific, and your first finish is your score. That's the whole game."
we are 35 days into the project and the calendar archive lets you play every single previous hole.
i don't know why this is so satisfying. i just know i was supposed to be writing this post and i kept reopening the tab.
the internet is healing.
Sampras was/is cool af. Never cared about fashion or branding, people called him a boring no1 but he just showed up in a baggy shirt and won more Slams than any man before him.
Retired and stayed away from the sport, no coaching, no academy, no commentating, no exhibitions. 😎
Am halfway through the “Rafa” Netflix doc and, almost two episodes in, what stands out to me is that young Federer was as big a douche as I remember him…
Post 2012-13 Fed has worked his way into becoming the cool dude he has been for years but young Fed was absolutely brutal…
Victor Wembanyama’s agent says he refuses to do endorsement deals with soda companies
"They all want him, but Victor will never sell soda. Because he doesn’t want to kill the kids."
(Via @JaredWeissNBA / h/t @TheNBABase )