What I've come to learn is that a majority of athletes that tweet are either compulsive retweeters and clog your news feed or boring. The worst are tweeters whose use of shorthand or slang makes their tweets undecipherable (I'm talking to you, CJ2K!) It's very rare to find an athlete that I genuinely enjoy updates from.
With that being said, I'd like to give you a list of my favorite Twitter accounts, so that you can enjoy them as well. Please feel free to add to the list or give me suggestions. I always love finding new people to follow.
@FauxJohnMadden - Hilarious! Yes, it's a parody account and not the real deal, but this person has some hilarious commentary on all things football. Sometimes I think his tweets are more accurate than those of @NFL. One of my favorite tweets? "Today's Wimbledon update is brought to you by.. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD END THE NFL LOCKOUT PLEASE!"
@NotJayCutler - Again, a parody account. If you read my blog, you know how much I loathe Jay Cutler. Any opportunity to mock Cutler is hilarious to me, though he doesn't tweet very often. Sample tweet : "Am I nervous about the season? I haven't quit yet."
@nyjets - As far as Twitter goes for pro sports teams, the Jets are really on top of their game. They are very interactive with their fans and they give thoughtful updates on press conferences, interviews, sound bites, and game highlights. They are great with social media, which is another reason I think they are gaining so much popularity in the last few years.
@nickmangold - Obviously, my favorite tweeter. He tweets his fans (and haters) without a bunch of retweeting clogging up your timeline. Nick is one of the few elite athletes that is truly grounded; he never makes himself out to be superior to anyone else. He gets very quiet during the season, as to be expected, but he's a tweeting machine on his off time.
@Mark_Sanchez - I know, I know. I'm a little biased when it comes to Sanche. I just adore him, so obvi I adore his Twitter account too. He shows his personality in a way you don't normally see pro QBs: he tweets pictures of his friends with the label #creepyguyfaketextingpic and jokes with his teammates, but always makes time to promote non-profits and charities. He shows his fans what a fun and genuine guy he must be, which makes me love him even more... as if that's possible. I also love his BFF (and one of the Jets newest wide receivers) @smcknight21.
@NFL - If you are a fan of football, you have to follow @NFL. However, if you are like me, you get the NFL updates via text already, so sometimes the updates are redundant. Oh well. I'd rather get an update 12 times than not get it at all.
@extraseats - This guy has tickets to 49ers, Jets and Cowboys games and usually his prices are pretty good. He's also got tickets for a bunch of baseball and hockey teams, should you want to find cheap games to go to.
@CoachJeffFisher - I just stumbled upon his Twitter account and my heart sang with joy. Looks like he hasn't really gotten into tweeting yet, but give him time. This is a great man, people. Soon, I'm sure, he'll be spitting out words of wisdom left and right.
Other accounts I follow that I don't necessarily like or dislike, I just follow them because I like them as players: @C-Finnegan31 (Cortland Finnegan, Tennessee Titans), @Kaepernick7 (Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers), @ACromartie (Antonio Cromartie, New York Jets), @stephentulloch (Stephen Tulloch, Detroit Lions), and @AdamSchefter (Adam Schefter, ESPN NFL correspondent).
There are also people I've tried to follow, but couldn't handle either the amount or content of tweets. @chrisjohnson28's tweets are complete gibberish. I'm sure someone understands him, but I'm not that person. @LarryFitzgerald's tweets are always about God or some preachy business, so I can't get down with that. @ochocinco needs a life. I get that Twitter is fun and exciting, but step away from the Twitter app on your phone, bro! @kurt13warner is an asshole. I only read his tweets once and they were making fun of other players. Uh, you used to be homeless and your wife looks like a man, you have no room to criticize others, dick.
And that's all I've got for now!
xoxo,
Blanche Sanche
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