Athlete Tweets Review 06/30/10

  • Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:21 PM
  • Written By: Dan Hurwitz

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Chris Bosh
"Trying to ease my nerves. Tried to take a nap, but I can't sleep..."

How I See It: Something on your mind?

Roger Mason Jr.
"Free Agency starts tonight. I'm really anxious to get this thing started. Where do you guys think I should sign?"

How I See It: If your name isn't LeBron, NO ONE CARES!

Steve Slaton
"The sandlot is on sweeet"

How I See It: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Shawn Marion
"Hi"

How I See It: Hey.

Chad Ochocinco
"I strongly believe that the #NFL shouldn't fine me anymore but discipline all those who were responsible for my upbringing #mom #grandma"

How I See It: It's definitely their fault.

Tracy McGrady
"if you were the knicks, how would u "pitch" lebron?"

How I See It: Tell him that you (T-Mac) would not be there.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/29/10

  • Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:18 PM
  • Written By: Kenny Legan

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Brian Cushing
"Had to do it! http://fb.me/u6ASiMSl"

How I See It: Take steroids, kids, and you can buy yourself a brand new Bentley!

Tyreke Evans
"Flyin out to LA tomorrow ... Workout with BJ Armstrong"

How I See It: I don't know about you, but if I was the rookie of the year, I think I would be able to find someone better to workout with, especially in LA, than B.J. Armstrong.

Kirk Morrison
"Is it me or are California drivers more aggressive than Florida drivers? #randomthought *as lady takes forever to make a yeilding right turn"

How I See It: Average age of California ... 27. Average age of Florida ... 95. You do the math. Oh, wait, I forgot you're a pro athlete. Have your agent do it.

J.R. Smith
"What is there todo in LA during the day?"

How I See It: Sit in traffic.

Ricky Williams
"The key to prosperity and financial security is...GENEROSITY"

How I See It: Think about it.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/28/10

  • Monday, June 28, 2010 4:35 PM
  • Written By: Katie Tang

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Malcolm Jenkins
"Headed back to jersey"

How I See It: Holla at my girl Snooki for me, Malcolm.

Martellus Bennett
"Time to watch these bootlegs I got from my guy."

How I See It: Next up to be sued for copyright infringement: Martellus Bennett, come on down!

Lance Armstrong
"Doh, sorry, meant "my" final Tour."

How I See It: Hey, Lance, think you put the quotation marks around the wrong word. My "final" tour is more like it. See you next year in France, buddy.

Alex Harvey
"@IvanBabikov What was more tiring? Training or Monopoly?!?!?!"

How I See It: Monopoly, hands down. At least training has an end in sight.

C.J. Spiller
"Well hlf day done now in relax mode then it's bak to learning how to be NFL pro"

How I See It: You better learn fast. My Buffalo Bills need you, Spiller.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/26/10

  • Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:03 AM
  • Written By: Stanley Kay

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Kerron Clement
"Why is everyone in Iowa drive so slow. Feel like we are driving 150 mph right now."

How I See It: Since when is 150 miles per hour slow?

James Harden
"WORK!!!!!!!!!!!"

How I See It: Summer job for James during the offseason.

Cole Aldrich
"Tornado storm warning again tonight."

How I See It: Maybe Cole will be traded again before the tornado strikes.

Brian Cushing
"Does anyone else think losing to Ghana is not ok? I mean come on we are America! http://fb.me/DmSn1ehi"

How I See It: True. If we annex Ghana by Friday, does that mean we can play in the next round?

Ben King
"So proud to come out on top today. Had to dig super deep. Team was great."

How I See It: Somebody was rooting for Ghana.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/25/10

  • Friday, June 25, 2010 1:30 PM
  • Written By: Kenny Legan

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Jozy Altidore
"Spain is good."

How I See It: That's funny you mention that, Jozy because you scored on Spain last year to knock them out of the Confederations Cup. So you must be really good.

James Harden
"Why do beautiful women fall for lame dudes?"

How I See It: I think the appropriate question would be "Why do beautiful women fall for dudes without crazy goofy beards?" That would seem to apply to you more.

Nate Robinson
"I need y'all to follow my Lil bro @D_robinson16 he is new to twitter follow him"

How I See It: At least Ron Artest isn't asking us to follow his psychologist. Wait, what?

Darrell Reid
"Nuttin Like A Good Afternoon Nap. Who Wants 2 Join Me?"

How I See It: Is that your best pick-up line?

Will Blackmon
"7k on following friday would be lovely!"

How I See It: Twitter has truly taken over the universe if we now have Twitter nicknames for days.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/23/10

  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:04 PM
  • Written By: Dan Hurwitz

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Landon Donovan
"WOW :)"

How I See It: Enough said.

Stuart Holden
"I hope every1 is still celebrating back home because we all believe and never stopped believing! Thanks 4 the support! #usa on 2 the nxt! "

How I See It: U.S.A! U.S.A.!

