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Twitter and Sports Journalism: A study of how !

Twitter is changing sports journalism

Student ID: 33258769!

MA Media & Communications!

MC71044A Dissertation!

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Table of Contents!

1. Introduction!

2. Literature Review!

Media Events!

Sporting Events and Journalism !

11!

New Media and Journalism!

16!

Twitter and Journalism!

21!

3. Methodology!

27!

Data Gathering!

27!

Data Analysis!

30!

4. Results!

33!

5. Discussion!

39!

6. Conclusion!

46!

7. Bibliography!

49!

8. Appendix!

53!

Compilation of Tweets!

53!

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1. Introduction!

During the decade of the 1970’s, the first ‘serious’ scholar papers on sports and culture

were written. It is key to understand that a sporting event has not always been seen as

worthy of research (Wanta, 2013, Boyle, 2103), it has mostly been seen on the same level

as award shows, popular music and blockbuster movies, all subjects we now know are

studied all around the world and the impact these events have in our lives. However, in the

words of Boyle (2013: 89) sport matters in this day and age, because it can generate

enough content and media to drive business models, to create advertising campaigns

around it, to attract sponsors and to put it simply, because it generates money. Sports

have become a big part of our everyday life, and they even have the power to disrupt the

dailyness and be considered media events. !

We’ve come a long way from the debate of sports being considered low culture and not

worthy of study to them being front page news whenever some big event occurs and

having athletes at the centre of an advertising campaign as is the case of Mo Farah and

the Virgin Media campaign (

http://www.mccgp.co.uk)

which has the extra benefit of

generating some sense of nationalism and patriotism. Having this in mind, I will attempt to

address why that perception of sports changed, give a brief distinction on why studying

sports matters and how we got to the point where it is normal to do a research proposal on

them. !

I decided to choose the sports journalist as I believe is one of the professions that has

implemented Twitter in their daily life and gives it one of the best uses; Twitter being

perfect for live events narration and live updates. This I believe, is one of the reasons to

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understanding why are journalists so important in this discussion of new media and

journalism.!

All of this will be furthered explained in my literature review which is broken down into four

key sections. The first one being Media Events which will explain what are media events,

the impact they have on society and the media industry focusing on that strong ‘sense’ of

national bond they can have, with examples in sports for my specific case, but also

focusing on something as diverse and different to sport as was the funeral of Princess

Diana which Couldry (1999) would go on and to analyse and explain the power a media

event on television can create. Starting with media events will help me put the reader into

context on the importance of a media event, its impacts on our lives, and give specific

examples of sporting events which will be my second chapter. !

The chapter on sporting events will start with a very short history on the very first scholar

papers on sports and their role in our culture and how at the beginning it was even

complicated to label these events (Real, 2013). Starting with the Super Bowl in the 1970’s,

everything changed and we’ll see the impact sporting events have on today’s modern

society and start mentioning key aspects of the relationship between journalism and sports

that goes a long way back. Sport journalists are the focus of my dissertation as they are

the ones I want to research about, how they have dealt with the changes new media have

brought upon their profession and their adaptations, so we’ll see a brief description of the

new and improved sport journalist of the 21st century and understand their new profile and

skills using the new technologies, talking about their role today and how their job changed

will be the bridge to the next chapter in the dissertation which has to deal with new media.!

Today, there is a new journalist, the “always on” journalist, and this has happened thanks

to new technologies and devices amongst other reasons. I’ll start this chapter by defining

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what is new media and then go on to provide examples of how it’s being embraced by

some and how some believe they shouldn’t even bother with it. I will then proceed to talk

about some traditional journalists who sadly lost their jobs after their refusal to embrace

new technologies. I intend on showing how a digital revolution has happened and some

people failed to noticed it, digging deep on the repercussions this has had on the

profession and how it has made it much more responsive now (Davis, 2010). Finally, I will

end the chapter writing about the ‘citizen journalist’, having in mind how new media and

specifically social media has created a new type of journalism in which citizens seem to

have a part to play. !

Then, from new media, I will go to my last literature review chapter which has to do with

Twitter, the other main pillar in my research question after sports and journalism. Social

media is rising steadily as time goes by, Twitter being of my specific interest. A social

networking service, describing itself as a micro-blogging site which currently has more

than 200 million active users. Why are sports journalists adopting it? How are they using

it? These, amongst other questions are on my mind and with the aid of the uses and

gratification theory used by Hambrick et al (2010) some answers to this questions might be

suggested.!

So it is this relationship sport journalists have with Twitter I’m interested in analysing,

seeing as traditional media is still alive, yet there are more and more ‘new’ media

journalists everyday, their lives have been given a 180° turn as well as engaging them in a

daily conversation with their audience. Thus, by looking at sports as media events,

journalism and the transition from old media to new media as well as the adoption of

Twitter and their daily use of it, Intend on taking a look at How is Twitter transforming the

practice of sports journalism, and how are the journalists coping with this transformation?!

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My research and methods will consist of a questionnaire answered by sports journalists

and some Twitter content analysis. I will ask various journalists on their current daily habits

on the job, how has it changed, and mainly how important is Twitter in their journalistic

practice. I hope to get journalists from a diverse range of sports, going from football to ice

hockey, as this will help me understand how diverse are the effects of Twitter in sports

journalism and their importance. Additionally, I will analyse some tweets from selected

journalists to see what they write about and mostly, how often and with what intentions; for

breaking news or for promoting their own work, this way, gathering information of their

online habits which will help me understand their use of Twitter. !

I will then present my findings in a chapter called Results, and analyse them in my

Discussion chapter where I will bring back all my work from the literature review to

compare and analyse with the findings. I will discuss the key findings and generate some

conclusions which will be presented in my final chapter, the conclusion, with a brief

summary of the whole dissertation. 

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2. Literature Review!

To understand how Twitter has changed sports journalism, first I will define some concepts

and put the reader into context. I’ll write about media events and their importance which

will serve as a basis for sporting events and the relationship with journalism. From here, I’ll

go on to write about new media and the changes it’s bringing to the journalism world in

general, focusing on Twitter as the tool of choice for sports journalism. Most of the

literature I used as basis is recent from sports & communication journals as I thought it

would be appropriate to write about the changes in sports communications with the help of

recent studies and up to date theories instead of old texts, although that doesn’t mean

some classic studies won’t be of use.!

Media Events!

Mediation produces new meanings, it (Silverstone, 1999: 13) involves movement of

meanings and it is a constant change, constant transformation of meanings that can go

from anything like texts or even from one event to another. Having this in mind, we can

consider a media event, as an event that has been transformed, it has gained a new

meaning, a new magnitude thanks to the media. !

If we take into consideration the funerals of John F. Kennedy or Princess Diana, the

London 2012 Olympics or even the September 11 attacks, all different events and on

different decades but with one main similarity; they were all media events. Events that in

the words of Dayan and Katz (1992:1), have given shape to a completely new and

different form of narrative genre which demands complete attention of the viewers, and

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always aiding itself with the use of electronic media to command the audience’s attention.

The viewers will always recognise this ‘invite’ from the media to the event, in fact, they

“even [see it as] a command to stop their daily routine and join in a holiday

experience” (Ibid, 1992: 1). Comparing the viewing of a media event to a holiday is

something not out of the ordinary, main reason being that these events are precisely not

ordinary, they are rare occurrences, large scale media narratives that even bear a strong

sense of social or national bond. Rothenbulher (2010) also views them as something of a

special ceremony, a celebration out of the ordinary. He goes on to describe them as !

Large events that interrupt the normal broadcasting schedule, receiving special !

coverage and special attention... [they] function as ritual celebrations, as special !

time-outs from the normal for attention to the ceremonial (Rothenbulher, 2010: 34)!

In the early 20th century, radio was the main medium for the broadcasting of media events

but after television became mainstream, it’s been the main medium. A broadcast like

Princess Diana’s funeral or JFK’s funeral, the London 2012 Olympics, or sometimes

unplanned mediated events like for example the September 11 attacks, natural disasters

or political scandals are ceremonial rituals; “unexpected, ‘occasional things’ that ‘show up’

as eventful ‘against a background of uneventful everyday existence’ (Moores, 2004:24)”.!

As you can see, the main and most predominant characteristic every author insists on is

the interruption of the normal, the ordinary, the routine. Reinforcing that idea of something

out of the ordinary, not formulaic is key to understanding media events. Now it’s common

for journalists to look for media events, breaking news gets the attention, breaks routines,

and everyone wants to be a part of it, even the audience in the scene who depending on

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the event, will always react to the camera, in a way, “cause[ing] the characters who

participate in the event stage themselves for television” (Rath, 1991: 84). !

