Baltimore Orioles fire public address announcer over seemingly benign tweets
Wagner had been the team's PA announcer for 10 seasons.
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The DC Streetcar account tweeted a Bryce Harper photo with info on Nats’ home games, then played it off as “April Fools”
"April Fools! Glad our Nats fans are alert and ready for a great season!"
Twitter data shows how Thom Brennaman’s “There’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos” only really took off a month later
"The mid-apology play-by-play, ESPN’s Pablo Torre says, 'was like listening to the band play on as the Titanic was sinking. Except the band was also somehow the iceberg.'"
USA Today race & inclusion editor says she was fired over tweet about Boulder shooting
"Like many places, USA TODAY values “equality and inclusion,” but only as long as it knows its rightful place, which is subservient to white authority."
Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell receives threatening tweets following NCAA tournament upset loss
"Comments don't get to me but I just wanna know why."
ESPN tagged Future in a post with a photo of 2 Chainz and got roasted, but Getty’s database seems at least partly at...
While Getty's captions correctly identified 2 Chainz here, their photos featured a tag of "People: Future," which may have contributed to ESPN's error.
NFL Network reporter Jane Slater reignited the debate over unpaid and poorly-paid early jobs in sports media
Jane Slater is the latest sports media figure to stir up discussion about unpaid work.
Idiots are mad on Twitter about the ‘right’ way for golfers to honor Tiger Woods
We can't just appreciate things?
Ravens’ LB Matthew Judon calls ESPN’s Jamison Hensley a liar over contract offer report, threatens photo leak (updated)
"@jamison.hensley so I'm waiting on your ESPN sourced apology or I'm leaking these photos I got with you in the strip club."
MLB ends “in-game coordinator” program, axing people who were key to many teams’ social media accounts
The end of MLB's "in-game coordinator" program appears to mean big changes for many team social media accounts.
Karl-Anthony Towns responds to Shams Charania’s “expected to return” report with “This is news to me!” (update: he did return)
"This is news to me! Last time I checked, I was gonna go through shootaround and see how I feel. Underlying conditions and Covid don’t mix well."
Following rookie of the year honor, Chargers read receipts on media members who ripped Justin Herbert pick
The democratization of the internet means that NFL franchises don’t have to wait for others to rip media...
