This week in Twitter news: Ginobili gets batty

btw, I dont think I kill the poor thing. I felt it moving in my hand...
10:13 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck

Why the heck was Manu Ginobili touching a filthy bat?

Better question-why are there even bats in the Spurs' arena?


He had to take a ton of different shots for rabies, gave some sort of apology on Facebook and said not to do it at home.

If there are bats in your home I would hope you're not trying to catch them with your hand. Get out of there and call an exterminator. Or the Joker.

This week in Twitter news: Larry Johnson disses coach Haley

According to ESPN, Larry Johnson tailback of the Kansas City Chiefs made some hateful comments on Twitter directed toward head coach Todd Haley. Can't get ahold of his tweets at the moment but reports say that he threw some F bombs. Not the type of F bombs that your middle school teacher gives you detention for, but F bombs that get GLAAD chasing after you.

What do you know, they are after him. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance want the NFL to punish Johnson for his comments.

Reports say that he used the word "fag" in the tweet and then uttered it again when speaking to reporters allegedly saying, “Get your faggot asses out of here.”

It's a good thing he doesn't play in Cleveland or else Lebron James would have him traded like he did with Braylon Edwards, but something is going to be done for sure. I'll keep you guys posted on whatever happens to Johnson.

This week in Twitter news: OCNN

Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinatti Bengals tweeted that he's going to have his own social networking news system called OCNN.

Ochocinco can and probably will give me all the Twitter news I need for my "This week in Twitter news."


POW-->Esteban and @motomobile announce OCNN!! The worlds first one man social news network,powered by thee MOTOBLUR<----ching ching
about 13 hours ago from MOTOBLUR

OCNN will be providing all news on and off the field,including my own team=no middle man needed,I am the source from now on<---Boom
about 13 hours ago from MOTOBLUR

This week in Twitter news: Durant strikes back

Oklahoma City Thunder start Kevin Durant tweeted back to an analysis ESPN's Henry Abbott made when he pulled out some random statistic about the Thunder being a better team when Durant is on the bench. Durant just defended himself, didn't throw back anything negative toward Abbot, but it's funny how fast media is changing and how quickly athletes can publicly respond to things like this.

I just hope Durant understands that Abbott himself probably knows that it was a bogus statistic, but he gets paid to talk about random statistics that are wrong half the time. I also hope that Durant doesn't take every criticism to heart unless he's like MJ and uses every little thing as motivation which in that case it's all the better to fuel his fire.

This week in Twitter news: Ochocinco on fire

Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco seems to be tweeting his end zone celebrations now. On one of his messages this week he posted that he will be reenacting a scene from the movie Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby in tomorrow's game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Which scene exactly? The one featured above where Ricky Bobby's fighting an imaginary fire.

Ochocinco also said he already sent the money he's going to be fined to the NFL through mail.

I can't wait to see what he does, but this is assuming that he's going to be able to score against the Ravens defense.

If Ochocinco's not careful Ray Lewis just might tackle him in the end zone and start beating him senseless to "help put out the fire."

This week in Twitter news: New Tweeter- Stafon Johnson

I never have a problem with poking fun at Twitter, but a new athlete Tweeter emerged yesterday, and it was not to talk trash, it was not to come out on ESPN and it was not for national attention.

As most of you have heard, Stafon Johnson, star running back of the USC Trojans just had throat surgery on Monday after a 275 lb bar fell on it when working out. Luckily his muscular physique kept him from being choked to death.

Probably the only high-profile athlete in the world not to have a Twitter account, he used Pete Carroll's Twitter to send out a message thanking the people who have supported him.

He is recovering, and while recovering he created an account of his own.

First tweet:

"Thank you every1 4 all the love and support," Johnson said.

He is expected to fully recover after this horrifying event.

For sure this is the good side of Twitter. A heart-warming side of Twitter.

This week in Twitter news: One less NFL Twit

Washinton Redskins rookie Robert Henson no longer has a Twitter account after he bashed the Washington fans for booing their sorry team. The fans were called "dim wits" and Henson went on to say, "Who are you to say what's best for the team when you work a 9-to-5 at McDonald's."



This guy has played as many downs as you and I have this season and if he's not careful, he's going to have to look for a 9-to-5 very soon.



Would you like some fries with that Twit?

This week in Twitter news: Hitting high schools

On the way to the Dodger game last night, I asked my nephew how school was going and Twitter came up.

Apparently one of his teachers makes her students get a Twitter account and she posts up the assignments on there.

She said she's too lazy to check emails and I guess she can't just give the assignments in class.



Hmm...