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Twitter To Give You More Space For Your Bad Tweets
A godsend for all tweeters struggling with pithiness: Twitter will stop counting photos and links towards their 140-character limit, Bloomberg reports, citing a person familiar with the matter....
McLovin And Frank Isola Got Into A Great Twitter Fight About The Knicks And <i>Pitch Perfect</i>
Chris Mintz-Plasse of McLovin fame is a Celtics fan and a good Twitter user, and about a month ago, he laid down a Frank Isola burn in vague response to this Mike Lupica column....
Connor Cook's Dad Seems To Be A Big Shithead
Connor Cook, long projected to be picked in the early rounds of the NFL Draft, ended up slipping to the Raiders in the fourth round. A report about why he fell despite his obvious talent pointed to attitude problems and a bad rap from his teammates. According to the Detroit News, there wasn’t one in...
Texas A&M Assistant's Twitter Rant About Losing One Recruit Chased Away Another (UPDATED)
One of the grossest things in all of sports is big-time college football recruiting: educational institutions groveling and begging high schoolers to attend, adults directing slush funds towards 17-year-olds, college graduates harassing kids on social media to consider their alma mater. And last nig...
Man Who Discovered Hockey Attends Hockey Game, Loves It
Nascent Blues fan Anthony Holmes, who learned about hockey when he watched Game 7 of Blackhawks-Blues last week, was St. Louis’s guest for Tuesday’s Game 3 against the Dallas Stars. He had better seats than you’ll ever have....
Magic Johnson Has A Simple Two-Step Plan To Fix The Lakers
The Lakers are very, very bad. But Lakers legend Magic Johnson has thought it through, and if the front office is willing to listen, Magic has a way to turn the team’s fortunes around....
Eagles Draft Pick Already Familiar With His New City, It Seems
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Johnny Manziel Has Some Thoughts To Get Off His Chest
Unemployed athlete and alleged domestic abuser Johnny Manziel took offense to a photo posted last night of the former Browns quarterback watching the NFL draft from a Columbus bar, and used Twitter tonight to voice his displeasure at the nature of Johnny Football-related discourse these days:...
Laremy Tunsil’s Account Tweets Out Gas Mask-Smoking Video Just Before NFL Draft (UPDATE)
Laremy Tunsil is expected to be one of the first players selected in tonight’s NFL Draft. Minutes before the draft began in Chicago, his Twitter account posted a video of someone who appears to be Tunsil smoking an unknown substance out of a gas mask....
Eli Apple's Mom Might Be The Best Sports Mom In The Game
Ohio State’s Eli Apple is one of the top cornerbacks available in this week’s NFL draft. But he’s not, in fact, the most impressive talent to emerge from his own family. That honor is reserved for his mom, Annie Apple, who is a LeBron James-, Andrew Luck-type superstar-in-the-making at the all-impor...
And Now, The Story Of How Nick Young Almost Got "Born Reble" Tattooed On His Back
Here is a story of love, hacking, misspellings, “Becky”, and tattoos, in seven tweets:...
Man Discovers Hockey, Loves It
The NHL convinced one more person to please like its sport last night. A man on Twitter tuned into Game 7 of Blackhawks-Blues, the first hockey game he had ever seen. He tweeted as he watched, and his enthusiasm was delightful....
Hurricanes Twitter Account Owns Guy So Hard, His Ancestors Weep In Shame
If you have a weak constitution or are unsettled by the sight of gore, you may not want to look at this brutal and graphic Twitter owning....
Cincinnati Reds Twitter Finds Perfect Way To Recap Game They Got No-Hit
When you run the Cincinnati Reds’ Twitter, and the team loses in a 16-0 no-hitter, it’s tough to find a silver lining. But, you have a job to do. Those sad fans need their recap. Thursday’s final result:...
ESPN Interviews One Of The Guys From "Meet Me In Temecula"
The Christmas season is all about peace on Earth, goodwill towards your neighbors, and defending the honor of your favorite basketball player by driving 35 minutes to go fight some chump who talked shit online. Two Christmases ago, Twitter user @MyTweetsRealAF made the drive down to Temecula, Ca. af...
New York Giants Avoid Using The Word "Redskins" In Their Schedule Release (UPDATE)
Here’s the New York Giants’ schedule for the 2015-16 season. Notice which two games are not like the others?...
LeSean McCoy And Lou Williams Argued On Twitter Right After The Lakers Won
Plenty of athletes found a way to congratulate Kobe Bryant after his 60-point performance Wednesday. Bills running back LeSean McCoy praised Bryant, cracked jokes at Bryant’s former teammates hugging him after the game, and called currently active Laker Lou Williams “soft.” Williams didn’t like that...
Twitter Will Stream Thursday Night NFL Games
Giving you one fewer reason to stop staring at the internet, the NFL announced this morning that Twitter had won the rights to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games next season. Those 10 games will still be broadcast on CBS or NBC as normal, for those that somehow prefer football on a big screen....