One example of the power of television, and most importantly, the effects a media event

can create on people, is the previously mentioned Princess Diana’s funeral. Couldry

(1999: 85) recollects some testimonies from people who attended the funeral and this is

one excerpt:!

As one person who went to camp along the funeral route put it: ‘I kept looking at the

TV reports and saying to myself, “Why are you looking at this?’ You should be there.

So I came.’ People drawn to the televised lying-in-state of President Kennedy 34

years before had spoken in similar terms: ‘The more we watch[ed], the more we felt

we just had to be there ourselves.’Not only did the whole week of mourning qualify

as a ‘media event’ in Dayan and Katz’ term, but the centers of mourning were, in a

sense, media sites. By ‘being there’, you could cross over (temporarily) into the !

media narrative itself. (Couldry, 1999: 85).!

Some people who were sitting comfortable in their homes, suddenly felt the need to leave

that zone of comfort and attend the funeral. A mood, sense of mourning took them over

and they actually felt love for someone they didn’t even know. Media events can create

those type of powerful emotions, and as previously mentioned above, they can create a

sense of nationalism, of bonding between the people. And in this regard, I believe sports

excel more than almost anything else.!

In the home viewing of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Rothenbulher (1988) found out

that the viewing of the event was ceremonial. People who actually sat in front of the

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television to follow key moments like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony and

every final of major events, did it with those loved and close ones, the same people with

whom they spend a holiday like thanksgiving. This is a clear example of how media events

not only change our routine, but also create bonding and even nationalism while watching

your country compete in the Olympics.!

Another example, is given by Boyle and Monteiro (2005: 227) during the Euro 2004 in

Portugal. After the national team won its first match in the competition, the streets were

filled with people, flags waving all around the country, face painted fans danced until the

early morning in the streets with their flags and that was just winning a group stage match.

People forgot about all their troubles for a night and rushed to the streets to celebrate,

spread joy and happiness with their fellow countrymen. After these brief examples of

sporting events, I want to finish with this quote of Alabarces et al. (2001: 549) found in

Boyle and Monteiro (2005) ‘sports events can fuel, however transiently, a sense of

harmony and unity, creating, albeit fleetingly, a homogenizing effect’ (Boyle and Monteiro,

2005: 239). The power of the media has been well documented now, but it wasn’t always

like that, specially for sporting events, a subject looked down upon and not worthy of

research for a long time even though as I’ve written, they can create great emotions in

people.!

Sporting Events and Journalism !

There was a time in which it wasn’t that clear how to define sports. Real (2013:5), writes

how classifying sports generated a debate, there were many ways of defining the subject

and people couldn't agree on what they should be considered to be. Some said they were

a ‘mythic ritual’, some said they were a phenomenon, others, called it ‘mega events’, but

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most would classify them as just a ‘game’. As I showed in the previous chapter, today their

importance and repercussions in our life as media events are huge. Sports play a pretty

important part in our everyday life and cultural life. As Whannel (2002: 3) points out, in

England, events such as Wimbledon, The Derby, The Boat Race or a Football Cup are

considered rituals, and the broadcast of these ‘rituals’ are a significant part of the nation’s

cultural history, as well as contributing to a sense of national identity, a sense of

‘Englishness’. I closed the previous chapter with an example of this feeling occurring in

Portugal during the European Football Cup in 2004, now I want to go back a little further in

time, and give a brief history of the first big sporting event that got the scholars attention.!

It was in the 1970’s in America when scholars and researchers (Real, 1975) started

noticing that some sporting events were not just an event but a spectacle with massive

repercussion across various industries. The big event that changed it all was the Super

Bowl, which at that time was already the most watched event on television in America,

people gathering in their homes, restaurants, public spaces and all across the country to

watch the big game, buying food and drinks and making the whole situation sort of a ritual.

“Advertisers spent more money per second ($200,000–$240,000 for 60 seconds in 1974

dollars) to access those attentive eyeballs than they spent for any other event” (Real,

2013:2). Today, that number shoots itself up to almost $4 million dollars per 30 second

spot (

http://bleacherreport.com

/). The Super Bowl basically ceases to be just an American

Football game and becomes a media event that attracts sponsors, advertisers and

complete business strategies are built around it. After Thanksgiving, the Super Bowl is the

most food consumption weekend in America and the biggest tourism weekend in Las

Vegas (Real, 2013:6). It is much more than a game, a spectacle with millions of people

involved in a ceremoniously prepared event that bonds friends and families together.!

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Fast forward to 2013, thousands of sporting events happen every year, events that make a

whole country stop and demand the people’s attention. Planned events that even though

Dayan and Katz (1992:6) would go on and say “are not organised by the broadcasters

even if they are planned with television “in mind”. The media are asked, or ask, to join”, I

have to disagree with that statement as in most cases, the broadcasters are directly

involved in the planning of the event, multi camera set ups are required and a whole show

is put on just for the people watching from home on their TV sets, one example being the

2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, an event clearly designed for television and

with their help. Today, with the rise of social media, broadcasters are even incorporating

specific themed hashtags “#” to promote the show or event and make it trend in social

networks such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Currently, sporting events are carefully

planned, enormously popular events that corporations see as a huge advertising window,

a big business opportunity. !

Sports (Boyle, 2006:3) have become a globalised event and there is no doubt about their

importance in this mediated age. Sports and media, specially television and now digital

media helped propel huge events like the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games to another

level and it is in this mediated process that journalism played an important part. When

speaking about the royal wedding, Dayan and Katz said the following: “journalists become

priest... full members of the wedding, equals of the principal actors”. (1992: 193).

Journalists would get priority access, they would be allowed backstage and get all the

information necessary to report on the event. These applies to more than weddings, it also

applies to every major sporting event which is presented with such a ceremoniously

manner that even journalists try to change their critical stance, and in a way, become part

of the event; they are an important link between what is being broadcasted and the main

actors in the event. !

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Journalism has played an important part in making sporting become an integral part of our

culture and it has been really close to sports throughout history, a clear example comes

from Boyle who writes: !

Journalists have always been important cultural intermediaries between sports and

society. When early 20th-century-boxing promoters arranged events, journalists !

were a key part in promoting and selling the event in a pre-television age. Sports !

journalists were also the myth makers of sport as they embellished the on-field ! abilities of

sports stars and ignored any of the off-field activities of these stars that ! might besmirch

the carefully constructed perception of sporting icons among the ! wider public (Boyle,

2013: 92)!

Yet, just as with sports were not being deemed important enough decades ago for

scholarly research, sports journalists suffered from snobbery and were under appreciated

it too by their own peers. Boyle (2006:1) says that historically, in the hierarchy of

professional journalism, sports journalism has been seen as the ‘toy department’ and

being described as sloppy and soft news. He goes on to elaborate (Ibid:12) how for many

scholars, sports journalism is not even seen as journalism and people have even grouped

it with lifestyle and entertainment news, just like sporting events where grouped with award

shows.!

A reason why sports journalist might be looked down upon is because of the way they

report which is certainly different. Wanta (2013: 82) argues that sports reporters often have

to cover a specific team and thus become really close to some of the employees and even

the athletes to get the information, just like previously mentioned with the wedding

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example, sports journalist sometimes become one more member of a team getting inside

information with the condition to report only positive aspects thus losing any objectiveness

in the process. Today it is normal for some journalist to even exchange tweets with famous

athletes, or even sometimes appear on commercials with them as the SportsCenter

commercials with athletes (

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfI8EjoBJYU

). Moreover, as

almost every source they use comes from the sporting world, they are isolated, Rowe

(2007: 400-401) explains how they tend to be drawn from the same close circuit, athletes,

celebrities, coaches and employees of the sporting clubs, thus isolating their jobs from the

world beyond sport. For these reasons, we ca see how their job is really different from the

other areas in journalism, but being different doesn’t mean unimportant.!

If years ago journalist were intermediaries between sports and societies and bonded with

players, today that is even more clear as they have to stay in touch with their sources 24/7

as mentioned above; they are “always on” and their profession evolved so much over the

past years with the help of technology that now journalist have to “cover a sport... be a

blogger, a tweeter, and be able to file (or upload) copy for a range of platforms (print,

online, mobile)” (Boyle, 2013: 92-93). They have to be everywhere, all the time, but most

importantly, they have to be fast, because in the new media world, with social media and

the smartphone rise amongst other reasons, news travel fast, instantaneity is common and

breaking the exclusive is almost impossible. A technological revolution has happened that

changed the way journalist do their work.!

