NBA to allow fans to discuss calls with the official referee Twitter account during select games
More transparency is always a good thing.
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SB Nation parts ways with Jen Rainwater after she calls Kyler Murray a brat, she responds with Facebook rant
SB Nation and Athletics Nation parted ways with Rainwater Thursday after her rant Wednesday. She responded on Facebook, claiming other people have been fabricating her tweets.
NBA, Turner and Twitter partner for camera feeds following a fan-voted player in 20 NBA on TNT games
Starting with the All-Star Game, 20 NBA on TNT broadcasts will feature an alternate second-half Twitter feed with an isocam following a player picked by a fan vote.
Amy Trask tweets that the Raiders tried to get her to buy Vegas tickets by emphasizing a tradition that included her hiring
A Raiders' sales rep tried to sell Trask on tickets by talking about how the team hired the NFL's first female executive. That would be her.
The Warriors’ hefty drawing of Draymond Green got roasted, with a lot of Kevin Durant jokes
This pudgy Draymond drawing generated a lot of jokes.
Jordan Rodgers blasts brother Aaron’s fundraising for CA wildfires, saying he didn’t even call his mother to see if she was safe
"When your own Mom is home alone during the fires, car packed ready to evacuate, & you miss the fundamental first step of compassion; calling your parents to make sure they are safe.... Everything else just feels like an act."
The Cincinnati Enquirer ran, then deleted, an article on Big 12 expansion based on a Reddit CFB Twitter joke about Chiefs-Rams
A Reddit CFB Twitter joke about Chiefs-Rams turned into a newspaper article about Big 12 expansion.
Ottawa Citizen review finds at least 20 “contrived Twitter accounts” that attacked the paper following Senators’ Uber video story
San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX runs, then deletes, “Even Usain Bolt couldn’t outrun the Paradise fire” tweet and story (updated)
No human is close to as fast as this fire, so bringing up Bolt in detail was a poor choice, even before they mixed up "incarcerated" and "incinerated."
Twitter suggested CBS’ Criminal Minds to many…who follow ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, who is not the actress who was on the show
Twitter appears to have gotten the wrong Nichols here, but it's still worth wondering why they were trying to promote new episodes of Criminal Minds around an actress who hasn't been on the show since 2011.
A Georgia State student broadcaster’s reel went viral on Twitter for all the right reasons
This isn't a boom goes the dynamite situation. People just think it's really good.
NBC Sports Bay Area threw some shade at the Dodgers after World Series loss
The NBC Sports Bay Area Giants Twitter account had some shade at the ready last night.
Fox Sports mistakes Hall of Fame pitcher for Science Guy during World Series
That is definitely Sandy Koufax and definitely not Bill Nye.
A whole lot of media thought Grant Wahl’s Twitter joke about U.S. Soccer waiting for Jose Mourinho was a serious report
Wahl's joke was seen as a serious report by many media outlets.
Photos changing in old tweets affected tons of teams (and also Bleacher Report), not just the Cubs
The Giants, Cowboys, Marlins, Brewers, Flyers and others were also affected by this Twitter shift.
