After the Brooklyn Nets beat the New York Knicks at the Garden on Monday forward Kris Humphries sent out competitively taunting message on Twitter. JR Smith didn’t appreciate it and sent back a personal jab at the former reality star. The Nets have become a major rival for the Knicks since they moved to Brooklyn…Continue Reading ›
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Anna Burns Welker Rips Ray Lewis On Facebook
Anna Burns Welker, the wife of Patriots receiver Wes Welker, was a little disappointed after her husband’s team lost to the Baltimore Ravens last night. Anna took to Facebook to vent about her frustration and ended up writing a few highly critical messages about Ray Lewis. Lewis, who will be retiring at the end of…Continue Reading ›
Super Bowl XLVII: Twitter Buzz Reached 4 Million Tweets For Ravens vs. Patriots and 49ers vs. Falcons
The NFL post-season started with twelve teams battling for a spot in Super Bowl XLVII and in the end only two remain: @49ers and @Ravens. Over the last three weekends teams from the NFC and AFC sparred for a spot in the sports biggest contest and Twitter followed those teams to determine the most social…Continue Reading ›
NASCAR Race Rules To Be Crowdsourced Through Mobile App Voting From Fans
NASCAR fans will soon be able to determine various parts of a races rules through a new mobile app voting platform. Being tested at the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, the NASCAR Mobile 13 app allows Google Android and Google iOS users to vote on a race’s format. Users can also vote through NASCAR.com/SprintUnlimited. Before each…Continue Reading ›
49ers Get Twitter Love After NFC Championship Win
The San Francisco 49ers are going to the Super Bowl. Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 today to win the NFC Championship Game. This is the first time in 18 years that the 49ers will travel to the Super Bowl. For Kaepernick, the Super Bowl will be just his 10th career…Continue Reading ›
#Boobment: College Girls Show Of Cleavage, Team Spirit On Twitter
For years, college girls have had to make an impossibly tough choice: They could either show off their team spirit or their cleavage. Well, there’s a no #boobment afoot. Girls from colleges across the country have figured out that if they wear low cut shirts, stick shot glasses in between their breasts, or cover their…Continue Reading ›
Social Media Winners And Losers In Sports
Social media is full of network active sports teams and a new infographic examines sports biggest winners and losers in social networking. The infographic was put together by Eventility, a platform for organizing and promoting events, clubs, groups, communities or places. Here are the most liked sports teams on Facebook: Barcelona – 38 million Real…Continue Reading ›
NFL To Stream Super Bowl XLVII Live Online
In 2012, the NFL streamed the Super Bowl for the first time in football history. The broadcast brought in more than 2.1 million viewers making it the most watched online sporting event in history. Well, the league is hoping to top that record this year when they stream Superbowl XLVII live online on February 3.…Continue Reading ›
WWE Updates Fans On Jerry Lawler’s Condition Via Social Media
Ever since Raw commentator and wrestler Jerry Lawler suffered a heart attack on air, World Wrestling Entertainment has been keeping fans updated on his condition with posts to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. The WWE’s use of social media has provided relief for Lawler’s fans, and has demonstrated once again the ability of sports and entertainment…Continue Reading ›
Social Media Integrates With Sports, Creates Better Interaction [Infographic]
If you want your sports team to grab the attention of fans these days the best means for doing so is social media. Yesterday we reported that Google+ Hangouts were being used to converse with the NFL’s top two pics (Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III) and now a new infographic from sports medicine company…Continue Reading ›