“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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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.
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.
Tom Izzo scolds Michigan State fans for harassing players on “that frickin’ Twitter”
"I'm sick of dealing with what I gotta deal with on that."
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.
ESPN’s Tim Legler trades Twitter barbs with Jae Crowder after Grizzlies-Knicks quarrel
Crowder taking a three-pointer with 50 seconds left and an 18-point Grizzlies lead nearly ignited a brawl.
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.
FiveThirtyEight tweeted that the eliminated Saints have the fourth-highest chance (11 percent) to win the Super Bowl
No, FiveThirtyEight, the Saints will not win this year's Super Bowl.
After hitting another contract incentive, Richard Sherman dunks on those who said he was “taken for a ride” by acting as his own...
Ben Volin's "Boy, did the 49ers take Sherman for a ride" comment looks pretty dumb in retrospect.
Did New York Jets beat reporter Manish Mehta create an Adam Gase burner Twitter account?
The tension between Gase and Mehta has allegedly taken a very strange turn.
A “Johnathan Daly” account spends all its time defending Knicks’ owner James Dolan and bashing team president Steve Mills
The "Johnathan Daly" account sent 70 tweets Wednesday afternoon. Two were not replies: "knicks" and "James dolan." The other 68 were replies, mostly defending Dolan and criticizing Steve Mills. Oh, and wishing the Muppets a Merry Christmas.