Maurice Edu
"Omg! What a game!! Couldn't be more happy n proud!! Never want this feeling to end! I know u guys are with us too!! Let's go! #USA *us* "

How I See It: You could be more happy with a win against Ghana.

Jozy Altidore
"We move on!!! crazy game!!! how awesome did that celebration look on tv? lol "

How I See It: It was a thing of beauty.

Herculez Gomez
"How the hell am I supposed to sleep now.. this is ridiculous.. Saturday get here already! "

How I See It: Good luck.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/21/10

  • Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:06 AM
  • Written By: Stanley Kay

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Al Horford
"Sofritos. What's good Charlie V"

How I See It: How about what’s not good? Charlie V in 2009-2010.

Mario Chalmers
"Just got a text that said if I tweet one more thing they gonna scream. Well I guess it's time for u to scream lol and I wanna hear it"

How I See It: That loud noise you heard? You’re welcome.

Aaron Rodgers
"I'm seeing what the show is all about before I do the bachelor"

How I See It: Um, is there any side for a guy on the bachelor?

Michael Huff
"RT @JaVonnieNiKita @Huffy247 when is your dating show coming out?>>>I need one...it would definately be entertaining."

How I See It: Aaron Rodgers, are you listening?

Paul Maholm
"Great off day with fam. lil man loved the pool, chick fil a was awesome as always, and now Toy Story. It's great to be back in the south!"

How I See It: You couldn’t do any of that in the north?

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/19/10

  • Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:58 AM
  • Written By: Stanley Kay

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Nate Clements
"Tiger woods looks like he could play some football"

How I See It: Not going to say it…..don’t think about it…..it can’t be true…..STEROIDS.

Ozzie Guillen
"Happy fathers day to all then look up for the childrens no a fake one"

How I See It: Huh?

Tracy McGrady
"more streetball photos coming sunday"

How I See It: The only team that would pick up T-Mac these days. A pickup street team.

Ryan Lochte
"Just had a feast, ribs, shrimp, steak, and sausages!!! I'm in heaven!!! Jea jea jeah!!!!!!"

How I See It: Wow. That’s called eating like there’s no tomorrow. Biggest feast of all-time.

J.R. Giddens
"So full jus had Chinese buffet crab legs steak tips egg drop soup and about to go get sum ice cream.. Oh yea and crab cakes"

How I See It: Gotta say, J.R. takes the cake on the biggest feast of the night.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/18/10

  • Friday, June 18, 2010 2:44 PM
  • Written By: Dallas Wright

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Tyrell Sutton
"Finaly went grocery shoppin"

How I See It: What do you want, a medal?

Eric Wright
"Pause"

How I See It: Ah, the preemptive pause.

Chris Douglas-Roberts
"Doc gave me some antibiotics & I'm back in bed. They tried draw blood but of course I refused. I'm a punk when it comes to that"

How I See It: Yeah, you're a sissy.

Renee Montgomery
"Even the best fall down sometimes. Even the stars can't always shine"

How I See It: ... but, Kobe won.

Donte Whitner
"Trevor Ariza wouldn't have done what RoN Artest did last nite!"

How I See It: True. That post-game press conference was epic.

Athlete Tweets Review 06/17/10

  • Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:37 PM
  • Written By: Katie Tang

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Kirk Morrison
"Just ran through the Jacksonville Airport like I was OJ Simpson in that car commercial back in the day. Barely made my flight. #sweating"

How I See It: If you ran as fast as O.J. drove white Broncos, you probably would've made your flight with time to spare.

Nick Collison
"U can imagine the horror of realizing you have "my humps" by black eyed peas on your ipod as shuffle plays the song #mustbeavirus"

How I See It: Probably the same horror one experiences when checking out your Twitter picture, Collison.

Meryl Davis
"The snooze button is the meanest invention ever~who gives sleeping people the option to continue doing so in 5 min increments? Stop teasing!"

How I See It: That's why you get an alarm clock with a nine-minute snooze. It makes waking up a little sweeter.

Bryant McKinnie
"I'm down here on the beach 4 a meeting! Its very hot out here 2day. I'm early 4 a change, the ppl r 15min away."

How I See It: Meeting on the beach? Yes, please. How they expect you guys to be productive, though, I don't know.

Ottis Anderson
"is it me or does it seem the NBA Finals have been going on for a LONG time"

How I See It: I'm right there with you, Ottis. At least it ends tonight. Good luck Lakers/Celtics!

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/16/10

  • Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:36 PM
  • Written By: Dan Hurwitz

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Corey Pavin
"Good luck to all playing at the US Open this week!!! Way too many players to name....but I'm rootin' you all on!"

How I See It: Should we assume you aren't playing?

Joe Haden
"I went 2 the NFL hall of fame in canton Ohio 2day with all the rookies! And I bought 2 Joe Haden 23 jerseys out of the store!! Lol"

How I See It: Those will probably the only Joe Haden jerseys ever there.