While analysing the use of social media during the 2010 UK general election, Nic Newman

argued that: !

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Even veteran journalists have been surprised at how social and digital media !

continues to change the way journalism is practiced; the growth and success of !live !

blogging, the adoption of micro-blogging, the shortening of the news cycle and the !

growth of real-time conversation between political and media elites. More journalists ! are

recognizing that social media are not just something for the web team, but are ! relevant to

every member of the newsroom. (In Boyle, 2013: 94)!

Even though these comments were made about political journalism, they are totally

applicable to sports journalism. As Boyle (2006, 142) states, “sports journalism in the

digital age is, of course characterized by continuity and change”, they interact with athletes

or media elites and they also interact with the fans. The audience access to televised

media and the vast range of information on the internet, have in my opinion complicated

the journalist job. When people can report and sometimes with more detail than you, what

makes a journalist worth following on Twitter, or reading his report two hours after the

event? On this, I plan to elaborate more on the next two chapters, arguing how digital

media have forced journalists to raise their game, step it up and now they need to stand

out to make the audience keep reading them and stay relevant. !

New Media and Journalism!

To understand how the journalism world has been turned upside down by the emerging

technologies, we have to talk about what new media is as well as the new technologies I

mention. Peters says that “new media are media we do not yet know how to talk about’.

They are uncertain objects, their terms are unclear; their use, purpose and impact are not

yet fully understood” (Peters, 2009:18). In other words, everything that is emerging in

today’s world that people, enterprises, universities and others are embracing, media that is

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cutting edge and showing promise of being here to stay, yet we don’t fully understand it,

we are still trying to figure out what impact if any, they will have in our fully established

world. For journalists, Twitter is still one technology that in my opinion is clearly new media

as some of them use it, some don’t, but there is still no general consensus of why or how

to use it, or even if you should bother at all with it. Earlier this year, Sky News

(

www.guardian.co.uk

) gave their employees some new guidelines on how to behave on

Twitter and those new rules forbid them on retweeting anything posted by anyone other

than a Sky News journalist and abstaining themselves from posting personal stuff, a move

seen to most as a step backwards in their social media usage.!

The fact is new media has brought some changes to journalism and now I’ll write about

some of these changes, starting by how some traditional journalist have lost their jobs for

failing to embrace new technologies and also go over how the way news are delivered and

who delivers them has also changed. !

Twitter is one of these new technologies and the focus of my study. A service that has

given people, not only journalist but casual users, the ability to extend our communications

because now everyone can post something from their mobile phone, break news without

even being in a studio and more importantly, allowing for replies and participation. Davis

(2010:123) notes how the internet in general made traditional journalism much more

responsive, something that can easily be applied to Twitter and social media in general, he

goes on to explain how the existence of blogs and social media have allowed the casual

user, the general public to have participation in the conversation and thus creating what is

being referred to as ‘citizen journalists’. So public participation is something that’s growing

and having effects and repercussions which include having a constant and public

engagement with journalists, celebrities and even politicians. This is the way forward

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according to him, news being produced much quicker, transmitted from anywhere in the

world just from a device that fits in the palm of your hand, fewer resources, human

resources are needed now to deliver the news and that’s just one simple way in which the

journalism world has been turned upside down. When asked about the internet and work,

a journalist said the following: “In terms of research, particularly when you are away from

the office, it is phenomenal. As is the instant access to material, including your own library,

so you can search previous stuff you have written”. (Boyle, 2006: 136). The journalists

elaborates how it saves time by allowing to find out about athletes or celebrities publicists,

or even their lawyers’ numbers on the web. This is a great example of someone

incorporating new media in their own working habits in an useful manner. But not everyone

has adapted so easily to new media.!

While in the 20th century print journalists dominated, the industry has been transformed

with the arrival of this digital revolution that now the traditional is not enough. Usher (2010)

did some research on some ‘old way’ or traditional journalist who were forced to resign,

accept a buyout or in some cases, were just fired from their journals and analysed their

goodbye letters and last posts on the journals to try and find some explanation on why

they couldn’t keep up with the changes, why were they let go? The findings are pretty

remarkable.!

The main finding, was in their vocabulary, they clearly lacked one to talk about what new

media means and the repercussions it’s having in their jobs, they couldn’t understand how

it’s clearly transforming their profession. Not only that, but they were stuck in the past and

even though it’s hard to say what the future of traditional journalism will look like in a few

years, the fact that they couldn’t even bother to learn and try to understand what was

going on with new technologies and new media doesn’t leave them with much to bargain

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for today. A clear example is Dennis McCann’s final blog post which Usher (2010:922)

takes from the writer’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.!

Today, a reporter can write a deadline story on an iPod and have it in a reader’s !

hand – or ear – before the events involved even happened. Or something like that. !

I don’t fully understand. But clearly the way that information is passed along has

changed, and we are struggling to change with it. (McCann, 2007 in Usher 2010:

922)!

Digital technology, according to Boyle (2013: 95 ) changed completely some aspects in the

traditional association between the journalist, the media, and the audience, while also

making the flow of information transnational and immediate. A revolution happened and

some didn’t even noticed, or when they did, it was too late. The citizen journalist has been

born where anyone can break news, question them and in some ways, anyone can be a

reporter. We are all participants now. We can all contribute now and so the news have

become more of a conversation, they are open to questioning and as mentioned above,

everyone can create content. This is what some traditional journalist failed to comprehend,

new media helped to shift the dynamic of what being a journalist meant, now as Usher

states, “being a professional journalist is no longer about winning awards or directing the

conversation” (2010: 921). Engin Onder founded a ‘citizen journalist’ group in Turkey

called 140 Journals (A nod to Twitter’s 140 character limit), an organisation filled with

volunteers who use their mobile devices to report the news in a country with big

censorship. “We are all journalists now,” Onder explained. “What we have is our own

devices… it actually removes the barriers between the person who sees the news and

who creates the news” (Dlugoleski, 2013). At the time of writing, their Twitter account has

more than 30,000 followers. The old way is in danger of ceasing to exists, the future is

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uncertain for some journalists who fail to acknowledge that the public today is more than

just a recipient of information and more of a contributor. !

To close this segment on new media, I would like to use the words of Kevin McCarra, Chief

Football Correspondent for The Guardian newspaper while he was working on the 2010

FIFA World Cup in South Africa to also exemplify how this relationship of the journalist and

recipient has changed. He argued:!

I believe that it is in football that the relationship between writer and reader has most

changed, particularly since those roles are no longer fixed. Access to the internet, I

am glad to say, has done away entirely with the silly assumption that journalists have

access to a higher knowledge. Countless websites cover all aspects of football in

virtually every nation. If any player at a World Cup is an unknown quantity it will be

purely because the research has not been carried out with sufficient thoroughness.

Websites, whether statistical, solemn, esoteric or comic, disseminate limitless

quantities of information about even the most obscure footballers and managers. The

press fool themselves if they suppose for an instant that they can be a priesthood

who own a sacred knowledge. (McCarra, 2010)!

It seems that anyone can be a journalist or at least attempt to be one; a new type of

journalists exists now, and the way traditional journalism is practiced is changing.

Information flows constantly and the web is so vast that you can find almost anything in

just a few clicks. Some journalists are embracing it like McCarra and furthermore,

sometimes it’s not a conversation with a fan that will happen, but also the athletes might

engage in a conversation with a journalist and this is something that happens often in

social media as we will see later on. New media is quickly becoming the standard, it has

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completely shifted the way journalism is conducted and how news are delivered, “the key

objective for journalists and news executives is to understand and adapt to technological

change” said Jones and Salter (2012: vii), as we saw in this chapter, some couldn’t

understand that and failed to adapt while others do it flawlessly, on this I will elaborate in

the next chapter.!

Twitter and Journalism!

News consumption for sports fans has changed from traditional news outlets as television

or printed newspapers to digital resources; mobile applications, blogs and social media are

at the centre of it all now (Kian, Burden, & Shaw, 2011; Sanderson, 2011 in Hambrick and

Sanderson, 2012: 385). Furthermore, (Wanta 2013, 84) the rapid growth of social media

services has led to some structural changes in news gathering routines for some reporters

and completely changed the dynamic in athletes, fans and sports journalists relationships.!

