Arroyo Proves Banning Twitter Makes No Sense

Sports news on Wednesday included the Ravens and Steelers publicly stating they have no policy on Twitter, hardly news if you ask me. News about who can tweet and what the penalty is and when they can tweet has quickly become nauseating. Partially because it’s not really news, but second because these policies are haphazardly [...]

ESPN Live Twitter-Type Coverage Good Thought, But Not There Yet

After a week of many negative Twitter stories, it was great to see ESPN experiment with its use in real-time, live game coverage, which can be a sweet-spot value proposition for the microblogging tool. ESPN employed Baseball Writer’s Jayson Stark, Rob Neyer, and Amy Nelson, now legendary Bill Simmons, the Stats and Info group, and [...]

ESPN, NFL Make Misstep with Twitter Rules

At least for a week, sports has helped catapult ‘Twitter’ past ‘Google’ in America’s mainstream technology vernacular. ESPN, NFL, reporters, players, leagues, teams – everywhere you turn it seems someone is making policy, discussing a policy, or defying one. It’s outrageous. Warrants a multi-part blog because there’s so much to comment on.
First, the live microphone [...]

Teams Should Not Just Let Players Tweet…

Like it or not (I happen to), Twitter is the flavor of the year, and athletes are embracing it. Teams or leagues that try to stop it or ignore it will be left behind. Similar to children, the more teams reprimand players for using it, the harder they will try to find ways around the [...]

Verizon Pushes Innovation with Social Net Interactive TV Play

Last week, Verizon announced that FIOS users will have access to a Widget Bazaar product that provides access to popular social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as widgetized web content from ESPN among others. FIOS plans to evolve the service into another incarnation of the online app-stores that have taken over [...]

Athlete In-Game Twitter Use: Teams Need to Take Control

With every passing day Twitter is gaining more traction in the sports world, not less, so for all those that said it’s a passing a fad and ignored it, open your eyes. It will have a growing place in sports over the next year, like it or not. Chad Ochocinco proclaims he plans to tweet [...]

US Open Makes Strong Push Into Digital and Social Media, Supplemental TV

Heading into the final week before the US Open at Bethpage Black, the USGA has pieced together the most coherent, immersive digital media experience of any major sports even in the fledgling digital age. I’ve ranted about the unique position of golf and tennis to capitalize on digital media because of the international appeal, simultaneous [...]

Twitter-LPGA Debate Misguided, Focus Should Be On Fans

Thus far, the debate on LPGA players tweeting during tournaments has focused on the divergent views of Commissioner Carolyn Bivens desire to have players actively messaging on the course and the players and media outspoken refusal to tweet during competition. However, the real underlying question is if players tweeting on the course can move the [...]