Tag Archives: Twitterverse

Feb 16 2012

RIP Gary Carter

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And just like that, the sports world loses another one.

Hall of Famer Gary Carter passed away today. Diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2011, Carter lost that battle today. Known as “Kid“, when people think of Gary Carter one of the many things they think of is his smile.

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“Kid” and his smile are now gone. The sports Twitterverse weighs in with their thoughts, including a special Tweet of the Day. If you see a link in a tweet, click it. It will be worth it. 

Gary Carter speech

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TWEET OF THE DAY

I hope you can see why this is the tweet of the day. Click the link to see the speech.

Gary Carter children

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CadChica Sports

Feb 11 2012

The Sports World Reacts To Whitney Houston’s Death

Always beginning with a tweet:

A voice from my teenage years gone. Impacting my generation with “The Voice”, including so many in the sports-world. Dissecting her personal life and choices is left for others to do. Amazingly gifted, Whitney Houston transcended boundaries tonight as all corners of the sports Twitterverse weighed in with their thoughts:

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TWEET OF THE NIGHT

As many tweeted this tonight, the first I saw to tweet the greatest rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner ever

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Prayers and condolences to her family and friends. RIP Whitney Houston and thank you. 

CadChica Sports

Oct 31 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: LaRussa Retires

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

Celebrity divorce is such a messy issue. One or both parties cite irreconcilable differences and their “joyous union” ends. Nevermind the fact that “we” (you, not me) followed their every move leading up to the union to begin with. And so with great public fanfare of course, surely to milk more $$$ from media outlets, it is announced that the union is no longer. Just like today on Twitter:

((You thought this was going to be about that other non-sports news divorce news today didn’t you. Give me some credit here…..I’m not that kind of girl.))

Okay so it’s not really a divorce but it is a parting of the ways, albeit through retirement. Fresh off his second championship with the St. Louis Cardinals (he had a third with the Oakland A’s in 1989), Tony LaRussa decided to call it a career as a manager. His reason:

As you might expect, that was all the news today until that real celebrity divorce that shall remain nameless was announced on Twitter. There was some shock, surprise, not-surprise, and of course humor at the news “TLR” was retiring. It was announced earlier today that the Cardinals were going to have a press conference but no details were given. From my perspective, to hear that the press conference was to announce he was retiring was a surprise.

“TLR” was a different kind of guy for me. Way back when in 1989 when he was managing my “then” favorite team, the Oakland A’s, I thought he was the greatest. Of course I did, he was managing “my team”. Rickey Henderson, Bash Brothers all playing in the town where I was born. You better believe he was a TLR gal.

Now that I’ve sufficiently made myself sick, when he left, I was not a happy camper. I was glad the A’s won in 1989. I had just moved to Washington that year so their winning did provide some semblance of normalcy for me. But I began to follow another team in my new home (Seattle Mariners), and the A’s, well they became the A’s. Times change. But, TLR keeps winning. The A’s and Mariners, however, do not.

Before I make myself any more ‘depressed’, let’s see what the Twitterverse had to say about TLR retiring:

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CadChica Sports

Oct 1 2011

Spanning the Twitterverse: RIP Mike Heimerdinger

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

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 “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

~Abraham Lincoln~

The sports world suffered another loss today. It was just less than a year ago that former Titans/Jets/Broncos assistant coach Mike Heimerdinger was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He would receive treatment all while still coaching and calling plays for the Titans during the 2010 season.

But as the Titans made a coaching change before this season, Coach Heimerdinger would be out of a job. And although he was no longer on the sidelines, he was not far from the minds of those he came in contact with during his life.

As we try to do when someone in sports has passed, we take a look at what the Twitterverse had to say. We looked at media, athletes, and fans alike. As the Abraham Lincoln quote above says, ‘the life in your years’ is what counts. Coach Heimerdinger’s life counted to the Twitterverse today:

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http://twitter.com/#!/VinceYoung/status/12028534842839859

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CadChica Sports

Sep 29 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

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Have you ever heard the saying, “Early bird gets the worm”? Yeah, me too. It’s one of those clichés that I’ve been hearing all too often lately. So much so that it’s beginning to climb the ranks of over-used clichés in my book; kind of like “one game at a time”. I’ve been hearing coaches or players use it when discussing how much work they are putting in. I get it. Work hard early and often (Rise & Grind).But have you ever thought of the flip side of that saying? No? Well, here is how it goes:

The early worm gets eaten.

Now that you have that in your brain, I decided to roll out an early edition (posting this on Thursday) of Friday Fun Tweets tonight. I’m neither a bird or a worm so I’m pretty sure I’m cliché-proof.

Friday Fun Tweets are those “I” find humorous, interesting, lol-funny, slap-you-upside-the-head-cause-why-didn’t-I-think-of-that, or just really good tweets. If you see a link in the tweet, “click” on it. It will be worth your while. Enjoy!

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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SEAHAWKS/CARDINALS

I guess the Seagals were on the field during the game between the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks last Sunday. I tried to find a picture but alas, I failed. Okay, so I didn’t try very hard. Sheesh, do you really think I am going to post a picture of cheerleaders??? Not a chance. Here’s some tweeps sharing their thoughts on what happened.

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UNIQUE

A collection of tweets that fall under their own “unique” category (HINT: I couldn’t fit them anywhere else).

The lesson on this first one is: Don’t criticize Hope Solo’s dancing on Twitter. She’ll see it.

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Buffet line? Kobayashi?

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In case you missed it, Jeremy Affeldt sliced his hand ending his season early with the Giants. He’s a good guy and can joke about it on Twitter.

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Mike Tyson has a tattoo? I never knew.

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*Sigh* If only we could all be “too big” for a Ferrari.

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Anyone can win!

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Baseball on September 28, 2011 was EPIC.

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TWEET OF THE WEEK

Recently, there was talk of a US satellite crashing down to earth. Nobody was quite sure where it was going to land.

Larry Scott is the conference commissioner for the Pac-12 conference. He has done wonders for the conference, striking a 12-year television rights deal with ESPN and Fox this year, that could be worth $2.7 billion dollars. BILLION.

I have always lived in Pac-12 (or Pac-10) country. My bias comes through in this week’s TotW (the avi is pretty cool too):

Crashing satellite + Larry Scott = “JEALOUS” Tweet of the Week.

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CadChica Sports