Sean May
"Def spent some money! I'm @ apple! But it wasn't for me so that's ok I guess"

How I See It: Father's Day shopping?

Steven Nyman
"Did FIFA and WWE join forces? Is there real soccer without acting like there is wrestling?"

How I See It: It's nothing new. Has always been like that and always will be.

Apolo Ohno
"headed 4 dinner with my dad~ catch me if you can...."

How I See It: If you're skating there, then I have no chance of catching you.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/14/10

  • Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:18 AM
  • Written By: Stanley Kay

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Stylez G. White
"@stylezwhite here's a hint.. It's not a strip club and it plays hip hop!:)"

How I See It: Does this have anything to do with Vince Young?

Renee Montgomery
"Today the lady at the store laughed at me for havin a "fake id" I laughed at her for not knowin West Virginia is a state and the id is real"

How I See It: Sounds like a lot of laughs going around at the store.

Michael Huff
"RT @woodson24r @Huffy247 weren't you on the team that beat usc?>>>you know it"

How I See It: Maybe he’ll have another chance to beat USC. I hear the Raiders are looking to join the Pac-10.

Aaron Rodgers
"Topic of the night from gb, what are the best and worst professional athlete tattoos?"

How I See It: Worst: Delonte West. He pretty much is one big tattoo.

Scott Drew
"In helping to keep the Big 12 together!!! Congrats again to everyone in Big 12 country!"

How I See It: And especially congratulations to Texas, which will take the revenue of all the other Big 12 schools! Thanks, Texas for saving the Big 12! Well, Big 10 now!

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/12/10

  • Saturday, June 12, 2010 8:01 PM
  • Written By: Stanley Kay

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DeAndre Jordan
"Need to be in the H! RT @Skeme I'm officially in Kimble county Texas..."

How I See It: Rumor is that Kimble County, Texas will be relocating to the Pac-10.

Leigh Bodden
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

How I See It: Never bring your phone on a roller-coaster. Never.

Matt Antonelli
"I watch ESPN all day long and just found out online that the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup...its sad hockey doesn't get any pub anymore"

How I See It: That’s because you are watching like three days late.

Stu Holden
"Started the tourny w a positive result! On bus back 2 base camp, time 2 focus on next two matches now! USA fans were gr8 in the stadium!!!"

How I See It: I think England’s goalie was a USA fan too for a moment there.

Matt Forte
"Hawaii is moving towards Japan 4 inches every year! #Randomfact"

How I See It: So what will happen first? Hawaii hits Japan or the Bears win the Super Bowl? Hmm.

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/09/10

  • Wednesday, June 9, 2010 6:34 PM
  • Written By: Dan Hurwitz

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Kenny Smith
"I love newyork!! Doing interviews for Taco Bell today... $2 meals baby! Lol"

How I See It: You cannot consider Taco Bell's two-dollar deal a meal. It is a small five-layer burrito and a bag of Doritos. Since when is that a meal?

Landon Donovan
"Definitely getting excited now!!! 2 more days of training and then it's time to get down to business"

How I See It: Get it done in South Africa. Let's go, Team U.S.A.

Andy Roddick
"crap...... i dropped my phone in the toilet.... its drying..... im hoping it shows sign of life soon"

How I See It: Not going to happen, Andy. I still don't understand how Apple hasn't come out with a waterproof app.

Jessica Gysin
"Current debate: does getting stiches count as surgery?!"

How I See It: No way!

Evan Oglesby
"U never realize how much u use ur pinky finger until u jam it."

How I See It: It's a very underrated finger.

Le'Ron McLain
"Watching Friday Night Lights!! They pissing maboi Coach Taylor off!! Trying to fire him but it's cool #EastDillon SHOUT-OUT TO GYM!!"

How I See It: Friday Night Lights = best show on TV. Texas Forever!

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Athlete Tweets Review 06/08/10

  • Tuesday, June 8, 2010 4:21 PM
  • Written By: Kenny Legan

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Jennie Finch
"All packed up... Phew what a day! Fired up for tonights big game!!!! Bear Down Arizona!!! Bear Down Red & Blue!!!!"

How I See It: I would just like to make it clear that Arizona is the Wildcats. UCLA, Arizona's opponent, is the Bruins (Bears). Bears eat Wildcats. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

Dick Hayhurst
"Seriously though, good luck Stephen. It's an exciting night to be a Nationals fan, hopefully the first of many due to a fantastic career."

How I See It: WHOA! The words "exciting" and "Nationals" should never be that close together for any reason.

Cappie Pondexter
"I leave ny traffic and now since I've been in Chicago I've been in taffic for 3 days! Smh think traffic likes me"

How I See It: Wait till you get to LA. You'll be sitting in traffic until the Nationals win a World Series.

Hasheem Thabeet
"Done For The Day.. Now Relaxing!!!!"

How I See It: Wait, isn't playing in the NBDL relaxing enough?

Landon Donovan
"Less than 4 days......................"

How I See It: Nothing more needs to be said.

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