Athletes and Twitter

Professional athletes have been going Twitter crazy lately, here are some of the more entertaining posts.

Cardinal’s wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s younger brother Marcus posted on his Twitter that Larry was upset with his quarterback Kurt Warner.
“Just got off the phone with my brother. he’s happy about the win. But PISSED he didn’t get the ball thrown 2 him much!”

Washington Redskin rookie Tweeted this about the fans in Washington:
“All you fake half hearted Skins fan can .. I won’t go there but I dislike you very strongly, don’t come to Fed Ex to boo dim wits!!”
He also wrote: “The question is who are you to say you know what’s best for the team and you work 9 to 5 at Mcdonalds.”

Athletes and Coaches have been having trouble with people making fake accounts on Twitter. Leafs GM Brian Burke had this problem, having these posts made under his name:
“Howard Berger has been walking around with scrambled egg in his moustache all day. Should I tell him?”
“Found out the guy who works at the sandwich counter in the lunchroom is European. Fired him.”

The San Diego Chargers fined CB Antonio Cromartie $2,500 for criticizing the team’s food via Twitter:
“Man we have 2 have the most nasty food of any team. Damn can we upgrade 4 str8 years the same ish maybe that’s y we can’t we the SB we need.”

The New York Knicks Nate Robinson and New Jersey Nets Terence Williams Tweeted while they were being pulled over by the police:
Robinson: “Cops pulled me over cuz my windows were 2 dark (but my windows were down) lol how funny is that.”
Williams: “being pulled over is so funnnnny now I got to go get him mannnnnnnnn”

Chad Ochocinco announced he would do the Lambeau Leap if he scored a TD (both of which he did) against the Packers:
“I enjoy the Dog Pound (in Cleveland) when I jump in there. They embrace me. I’m looking for the Cheeseheads to embrace Ocho also.”

Bills WR Terrell Owens slammed former Patriots Safety Rodney Harrison, currently an announcer for ESPN, after calling Owens a clown:
“I could less about Rodney Harrison! Anybody tht using steroids, yes STEROIDS rodney, is a cheater & cheated the game!”
“Hey rodney! Send me sum steroids 2 the Bills facility next week!”
“Since I kno the media reads my tweets, will sum1 ask rodney how long the cycles take b4 I feel results of the steroids whn he sends em?”
“Lol! My bad Rodney! I hv been corrected by ur supporters, u used HGH nt steroids! So, every1 go ahead & use HGH!! Geez, I guess tht makes it better 2 use!!”