These changes are fundamentally enhanced by Twitter. Mediated sports play a large role

in fan identification and bondings as explained previously, and they allow for fans to gather

around their favourite team supporting it while also talking about their favourite players and

discussing their team. Twitter allows for direct communication between fans and athletes

so as Schultz and Sheffer (2010: 230) say, the connection between Twitter and sports

media is obvious. Twitter can be described as a microblogging site that allows users to

send messages with a length of no more than 140 characters. Each message is called a

‘tweet’ which is transmitted to every follower that person has, users are free to follow who

they want and they can reply to tweets or retransmit them (retweet). As some researchers

(Hambrick et al. 2010; Kassing & Sanderson, 2010; Schultz & Sheffer, 2010) have

observed, Twitter has become the social media service of choice for reporters as well as

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athletes. So why are they using it so much, what changes if any is it having in their

routines? Schultz and Sheffer (2010: 229) rightfully point out that even though a tool

limited to 140 characters seems very restricting, endless possibilities have emerged and

one of those has been breaking the news.!

News breaking has grown to the point where it’s immediate (Hambrick and Sanderson,

2012: 392). News are being reported now on official Twitter accounts from the aspiring up

and comer journalist, up to the big news media outlets even though some organisations

like Sky decide to go against the new ‘norm’ forbidding their journalists to break news

without permission. (

http://www.techdirt.com

). Skepticism has loomed over social media

since its introduction to the world, questioning its real use in news. Back in 2008 (Jones

and Salter, 2012: 3), The Independent criticised the BBC’s use of Twitter when reporting a

massacre in Mumbai, saying that now anybody with a Twitter account could have a ‘crack’

at journalism and stating that Twitter was not the way to provide news. Today, they use

Twitter and other social media services while reporting news. One thing important to take

from this is the phrase about anyone having a ‘crack’ at journalism, as I’ve shown in a

previous chapter, some are actually doing it with moderate success and furthermore, today

sports media outlets and organisations have more competitors in the form of the athletes,

who can now sometimes break the news themselves. (Sanderson & Kassing, 2011 in

Hambrick and Sanderson, 2012: 385) One famous case was Eden Hazard, a now Chelsea

FC player who announced he was joining them by tweeting it (

www.mirror.co.uk

). This has

caused a big changed in the way news reporting and communication in general occurs.

Now athletes connect directly with their fans skipping public relations departments

(Hambrick et al, 2010: 454). Another example is Lance Armstrong who used Twitter to

announce his second retirement from professional cycling. These actions have propelled a

new phenomenon in news reporting as it is now common for news outlets to quote a tweet,

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and use it as a source. Hambrick et al (2010: 455) point out how VeloNews quoted

Armstrong’s tweets as an information source and Cohen (2009) goes further showing how

even The New York Times and CNN cite tweets in their articles as credible information

sources. But the real strength of Twitter doesn’t only rely in who can break the news, but

on how fast and easy they can propagate. Twitter users spread the word through the

service and as journalist Jonathan Kealing, online editor of the Lawrence (KS) Journal-

World said "The power of Twitter is when people start spreading your stories for

you" (Schultz and Sheffer, 2010: 229).!

Having in mind how useful it is for breaking news and getting stories out, there are still

some who may think of it as not that useful, so in turn, Hambrick et al (2010) decided to

relate Twitter use for a journalist to theory, specifically the study of uses and gratifications

theory which as they say it’s: !

A theory from the communications field that focuses on how users engage in !

different activities and their motives for doing so (Ruggiero, 2000). These motives !

help articulate what users stand to gain from their participation or conversely what !

they may lose or miss by opting out. (2010: 457)!

A simple theory to help you evaluate how useful something will be for you, and when used

on Twitter for journalists, not only breaking news and promotion of their work are at the

centre stage but it also works for entertainment purposes as well as interaction. Hambrick

and Sanderson (2012) point out how Twitter has shifted sports news from a one way

direction to a two way direction where a conversation can occur. Davis (2010) states that

there is this erroneous general idea that ordinary citizens want to engage in conversation

online with politicians. He even shows some statistics showing how interactions with

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politicians is not that big on the web, but in sports, this is completely different. Maybe it’s

because of what I mentioned before about mediated events and fandom but in their study

about athletes and Twitter, Hambrick et al (2010) found out that of 6 categories they

divided tweets in (which included breaking news, entertainment, promotion, interaction,

fandom and content sharing), the one with the highest percentage of tweets was

interaction, suggesting that athletes do like being contacted by their fans and use it as a

tool for communication with them. As they (Hambrick et al, 2010: 465) go on to further

explain, athletes can sometimes tweet right after the game has occurred, fulfilling the fans

need for immediacy and avoiding waiting for the sports news to hear comments from their

favourite stars. In this particular case, it’s tailored to athletes, but journalists fit perfectly in

as well. Today, it’s common for a sports journalist to tweet some information, giving the

people headlines, and then tweeting a link to the full report on the website or blog, thus

fulfilling the immediacy for the news of this digital age. Richard Wilson, an award wining

sportswriter from The Herald said the following of social media:!

Two reasons really why I use social media. When I was a freelance, I used Twitter to

raise my profile and showcase my work. I still do that, but also use it now to interact

with readers. You have to sit through responses at times, but you get a different

perspective and interesting feedback. I’d say the readers like the interaction, too, so it

works both ways. Also, it’s often a fairly good source of news, information and

analysis. (Interview with author, December 13, 2011 in Boyle, 2013: 96)!

So if we abide by the uses and gratifications theory, we can conclude that the benefits of

using Twitter for sports journalist include the ability to connect with their audience, their

sources and keep in touch with their global world in general. They can deliver fast,

immediate news, promote their work as well as getting theirs promoted by users and even

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their peers and stay informed as they are not the only ones breaking news; athletes do it,

and as previously mentioned, citizen journalists as well. So what makes the journalist

stand out, now anyone seems to be able to break news, how can the sports journalist

react to this change to make their work stand out over the rest? What do they have to

offer?!

In the past chapter I wrote about the citizen journalist, how new technologies made it

possible for anyone to take responsibility and disseminate information (Antony and

Thomas, 2010: 1284) and as I also pointed out, Twitter is one of the services in which they

are taking an active role. But it also allows journalists to bring information as it is occurring,

as Hambrick and Sanderson (2012: 393) point out, journalists have established a sort of

telepresence for the audience, narrating the information only available in the event, an

example being the live tweeting of a press conference, an event that as the name implies,

happens for the press, not for the public, hence no citizen journalists. So the added value

for a journalists lies on giving the audience something special from inside the event, giving

us what television cannot. Websites, sports news sites, social media, they all give access

to an enormous amount of information to the people, so when talking about what makes

his Twitter feed important to follow, what does he do to add real value, Patrick Collins,

sportswriter for the Mail said the following after covering the Summer Olympics:!

I think it has got to a point where news is so quick that the competition to get there

first is, in a sense, pointless. The element of speed is lost when everything is so fast.

What came out of these Olympics is the back-story; it seemed every medalist had a

fascinating tale to tell. It was strangely affecting. There were a lot of interesting

people. (Wilson, 2012 quoted in Boyle, 2013: 96)!

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3. Methodology!

My research question was ‘How is Twitter transforming the practice of sports journalism,

and how are journalists coping with this transformation?’ and based on my literature

review, other questions arose which I wanted to get answers to. New technologies suggest

that Twitter is in fact changing journalism practice but just 1) How much has it changed it?

Furthermore, citizen journalists are a real thing now, 2) What are journalists thoughts on

this phenomenon?, and more importantly, 3) What type of changes are they? 4) How are

they using Twitter? For breaking news as suggested by the literature review or for other

reasons?!

These questions were tested with a short questionnaire given to some sports journalists

based in the UK and the United States of America. Data was collected from a carefully

compiled list of sports journalist from a wide range of media outlets who use Twitter, I

decided to include only english speaking journalist (although Tweeting in english was not a

requisite) as it would be easier for me to avoid translations later on, having in mind the

short time I was dealing with. Additionally, I decided to use a data analysis method, content

analysis to be specific to compare what the journalist said in the questionnaire with what

they actually tweeted and try to get an idea of how different their practice is right now by

what they tweet and how they tweet.!

Data Gathering!

The purpose of contacting the journalists directly was to get the first hand impressions and

thoughts on how is Twitter transforming their job; how has it changed their daily life and

how were they dealing with those changes. Because there are just too many sports

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journalists, I decided to focus only on english speaking journalists based in the UK and the

United States of America who used Twitter. After doing a quick search on the web for the

most influencing sports journalists on social media in both countries, I started making a list

with those names and adding the 50 most respected sports journalists in the UK according

to the Press Gazette (

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk

/). After that, I randomly started adding

journalists from every major media outlet and checked that every journalist on the list had

a Twitter account. If they used it and how often didn’t matter at that time, I wanted to know

why they had it in the first place.!

