“RIP Bill Buckner” trends 10 months after his death, with NYT reporter Maggie Haberman’s “Oh no” tweet playing a role
Haberman followed up with "Oh no from last year. We are living in a permanent time warp."
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Bored sports commentators are finding unique ways to call play-by-play during quarantine
Hey, if you can't do play-by-play for sports, find something else to do play-by-play for.
Your favorite athlete is bored
Many athletes and other celebrities are under stay-at-home advisories like everyone else, and that's led to some unusual postings on Twitter and Instagram.
NFLN’s Michael Irvin tweets “I don’t want to hear how a Corona gets it’s lime while the Coronavirus is getting lives.”
"I believe that @corona beer SHOULD NOT be running their commercials at this time. Sorry I don’t want to hear how a Corona gets it’s lime while the Coronavirus is getting lives."
Former NASCAR CEO Brian France sues @DrunkBrianF parody account
Brian France, who was NASCAR's CEO and chairman from 2003-18, is now suing over the @DrunkBrianF parody account.
President Trump attributes quote from PA radio host R.J. Harris to CFL player R.J. Harris, Harris uses mixup to promote his camp
Ottawa Redblacks' receiver R.J. Harris was tagged by President Donald Trump with a quote from Harrisburg, PA radio host R.J. Harris.
Sun-Times’ much-mocked Jimmy Butler tweet appears to come from Joe Cowley, who deleted his own Twitter in 2012 after criticism for sexist tweets
The @suntimes_hoops account is printed next to Cowley's e-mail in the paper, but its bio just says "The official source for @suntimes coverage of the Chicago Bulls and other area basketball teams."
The broadcast networks not carrying the XFL ignored it on Twitter on opening weekend, but it got attention from digital sites
Fox tweeted about the XFL a lot on opening weekend, while ESPN tweeted about it a bit (but gave it a big push thanks to their reach). CBS and NBC ignored it from their main accounts, but plenty of digital companies tweeted about it quite a bit.
CBS News tweets “Kansas City Chiefs fans celebrate first Super Bowl win,” forgetting about Super Bowl IV
No, this wasn't the Chiefs' first Super Bowl win.
President Trump tweeted congrats to the Chiefs and “the Great State of Kansas,” ignoring that they play in Missouri
Trump tweeted congrats to "the Great State of Kansas," before deleting and replacing that with a tweet about Missouri.
Brockmire takes pre-Super Bowl shot at Joe Buck: “I don’t have a voice that makes you want to slam a metal straw into...
Joe Buck has appeared on Brockmire several times and feuded with Hank Azaria's Jim Brockmire. Now, Brockmire's mocking Buck in a short video ahead of Buck's call of Super Bowl LIV.
CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS falls for fake news from fake account, reports that Gerard Gallant’s been named New Jersey Devils head coach
No, @NJDevills is not a trusted source of New Jersey Devils' news.
After taking over 16 NFL teams’ Twitter accounts, Saudi hacking group accesses several ESPN accounts
OurMine is having quite the week of taking over big sports accounts.
Carlos Beltrán-defending “Iván B” Twitter account is linked to an “Iván Beltrán” e-mail address, which is Carlos Beltrán’s middle name
The "Iván B" account was created Tuesday night. Its only replies so far are defending Beltrán. And it appears to be linked to an "Iván Beltrán" e-mail address.
