Tag Archives: Andy Glockner

Aug 25 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: City Draws Death

Spanning the Twitterverse to bring you the constant variety of tweets
The thrill of the retweet and the agony of the unfollow
The human drama of the twitter timeline
This is CadChica’s Wide World of Tworts

Do you hear that?

No really, listen closely.

That scream you heard this morning was the sound of Manchester City fans reacting to their group in the Champions League draw. Listen closely, they still might be going at it……after multiple pints of course.

Yes, the infamous Group of Death is where Manchester City “resides” in Group A. Tough draw to be sure. Regardless though, it should prove a very interesting tournament indeed. I can’t wait to see the Twitterverse reactions to the games themselves. In the meantime, here’s just a small sampling of Twitterverse reaction the draw today:

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TWEET OF THE DAY

Before the English Premier League started, Manchester City spent a boat-load of money to bolster their roster. Having an owner from Abu Dhabi will do that for you. Bringing that thinking to the Champions League draw today, I give you this:

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Jul 5 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: Casey Anthony

Spanning the Twitterverse to bring you the constant variety of tweets
The thrill of the retweet and the agony of the unfollow
The human drama of the twitter timeline
This is CadChica’s Wide World of Tworts

At approximately 2:15pm EST, a verdict was announced in the trial of Casey Anthony. She was accused of kiling her daughter Caylee Anthony. What does this have to do with sports you ask? Nothing really. However, the sports world had quite a bit to say about it. For obvious reasons, I couldn’t include all of them but here’s a small sampling (mostly the sports world with a few non-sports accounts included):

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MY TAKE:

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Jul 5 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: Tworts of the 4th

Spanning the Twitterverse to bring you the constant variety of tweets
The thrill of the retweet and the agony of the unfollow
The human drama of the twitter timeline
This is CadChica’s Wide World of Tworts

I think I am officially caught up. If you missed it previously, I had not posted since Thursday, June 30th. The calendar changed but I did not, but for very good reasons as stated in that post. But here’s the last of the weekends tworts. Happy Birthday America!

TWORTS OF THE 4TH

HOT DOG!!

Ahh the 4th. Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie…oh wait, that’s a Chevy commercial. The 4th has now become synonymous with something that I find rather disgusting. However, it was covered by ESPN. I’m talking about Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. At least one person found a way to bring the NFL Lockout into this:

And of course, there had to be a Kobayashi sighting. (Ugh)

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NFL TWEETS

I’ll let you figure it out.

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ALL STAR ARGUMENT

All-Star teams were announced over the weekend in MLB. Some guys shafted? Check the link on the below tweet. My take: If Jeter made it then Ichiro should have made it (not really but it just shows how ignorant Yankees fans can be).

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PASSION?

Say what you will about him but Dick Vitale is passionate about more than basketball

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SOCCER SARCASM

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TWEET OF THE DAY

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Jun 24 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: Friday Fun Tweets

Spanning the Twitterverse to bring you the constant variety of tweets
The thrill of the retweet and the agony of the unfollow
The human drama of the twitter timeline
This is CadChica’s Wide World of Tworts

Thank God it is finally Friday. My favorite day of the week. No, it’s not because it’s the last day of the work week (I work 7 days a week — seriously, I do). It’s my favorite because it is Friday Fun Tweets time. Today wasn’t as fun as last week but hey, it’s still Friday and there’s still fun to be found.

I spanned the Twitterverse and came up with these “gems” (or not):

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THE NAME IS JOHN?

The newspaper business isn’t what it used to be. But, you would think that a big sports story like winning golf’s U.S. Open, would bring about some close fact-checking but no.

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IS THIS LIKE, THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK?

I’m telling you, the easiest way to understand social media, be it Facebook, Twittter or whatever, is to use some common sense. Unless of course, you don’t have any and then, well…..all bets are off. This story just makes me shake my head.

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ONLY AT WIMBLEDON

This one doesn’t really need explanation, unless of course you don’t know who Serena Williams is. If that’s the case, you’re out of luck (Google it). Aside from that, who would ask this kind of question?

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A MASCOT

Ooh that could be a new reality show!!!  You heard it hear first. Okay networks, call me!!! It’s a brilliant idea. ESPN, are you hearing me? Unless of course you don’t want this to happen to you:

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NO JORDAN, I DON’T WANT TO SIT NEAR YOU

I’m guessing that the Seahawks’ Jordan Babineaux didn’t have Pepcid, Tums or any other antacid at home. Just reading the tweet make my gut hurt.

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I MISS PAUL

For those that don’t remember, Paul the Octopus was the German octopus that correctly predicted games during the 2010 World Cup. If an octopus could roll, I think he’d be rolling in his grave with this tweet:

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NFL: STAND AND _______

The lockout drags on. Negotiations are still ongoing. The Twitterverse is tired of it and so they try to make the best of it.

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TWITTER IS THE BEST FOR:

…facts you won’t get anywhere else. Okay, so you’re tired of me saying it but I LOVE TWITTER. Apparently, I’m not the only one.

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YOU KNOW WE’RE BAD…WE’RE BAD….

Arizona! Bear Down Baby!

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TWEET OF THE NIGHT

For the uninformed, during the basketball season, Klay Thompson thought he had lost his iPod at the hotel room and was late for the team bus. He was benched for the start of Washington State’s game against ASU in Tempe, Arizona. Thus,

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May 23 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: Soccer Love-Fest & More

Spanning the Twitterverse to bring you the constant variety of tweets….the thrill of the retweet….and the agony of the unfollow.…the human drama of the twitter timeline….This is CadChica’s Wide World of Tworts

SOUNDERS WON. SOUNDERS WON. THEEEEEEEEEEEEE SOUNDERS WON.

4 minutes extra time. In danger of ending the game with Sporting KC with a 0-0 tie at home. And then Jeff Parke came out of thin air to head it into the goal. Parke had not scored a goal (he’s a defender after all) since 2004. Arlo White, Sounders broadcaster, had a brilliant comment at the end of that clip: “That was his first goal of the Obama Administration.” Parke’s reward:

OLE, OLE, OLE, OLE

I almost feel like I’ve been neglecting my soccer love lately on the blog. In honor of the US Men’s National Team being announced today for the Gold Cup, below is a sampling of some tweets today, both Gold Cup & non-Gold Cup related.

Andy Glockner, SI.com writer, tweeted his fingers off right after the announcement. Seems like the non-soccer fans didn’t like that much:

FAVORITE NON-SPORTS TWEETS

Who knew anyone would ever try this?

The man who became famous for inadvertently tweeting the Bin Laden killing, had this to say today:

FUN TWEETS FROM THE WEEKEND

I don’t blog on Sundays and right now even blogging on Saturday is rough. However, I do check Twitter and found some fun ones to share. Somehow I don’t think they need explanation:

Discussion over the weekend began about flopping in the NBA. During the World Cup last summer, you could read and hear many in sports media complain about flopping in soccer. A quiet retort for two of them below:

And yes, I am going to post this again. One of the few times, I “almost” wish I was a person that bet. Note the time stamp on the tweet; pre-race prediction that was sure to fail–NOT. Who needs a rapture prediction when you’ve got me picking horse races?

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