In the last week of July and the first week of August, I invited every journalist in the list

which consisted of 109 sports journalists, by email to answer my questionnaire.

Additionally, because I was unable to find every journalist email address, I decided to

contact them via Twitter which turned out to be interesting as it would mean they were

actually reading the mentions they get and interacting. Some of the journalists who I

emailed and failed to reply were also tweeted because not only it would allow for a higher

chance of getting a reply, but also because sometimes they already have an overcharged

inbox so Twitter seemed a viable option. For this, I created a Twitter account in which I

explained in my profile what I was writing my dissertation on, and what university and

course I attended. I tweeted more than 50 journalists inviting them to answer my short

questionnaire where I asked direct questions like “

Why do you use Twitter as a sports

journalist? or Do you think Twitter is an essential tool for sports journalists? Why or Why

Not? In addition, general information like age, media outlet, experience and gender were

also collected.

When speaking about questionnaire based data gathering, Marianne

Franklin (2012) says they are suitable to get an insight on how people behave (Franklin,

2012: 171). In my case, one of my goals was trying to know how sports journalists

behaved on Twitter, so the questionnaire was going to be helpful. !

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I decided to use this method which was used before by Schultz and Sheffer (2010) in a

similar study mostly out of necessity. In the beginning, I intended to do some face to face

interviews but after encountering a low desire from the journalists to set up a meeting and

having difficulties contacting some (a few where out on vacation as July is generally a slow

month in sports), I decided to email them. The last week of July and the first week of

August were chosen because of it being a slow period in sports as in the United States the

National Football League, Basketball tournaments, Hockey and even College Football

have not yet started, with only Baseball being halfway in the season and in the UK, the

Premier League hasn’t started either. So with almost every major sporting event on hold, I

thought this might increase the chance for me to get a reply from the sports journalists. Of

the 109 invites sent over email and Twitter, 49 said they would help me, but only 25 were

successful replies, sending me the questionnaire fully answered during my data gathering

time frame.!

Most of the replies were really helpful and went into detail like Oier Fano from Sportyou

and El Diario Vasco, who when asked ‘Do you have a personal relationship with any

athletes, if so, do you use Twitter to stay in touch with them?’ said “Yes, I do. For example,

Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Angel Rangel and Chico (Swansea football club), Ekaitz Saies

(kayak), Dani Díez (Spanish selection basketball player)” (Interview with journalist); while

only a couple being a bit brief in their answers and sometimes not really helpful like

Tancredi Palmeri from Gazzetta dello Sport and CNN who replied the same question with

a mere “Yes and yes” (Interview with journalist). Having a diverse group of journalists who

work on different sports and places around the world was really useful as it gave me a

much wider and bigger range of how Twitter is used by the journalists in different sports

offering different perspectives.!

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Data Analysis!

As previously mentioned, analysing what the journalists Tweeted was also done to see

how they use the service, how often and what kind of things they tweet. Asking them

wasn’t going to be the only method as actually seeing what they wrote was complementing

my study. For this, I decided to do a content analysis which can be described as "any

qualitative and sense-making effort that takes a volume of qualitative material and

attempts to identify core consistencies and meanings" (Patton, 2002: 453). This technique

was used before by Hambrick et al (2010), as well as Chew and Eysenbach (2010),

analysing Twitter feeds for a specific period of time. !

So I started following 30 journalists with my Twitter dissertation account and compiled

every tweet between August 6th through August 12th, limiting myself to 30 tweets. Every

journalist who replied to my questionnaire was followed, as well as 5 of the most respected

and active sports journalists in the US according Mashable (

http://mashable.com/

). At the

end of those three days I had 658 tweets which were then coded to highlight key themes

and identify use patterns in the journalists Twitter usage.!

I coded each tweet independently into one of 5 categories based on what I was trying to

find out and trying to predict their usage habits. For example, as I wanted to know if they

used Twitter to communicate with athletes, one category was Interaction, which also

serves the purpose of knowing how often they interact (if any) with fans and followers. My

decision for selecting the categories wasn’t random, Hambrick et al (2010) used a similar

method in their study about athletes use of Twitter and I adapted it for my own study.!

So the categories for this particular study were: !

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•Breaking News/Informing: In theory, this is supposed to be the main reason journalists

use Twitter for. Any tweet used to break a story or successive discussion of the story, the

developing of it, was filed under this category. !

•Interaction: Consists of a direct communication between the journalists with their

followers, be it with athletes or regular people. Here the intention was to find out how often

they reply to mentions they get, proving they read through what people write them as well

as finding out how often they would use Twitter to communicate with someone else instead

of using other means. In the literature review I wrote how Davis (2010) says some

politicians won’t be in contact with their followers but athletes according to Hambrick et al

(2010) will, here I set on analysing sports journalists.!

•Promotion/Linking to content: Tweets categorised here consist of their own’s work

promotion, the tweeting of reports and stories they wrote and sharing pictures or videos.

So any tweet linking to a full report or story in the website or advertising their work or

future activities like a TV show appearance was filed under this category.!

•Personal/Entertainment: I had my belief that on Twitter, journalists would be less formal

and even joke around, so this category mainly has to do with when they use their account

to tweet stuff not related to their job, anything not related with news reporting even if it has

to do with sports, point being that they will use the account more as a personal account

with their own views and not subjected to their media outlet. Here, everything from jokes to

personal opinion on current affairs will be labeled as Personal/Entertainment.!

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•Sharing/Retweeting: This is basically when they tweet to promote work that’s not their

own. I intended to find out how often they would use Twitter to promote something a

colleague, competitor or even a ‘citizen journalist’ wrote. After reading (Boyle, 2013) how

now some journalists think the competition of being the first to break the news is pointless,

I wondered if they would retweet a tweet from someone else who’s actually reporting

something he hasn’t, as well as sharing a good piece of reporting written by someone else

be it from their own media outlet or from a competing outlet, having in mind the

implications that could bring.!

As this is a personal study carried out by myself, I was the only one sorting out the tweets

into each category, always trying to be as objective as possible but whenever I had doubts

I would consult with friends. Being the only one can be bad as the whole categorising

process depends on my judgement so I’ll consider that as a limitation to my study. Another

limitation was obviously the sample size, being a limited small sample was a main

concern, perhaps an alternative method for delivering the questionnaire might’ve

increased the response rate. Finally, time was a dominant limitation as it was a short

period and with more time in my hands, I could’ve reached a wider demographic and

surveyed sports journalists all around the world, getting a bigger picture of the usage in

different continents and languages. In the end, I’m still happy with the results obtained as

they provided me with some clear answers and usage tendencies that might be really

interesting for anyone in the sports business. !

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4. Results!

Only one of the 25 journalists who replied was female. CNN, Metro, Daily Telegraph, The

Independent, Chicago Sun-Times, BBC and Daily Mirror were among the represented

media outlets, while Baseball, Ice Hockey, Football, Tennis, Cricket were among the sports

covered giving a wide coverage and diversity. Average age was 37.5 years old and the

average experience in journalism was 19 years. Each questionnaire was carefully read

and coded to highlight key themes like “changing”, “evolving”, “immediate” and more, while

also collecting data to help me answer the questions raised in the methodology chapter.!

For example, to the question of how much has Twitter changed sports journalism, !

Nick Parrott from BBC TV Sports says that Twitter has changed his job as it’s a “source of

stories” just like the wires from the Press Association were only that now news come

straight from the protagonists. Ben Dirs, also from the BBC emphasises how sportspeople

can get the message out there themselves without the need for intermediaries, the

sportspeople themselves being news sources today.!

For the question on citizen journalists, the majority of the journalists, 19 out the 25 said

they had no problems with it, main feeling is they actually think it’s a good thing, although

there does seem to be one main issue and concern which has to do with the veracity of

the story; every journalist admitted they had doubts when reading a citizen journalist story

and as Damian Johnson of the BBC and Premier League says about citizen journalism, he

“take[s] it with a pinch of salt” (Interview with journalist). Another key concern on the topic

is the quality of the journalistic piece. Some of the journalists have doubts with how good

these citizen journalists are, but as Henry Winter of the Daily Telegraph points out

“Strangely, I think it’s made people respect journalism more” (Ibid), this happening

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because now people can easily differentiate good quality reporting from ‘amateur’ citizen

journalist stuff. !

