Posts Tagged ‘Sports’

There has still yet to be a universal proclamation from a sports league commissioner as to what to do about Twitter, as policy continues to be at the discretion of a coach, general manager, or owner. Yet everyone associated with sports simply offer their admonition and constantly suggest a touch of discipline when it comes [...]

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It is one of the most exclusive leagues in the world. People aspire to belong, spending their lives working hard to gain access, while others on the outside simply resent those on the inside. Major League Baseball, much beloved and elite, just added another perk to their long list of comforts: an iPad app for [...]

It is not just that the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are fierce rivals. It is not just that both teams are always perennially competing for the division title in the AFC North. It is that both teams will take any and every opportunity to stir the pot of drama and trash talk whenever the [...]

On the lightest sports day of the year, fans in need of something to get into may be able to take solace in the opportunity to talk to players while they are at the game; sort of. During the Home Run Derby at the annual MLB All-Star Game, players will be tweeting between at bats, [...]

After much thought and more than a few examples both positive and negative in nature, the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has made a determination about the usage of social media among its members. The goal will be to improve the image of the game, and conversely, come down hard on those that misuse Twitter, Facebook, [...]

If you are a sports fan and like pictures, I suggest that you check out hitpost.com as well as their Android app. When you go to the web site or open the Android app, the pictures of various sporting events are front and center. Each of the pictures relates to eithe a news article, tweet, [...]

There is nothing as simultaneously enjoyable and boring as sitting at a baseball park on a Sunday afternoon watching one game of 162 on the season. There is something nostalgic about being at the field in the middle of the day even if you have never done it before in your life. At times exciting, [...]

The 2012 London Games Olympics Committee has issued their social media rules for games, and most importantly athletes are not permitted to advertise or post their own videos — you know, the ones that you always see the athletes taking during their breaks.

Fenway Park in Boston is home to Los Red Sox.

Though it has been around for years and now has lengthy catalogs of precedents and procedures, Twitter continues to flummox professional athletes. There is no shortage of examples of what not to do and say on the social network, from attacking fans to cursing out teammates to expressing a minority political or cultural opinion, and [...]