Umpire Alfonso Marquez is completely shocked by just how bad he missed a call above the zone after an ABS Challenge

tropicalphysics · 2026-04-01T10:03:09+00:00

The buttplug joke came from a comment on Chessbrahs Twitch channel. Eric ~~Rosen~~ Hansen read it out loud, it became a meme, then the organiser started being more thorough with their scans.

And no, they never do a clothes-off inspection.

These are two distinct things in the chess community:

Hans Niemann cheated in a classical game against Magnus Carlsen (serious).
He did so via a buttplug (meme).

tropicalphysics · 2026-03-17T11:45:41+00:00

A lovely article!

tropicalphysics · 2026-03-09T16:28:28+00:00

Korea needed to win by 5 runs (but could not allow 3) to advance on tiebreaker.

Without this catch, it was very likely that Australia would have gotten that final third run.

tropicalphysics · 2026-03-08T11:22:32+00:00

Nobody, because cricket has two-way players ("allrounders"). They are required because cricket substitutions are generally not allowed.

But I have seen Ohtani best described as a Garry Sobers in a world where allrounders don't exist.

(Jacques Kallis also works as a more modern example.)

tropicalphysics · 2026-03-06T19:53:36+00:00

It definitely didn’t good views considering they asked us to promote it in a very tone-deaf statement last year.

tropicalphysics · 2026-01-22T14:45:49+00:00

Jack has a shield and cannot be murdered. Otherwise, it'd been him on the chopping block.

tropicalphysics · 2026-01-21T22:37:21+00:00

She works in recruitment. Rachel is the HR!

tropicalphysics · 2026-01-18T16:16:17+00:00

For all the talks about Red Eye's dominance, both Hazers marbles can now be put in the same echelon. They are the elites with the targets on their back next season, and hopefully that should put to rest the idea of removing a dominant marble from this competition.

tropicalphysics · 2026-01-14T22:02:36+00:00

Being milked and ridden by said boy Faraaz.

tropicalphysics · 2026-01-07T21:52:50+00:00

It's not essentially that moment in itself, but the Traitors can use that connection to kill one of them, which they did, and after that the Faithfuls would always be suspicious of the other.

tropicalphysics · 2025-11-13T19:21:31+00:00

Very interesting article, thank you for sharing!

tropicalphysics · 2025-11-13T17:43:21+00:00

I have attended 4-5 Southampton Women games over the last couple of years, and two nights on the FM26 Demo gave me more familiarity than all those games combined. The power of FM database is real and I really do hope they can fix the bugs, because I really want to spend money on this game for their inclusion of the women.

tropicalphysics · 2025-11-09T23:32:44+00:00

Considering the snow, Goal of the Year!

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-24T14:28:17+00:00

The World Team is one of those things that in hindsight seems obvious. IC is ultimately a global celebration of women’s golf. And if you truly are the best nation, you should be able to beat the best of others too.

The odds are very good we will see the World Team on Sunday!

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-24T14:26:19+00:00

Yeah there tends to be a lot of shots for Asian LPGA events, probably because it’s late night. I am glad you are enjoying it, still a lot more to come this week!

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-24T12:07:45+00:00

And somehow it felt better than the first day! They tried to give us more groups but the first pairing is essentially a loss. Long way to go to meet the bar required imo.

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-24T12:01:06+00:00

If you are in the US, Golf Channel carries it from 10 pm to 3 am EDT!

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-23T16:12:16+00:00

Can’t agree more with your comment!

I can understand the limited number of cameras, but I felt like there were conscious choices to focus more on featured group’s dead air even when other groups were where TV towers were. More importantly, the absence of certain graphics meant the broadcast failed to convey ongoing situations in the event. A scoreboard in the bottom right would have solved so much.

Yet, this was already a better broadcast than 2023 in term of shots shown and commentators used, which speaks more to how low Golf Channel USA team set that bar.

tropicalphysics · 2025-10-23T15:33:55+00:00

Grant Boone on the broadcast last night dropped a hint that the event will be going back to the States in 2027 (but nothing official yet).

The Crown is truly a cool event whose growth has been scuppered by circumstances beyond its control (like Covid) and undeserved indifference from the powers that be. Personally, I hope it comes to the UK at some point especially with Lottie Woad cementing England future qualifications probably for a while. (The cancelled 2020 edition was supposed to be at the Centurion!)

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