On what type of changes are happening, the answer is related to the first question, where

they say it’s a news source, but also, some of the most commented changes going on in

general in the job were: 1) Speed, of which Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times said

that “It has made our jobs even more immediate. It’s common to see journalists tweeting

news immediately during interviews and news conferences”(Ibid); 2) The interaction they

now have with their audience, Kevin Garside of The Independent said that Twitter “has

broadened the conversation and promoted interaction, exposing journalists to a level of

intimacy with their audience that they could not have had before”(Ibid); and last but not

least, 3) The accessibility of information, which for them is really good, now Twitter has

made information accessible for everyone and it’s global. On this Graham Chase of

Wardle Agency said “Not long ago, information and stories were protected and you would

never get people effectively putting the stories they are filing for the following days papers

out there. Ultimately it shows that for many newspapers, the paper on the shelf is now the

bottom of the list of priorities” (Ibid) and on being global Richard Hookham said that

“Journalists are aware so much more of what is happening all over the world in their

chosen field. A story put up on an Australian news site, for example, can be tweeted out

and followed up in Britain within minutes” (Ibid).!

Finally, the last question the was on my mind had to deal with how exactly were the

journalists using Twitter, was there a trend of usage? My literature review suggested they

mostly use it for breaking news, promotion and interaction so for this, not only was I

reading their answers in which they actually said they mostly use it for those reasons, but I

also decided to do a content analysis as previously mentioned on the methodology which

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would help me support the qualitative data and actually compare what they said in the

questionnaires with what they tweeted. Table 1 illustrates the distribution of the 658 tweets.!

As previously explained, the content analysis dealt with analysing 658 tweets, each being

coded and individually placed in one of five categories which I’ve illustrated in Table 1

above, selecting one tweet to exemplify each category, each tweet left as it was written,

spelling and grammar intact, the complete compilation of tweets can be found at the end in

Appendix. The category with the most tweets was Interaction with 248 (38%) tweets, one

example was Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) replying to an user saying “@NOaddiLA if the

NCAA clears him there's no need to apologise. All we have reported is there is an

investigation”. That tweet was in reply to an user who asked if Rovell would apologise for

Table 1 - Sports Journalists Tweets Categorised

Category

# of times

User

Example

Breaking News/

Informing

146 (22%)

@mattlewis27

Park Ji-sung has joined PSV on a
season-long loan from QPR this
morning. #QPR

Interaction

248 (38%)

@darrenrovell

@NOaddiLA if the NCAA clears
him there's no need to apologize.
All we have reported is there is an
investigation.

Promotion/

Linking to content

73 (11%)

@SamWallaceIndy

MUFC 2-0 Wigan match report.
Van Persie delivers; but the
Rooney saga continues to cast a
shadow http://t.co/fWEjEqDMk6

Personal/

Entertainment

86 (13%)

@bendirs1

David Peace's Bill Shankly book
has 736 pages, the same as Max
Hastings' exhaustive history of the
Second World War. That can't be
right

Sharing/

Retweeting

105 (16%)

@henrywinter

RT @CliveTyldesley: Man Utd:
DeGea Rafael Vidic Jones Evra
Giggs Carrick Cleverley Zaha
VPersie Welbeck

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ESPN’s allegations that Johnny Manziel, an american football player, allegedly accepted

payments for autograph signing which is deemed illegal. The user @NOaddiLA being a fan

of the player and believing he’s innocent accuses ESPN and Darren Rovell, an ESPN

journalists of wrongfully accusing him while the journalists defends himself and his media

outlet through Twitter. !

Interaction was followed by Breaking News/Informing with 146 (22%) tweets which means

these two categories constitute 60% of the 658 tweets which is impressive but is backed

by what the journalists replied in the questionnaires when they say they mostly use it to

stay informed, breaking news, and staying in touch with followers. One example of

Breaking news is the one shown in Table 1 where a journalists is informing us of a transfer

in the football market, really simple, no long report, just a headline stating how the player

has changed teams.!

Sharing/Retweeting, had the third number of tweets with 105 (15%). Even though to some,

it might be considered inappropriate to share content from other media outlets, most

journalists replied in the questionnaire that if they saw quality they wouldn’t mind

retweeting it. Furthermore, the example shown in Table 1 was retweeted by three different

journalists in my analysis. @SamWallaceIndy, @ DTguardian and @henrywinter all shared

the same tweet: “RT @CliveTyldesley: Man Utd: DeGea Rafael Vidic Jones Evra Giggs

Carrick Cleverley Zaha VPersie Welbeck”; This being the starting line up of Manchester

United during their Community Shield match on August 11th. These three tweets were

retweeted from the same source by three different journalists, from three different media

outlets with a three minute difference showing how fast news fly on Twitter, one person got

hold of the official starting line up and tweeted it, this being retweeted on numerous

occasions getting the word out.!

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Personal/Entertainment, or information not related to their jobs, had 86 (13%) tweets which

is not that much as I thought there would be yet there are some tweets like the one from

@bendirs1 shown in Table 1, a BBC journalists tweeting about a book he’s reading and

mocking the length of such book. Most of the journalists had similar tweets and some were

even completely off topic and meaningless like @alex_willis tweet saying “I think i just

broke my gearbox.” Something really personal and something you wouldn’t expect from a

journalist but more of a friend, exemplifying the informality of the short messaging service.!

Finally, the Promotion/Linking to content category had the fewest tweets with only 73, a

mere 11% which was strange to me as 15 of the 25 journalists who replied to my

questionnaire mentioned the promoting of their work or linking content as one of the main

reasons for their use of Twitter. The example in Table 1 is the typical tweet linking to a

match report or the full story after they’ve previously tweeted updates. In this case, the

tweet links to the match report of the Manchester United vs Wigan Community Shield

match but during the game, the user also tweeted updates from what was going on inside

the stadium and information like the man of the match.!

In summary, in the current study 658 tweets were analysed and placed in 5 different

categories; Breaking News/Informing, Interaction, Promotion/Linking to content, Personal/

Entertainment and Sharing/Retweeting. Breaking News and Interaction combined had

60% of the tweets while promotion had the fewest tweets of the five which is contradictory

to what most journalists said in the questionnaires. Most of them listed promotion of their

work as one of the main reasons for their Twitter usage, as well as staying informed, the

interaction with users and breaking news. The results showed that sports journalists like

the engagement with users, either to defend their point of view in a report or just to

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5. Discussion!

This dissertation sought to find out how is Twitter transforming the world of sports

journalism and understand how the journalists are dealing with those changes. My findings

would suggest that Twitter has indeed changed the ways journalists do their jobs, even

though some might want to downplay its importance like Ben Dirs of the BBC who had the

following to say about change in his job: “Personally, not much. I think the clue is in the title

- 'Twitter'. It's just for banter and tittle-tattle, or at least should be” (Interview with

journalist). As I already quoted before, Boyle (2006, 142) said that “sports journalism in the

digital age is, of course characterised by continuity and change” In this chapter I would like

to discuss the three main changes I found. !

The first and most obvious change is certainly the speed information travels. Oier Fano of

Sportyou says that “when you buy a newspaper in a kiosk, the newspaper has been

printed 8 hours before” (Interview with journalist) while on Twitter, you can get news

instantly and better yet, it’s free. Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times will go on to say

about Twitter that it’s “faster than AP news alerts” (Ibid), while Alex Thomas of CNN says

that it’s “essential as the wires used to be” (Ibid). In the literature review I wrote how to

some (Wilson in Boyle, 2013) being the first to break news is pointless, yet, speed has

escalated the race to break news and the immediacy Twitter provides has made the

audience hungrier for instant news and journalists will feed that hunger, be it with tweets

from inside the event, giving updates like “@SamWallaceIndy Just spotted the first 'In

David we trust' banner at Wembley #MUFC” or the retweets shown in the Results chapter,

three different journalists sharing the starting eleven of Manchester United from a different

source; it doesn’t matter who’s first, but informing your audience is. As Davis (2010)

mentioned, news are being produced quicker, either by journalists or other users, no point

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trying to be first, and on that, every journalist agreed on, it’s a fast and global world in

which there’s no point saving an exclusive for the printed newspaper, exclusives are seen

in the form of retweets in this day and age and nobody seems to have a problem with that,

in fact, they like it. Jorge Arangure on Twitter disrupting the news cycle said “In a sense, it

has forced journalists to be more creative when it comes to reporting on events, games,

etc” (Interview with journalist).!

The second big change I found is the interaction. The literature review suggested that

athletes liked the interaction (Hambrick et al, 2010) while politicians didn’t (Davis 2010).

