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@ThatEricAlper @goosetheband Madalena

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@ry_storm thank you! 🤙🏻

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@nickvann1987__ ✨ chills ✨

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@ShaneRyanHere every AZ possession = Duke foul, it's corrupt

[Shane Ryan @ShaneRyanHere]

an extremely high bar to clear in ncaa hoops but this is the worst refereeing i think i've ever seen

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@MattNorlander is it me or at they calling ALL THE FOULS?! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Laura Kirk-Francis @LauraKirk12]

We have scored 5 goals and yet I am watching from behind my hands. Help

[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

[h a n a @bukayocore]

TAP MY VEINS AND INJECT THAT SHIT RIGHT IN IT

[Mike Wise @MikeWiseguy]

It's not just that Trump won. It's that Joe Rogan, Dana White and Brett Favre won. Jailed insurrectionists won. The Alitos and the Thomases won. Vladimir Putin won. Racism won. Misogyny won. Sexism won. Global warming won. Xenophobia won. Most of all: Fear Won. That's what hurts.

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

dude is a barely coherent convicted sex predator whose only platform is wanting to do more crimes, what is fucking happening

[Rory Talks Football @Rory_Talks_Ball]

Fucking despise that club with a burning burning passion

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

Howard Webb is totally incompetent. Games being totally changed due to fussy shit that only he really cares about but violent conduct consistently not punished, not reviewed. He is so obsessed with centring referees and making them the game changers and he just doesn’t care about players themselves or player safety. So fed up with it.

[Emily✨ @_emilyoram]

One of the most surprising things I’ve learned about men is how much they love the inside pocket on coats and jackets

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@BLarsenAFC1886 ya that Chelsea GA is insane 🤯

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@JamesHorncastle haha, what a tweet 👏 being in the niche Venn Diagram audience for both topics... the internet provides!

[DJ Zullo @DJAceNBA]

I encourage you to take 3 minutes and listen to Uconn Head Coach Dan Hurley describe how he and his staff built the Huskie offense.

You rarely hear a head coach go into such incredible detail.

Shoutout @jj_redick for prompting the answer.

Basketball bliss.

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@amylawrence71 @adrianjclarke @iandstone I really appreciated you bringing up the Giannis press conference moment, well done (as always.)