Sports journalists love it. They have embraced it really fast and although fans are the

primary recipients of the interactions, they also engage in tweet exchanges with other

colleagues like @darrenrovell, who tweeted “@brianstelter kudos on the big screen work

today”, congratulating his colleague on his appearance on television that day.

Furthermore, it’s interesting to note that not only will they engage in debates and

conversations with fans, but they will sometimes seek their help. Darren Rovell again

tweeted the following: “@darrenrovell POLL: Do you think Tiger can win 5 more majors &

pass Jack? #YES #NO cc #poptip”, referring to Tiger Woods chances on winning more

major tournaments. So not only will they engage with colleagues or fans to get feedback,

they also conduct polls right there on Twitter. Moreover, according to Henry Winter,

athletes will sometimes private message him on Twitter to tell him their side of the story

and get the facts straight (Interview with journalist). Finally, as previously mentioned,

Twitter is a place where fandom is kept alive (Schultz and Sheffer 2010) and generates

debates and sometimes, things can get messy. The following tweet generated a 28 tweet

conversation between 5 parties where some users where clearly bothered by the wording

used by the journalist. Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) of The Times tweeted: “Moyes

insisting that Rooney will not be sold. Doesn't offer an answer when asked why he would

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keep a player who wants to leave”.The journalists would defend his stance while some

users would attack his words showing a strong sense of fandom towards their club. This is

just one example of what journalists have to deal with on Twitter almost everyday, but if we

go back to the uses and gratifications theory (Hambrick et al 2010), this interaction

provides the journalists with instant feedback on their work, extra information as

sometimes they will get tipped off on an exclusive through Twitter or get some facts

checked like the Henry Winter example; and last but not least, it provides entertainment for

them, in Kevin Garside words “[Twitter] promoted interaction, exposing journalists to a

level of intimacy with their audience that they could not have had before. Personally, I

enjoy the engagement” (Interview with journalist) !

Finally, the last big change happening has to do with information. Twitter has certainly

opened up the news reporting to everyone, from the citizen journalists to athletes being

reporters now. Kevin Garside said for him Twitter is “essential because the athletes are

correspondents now” (Ibid), and Tancredi Palmeri mentioned how now sports institutions

and sportsmen sometimes speak through Twitter. This has caused Twitter to become a

vast source of information and most importantly, “it has become the main place to report

stories first” (Jim Callis, Interview with journalist). This freedom and change has brought

some good and bad. In football reporting, the relationship between writer and reader

changed a lot (McCarra, 2010) and showed how journalists don’t have a ‘sacred

knowledge’ while allowing regular citizens the chance to break the news. This raises the

debate of veracity on social media reporting. Not only is the information so vast on Twitter

that a lot is probably fake, and that race for being the first to break the news has the risk of

not being accurate. This phenomenon has caused a lot of distrust to the point that now not

even verified accounts on Twitter can be trusted; journalists explained in the

questionnaires how they will always wait to report on something they see on Twitter until

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they themselves have verified the information. Moreover, the informality of Twitter doesn’t

really help to the cause. One example was the owner of Liverpool FC, John W Henry,

whose tweet from Image 1 caused a stir on Twitter!

Image 1!

with some even believing it wasn’t him, but someone who had hacked his account. Nick

Parrott tells how:!

There was some trepidation recently as to whether John W Henry’s “what are they

smoking at Emirates” tweet was genuine. We reported that Tweet, but said it came

from his account rather than him, until we could confirm with Liverpool/FSG that it

was a genuine Tweet. (Interview with journalist).!

Furthermore, hacking is not the only reason to tread lightly on Twitter these days. As Mike

McGrath (Ibid) points out, Jimmy Kebe (

www.theguardian.com

), a professional football

player tweeted he was moving to Newcastle United only to confirm he was joking hours

later, causing media outlets to report the news and confusing even his own fans. Clearly

the fast adoption of Twitter as a breaking news service has brought some mistrust, bad

use and pranks to journalism. On top of that, if doubtful information wasn’t enough, Chris

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De Luca explains how when Mariano Rivera held a press conference to announce his

retirement, he followed the story on Twitter and had this to say:!

Several different outlets were tweeting every snippet of the news conference, !

including photos. The sad reality was that I never bothered to click on their links for !

more information. My constantly updated Twitter feed gave me all the news I !

needed.

But I can’t recall which reporter had the best news or the best updates. It !was just one

blast after another. It was good stuff as a consumer, but frightening to !

view as a

journalist because there was no real ownership on this unfolding story. ! (Ibid)!

Interesting to see how he feels journalists’ work is losing recognition and becoming just on

endless stream of information on a social media platform. This information being in danger

of getting mixed with citizen journalists tweets and getting lost in the endless Twitter feeds.

Ben Dirs of the BBC had this harsh words to say about citizen journalists “No point being

against it, it's happening and it's not going to change. And the spread of social media/blogs

etc has only highlighted what many suspected for years - that an awful lot of professional

journalists are merely fans with laptops”. While his words are a bit strong, the fact that

quality has taken a hit is obvious and you can get a sense of dispiriting among

professional journalists.!

However, as I said, these changes have also brought some good. As I explained in my

Results chapter, almost every sports journalists has no problem with citizen journalists

reporting, aside from the quality issue, and it is here where professional journalists should

excel and stand out. The literature review suggested that journalists have to stand out to

make their Twitter feeds worth following, if everyone is breaking news, why should we read

what certain journalists are writing and furthermore, why sometimes pay for that? The

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answer in my opinion is quality. As showed earlier, Henry Winter believes citizen journalists

have made people appreciate more proper journalistic work, to tell the difference between

quality reporting and amateur reporting. On top of that, the credibility that comes just with

being a credited journalist for a respected media outlet bears a lot of weight. One example

is Nick’s Parrott tale about an incident in a football match. He says:!

I was at Anfield on the night Oldham player Tom Adeyemi claimed someone in the

crowd had racially abused him. I was sat nearby and there was no proof. A man !

was arrested a couple of days later, but charges were never made. Because I was !

able to report the truth about what had happened first hand (The Mirror claimed two !

fans had been arrested, when in reality two had been ejected for an unrelated ! matter

and there hadn’t been any arrests) (Interview with journalist)!

So the fact that he’s a BBC journalist made his story carry more weight, so in the end,

sports journalists add to reporting their analysis, commentary, insights, credibility and in

this digital world we live in, they should always add their journalistic excellence.!

So now that the internet has overtaken that system of ‘gates and gatekeepers’ by letting

sources and public communicate freely, a new journalism is being born, but these are

merely tools of journalism. It’s changing, Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, they are all new

techniques, tools, not replacements (Jones and Salter, 2012). Rather than dismissing them

or mocking them as some of the ‘old’ traditional journalists who lost their jobs did,

journalists should embrace them and use them for their advantage, to develop their

journalistic practice. As Hambrick and Sanderson said “social media may enhance rather

than truly transform sports news coverage” (2012: 386). Today, when something happens

in the sports world, Twitter is the place where all the action is happening, that’s why sports

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6. Conclusion!

I started this dissertation setting out to find out ‘How is Twitter transforming the practice of

sports journalism, and how are journalists coping with this transformation?’ Commencing

by giving a brief description of why sports matter in academic research, and how sporting

events seen as media events create a sense of bonding and strong nationalism. These

feelings take on a new dimension on Twitter, where discussions and debates are

welcomed and occur between every user, athletes and journalists not being exempt. New

media has brought changes to the journalism world, a barrier has been broken, taken

down, and new technologies have made information available to everyone, it’s up for

grabs, produced and shared by anyone and it’s this one of the biggest changes in modern

journalism, one that some ‘traditional’ journalist failed to comprehend. A new type of

journalist emerged called the ‘citizen journalist’ and started breaking news and writing their

own reports even though they have no proper journalism formation. Yet, Organisations and

media outlets alike are starting to understand, that Twitter is nothing to be afraid of,

content producers abound left and right now, sports audiences do not depend on any

media outlet or journalists to get their news, but by embracing Twitter and keeping

reporting good quality news, producing excellent reporting, not only can journalists stand

out, but they can also help their media outlet increase their web views and audience.!

Back in the literature review, I wrote how some journalists lost their jobs precisely for failing

to embrace new media, they couldn’t understand the changes it brought. Even though in

Sheffer and Schultz’s study (2010), their results showed little change in journalists'

perceptions, as I’ve shown in my results, there are a few and these changes include the

ability to promote through Twitter their reports and other journalistic pieces; interacting with

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almost everyone on Twitter, giving them instant feedback and even help for reports; Twitter

has also given the world the ability to broadcast worldwide, giving journalists a global

audience and making everything faster to the point that news do not travel fast anymore,

they are immediate; and finally, what I wrote is the biggest change in my opinion, is Twitter

being the new main source of information, where journalists tweet breaking news and read

others’ news, it’s the place to be for staying informed, having almost every journalists in my

interviews replying they use Twitter as a source of information. These changes have

sparkled a debate on the state of traditional journalism.!

When asked if they felt traditional journalism was being threatened by digital journalism

and social media, 15 out of the 25 journalists said yes while the remaining 10 said no,

showing how divided they are on the subject. In my literature review I wrote about some

journalists who failed to adapt as well as quoting Boyle (2013) when he said that digital

technology changed completely the traditional association between the journalist, the

media, and the audience. While this is true according to not only my literature review but

also my findings, it’s interesting to note how yet some journalists think threatened is not

the right word, they believe what they do it’s still journalism and even though news

consumption has changed from traditional outlets to digital, it’s still journalism, just in a

different medium. Either way, things are still uncertain right now, journalism is changing or

evolving as some prefer to call it and no one knows for sure where it’ll go right now. Alex

Thomas from CNN said about Twitter “It’s just another layer to the job and has added to

the increasing pace of delivering news and also made it more immediate... it’s broken

down the barriers reporters and their viewers or readers” (Interview with journalist).!

Either way, the fact remains that Twitter has disrupted the way news are delivered, it

brought some changes which I’ve already been over and these have forced journalists to

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8. Appendix!

Compilation of Tweets!

User

Time

Tweet

Category

johnpayne01

6 Aug 2013 19:49 There's a lot of love for @markdennison among

#NFFC supporters at the moment. Not all change is

good change.

Breaking News/
Reporting

mattlewis27

6 Aug 2013 20:11 1-1 here already and entertaining stuff. Dave Nugent

gave Leicester the lead but Jo Kuffour's equaliser

was unstoppable.

Breaking News/
Reporting

mattlewis27

6 Aug 2013 21:13 Leicester City getting closer and closer here. Time for

some Wycombe changes to mix things up.

Breaking News/
Reporting

mattlewis27

6 Aug 2013 22:45 Just leaving the ground. #BackOnNights http://t.co/

arjobNoE85

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

7 Aug 2013 19:14 At Elland Road. The Leeds players stopped warming

up to watch Luke Murphy's winner from Saturday on

the big screen.

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

7 Aug 2013 20:08 Excellent game at Leeds. Chesterfield 1-0 up with

Gary Roberts running the game.

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

7 Aug 2013 20:15 Michael Brown has just scored a beauty from 25

yards. Surprising.

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

7 Aug 2013 21:07 Great reception for sub Ross McCormack, linked with

Middlesbrough. Fans singing 'Ross McCormack is

not for sale'

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

7 Aug 2013 22:29 Brian McDermott on Ross McCormack: "A couple of

offers have been knocked back. He wants to say at

Leeds and I want him to stay."

Breaking News/
Reporting

mattlewis27

8 Aug 2013 10:42 Park Ji-sung has joined PSV on a season-long loan

from QPR this morning. #QPR

Breaking News/
Reporting

DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 13:13 Southampton's official Twitter - @SouthamptonFC -

reporting that Rickie Lambert named in England

squad.

Breaking News/
Reporting

DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 13:14 Wayne Rooney also in England squad, despite not

starting a game since April

Breaking News/
Reporting

mattlewis27

8 Aug 2013 13:56 Now Shaun Derry has joined Millwall on a 28-day

loan deal from #QPR

Breaking News/
Reporting

DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 15:35 #MUFC on Fabregas: "We appreciate Cesc is a

contracted player at Barcelona and completely

respect everything Cesc has said today."

Breaking News/
Reporting

OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 07:26 Hull City AFC to be rebranded as Hull City Tigers.

Assem Allam: "It's about identity. City is a lousy

identity" See @pjbuckingham for more

Breaking News/
Reporting

OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 11:02 Champions League play-off draw: Fenerbahce v

Arsenal; Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan) v Celtic

Breaking News/
Reporting

alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 14:47 RT @scambers73: News from @laurarobson5 camp

is that she is out of Cincinnati due to wrist injury. All

being well she should play New Haven…

Breaking News/
Reporting

HerbGould

9 Aug 2013 16:10 #Illini coach Mike Small 8-over (2-over today).

Projected cut at 2-over. Small has made 3 cuts in his

8 #PGA s. 9 PGAs still a great number.

Breaking News/
Reporting

HerbGould

9 Aug 2013 16:15 Guthrie (11:30 tee time) is 1-over. Points 2-over (1-

under today through 8). Stricker (11:55 tee time) is 2-

under. #illini at #PGA

Breaking News/
Reporting

User

Time

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:20 This England selection and batting display smacks of

complacency - Bairstow has barely played, is out of

nick and is not a Test number six

Breaking News/
Reporting

jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 19:22 That had to be one of Gibson's best big lg innings so

far. 1-2-3, 12 pitches, worked mostly down and away

w/low-90s fastballs. #Twins

Breaking News/
Reporting

gchase1

9 Aug 2013 19:32 No sign of Wayne rooney at Rio Ferdinand's

testimonial. Boris Becker IS in the directors box

however.

Breaking News/
Reporting

jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 19:36 Gibson just served up a belt-high, fairly straight

fastball to Konerko, who blasted it 400 feet for a HR.

Breaking News/
Reporting

jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 21:01 Gibson done for day with line of 5.2-4-3-3-4-3, 2 HR.

Not many swings & misses, which has been his

M.O. in the majors. #Twins

Breaking News/
Reporting

JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 15:08 Former manager Peter Jackson is guest of honour

for Huddersfield's game with QPR as he launches his

autobiography #finalscore

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:30 Lee Noble beats his man and crosses from the left.

Jason Prior gets up well but heads over. That's the

closest we've come so far.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:33 Darts fans crank up the volume as Elliot Bradbrook

has a shot deflected behind. Ross Atkins then

catches a Lee Noble volley.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:34 Dartford giving away too many cheap free-kicks but

fortunately for them, Alfreton's set-piece deliveries

have so far been woeful.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:40 Adam Birchall lets the ball run across him and arrows

a shot towards the bottom corner, but Ross Atkins

gets down and saves easily.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:41 GOAL! Dartford 1-0 Alfreton (Birchall 42)

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:42 Brilliant from Adam Birchall. Turned Chris Westwood

inside-out and poked the ball through Atkins' legs at

the near post.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:44 Alfreton fans celebrate an equaliser but they hadn't

spotted the offside flag. Smart finish from Paul

Clayton but it doesn't count.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:47 Max Cornhill goes down with what looks like a knee

injury. Re-enters the fray immediately but with

something of a grimace on his face.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:48 HT Dartford 1-0 Alfreton Town. One moment of

brilliance from Adam Birchall separates the sides.

Darts playing most of the football.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:04 Dartford get the second half under way, leading

Alfreton 1-0. Crowd of 1,202 inside Princes Park on

this opening day.

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:07 Almost another for Birchall, who breaks the Alfreton

offside trap. Atkins dives at his feet to save but the

little man looks very lively.

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:08 Guy's flick, Potts onto it and through to the right, but

weak shot with outside of foot, easy for keeper. 3-0

48 mins

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:09 Dartford going for the kill early in this second half.

Atkins claws a Hayes corner out from under the bar.

Alfreton rocking a bit.

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:10 Potts has just taken a clearance flush in the, well,

you can imagine. Painful. A metaphor for Carlisle's

day so far #cufc

Breaking News/
Reporting

Tweet

Category

User

Time

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:10 Matt Fry coming off injured. With his history, you

hope it's nothing serious. James Rogers takes his

place, straight swap at left-back.

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:12 Should be four, as Wells has Livesey on toast, but

Gillespie and Brough block two shots, then

Thompson slices a sitter wide

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:14 Hanson gets to a Meredith cross, header off target.

Feely, who the striker beat in the air, smacks the

ground in anger #cufc

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:17 Birchall causing Alfreton problems every time he gets

on the ball. Sharp turn from the #Gills loan man and

a low shot which Atkins saves.

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:18 Lynch now had the call from Abbott/Kavanagh

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:18 Corner to Blues

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:19 Lynch on for his debut, replaces Noble. United corner

to nothing

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:20 Marvellous sweeping pass from Bradbrook.

Inevitably, Birchall is the recipient, and he shoots just

wide. Livewire. Darts on top.

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:20 Breaks for Wells to left of goal, Gillespie across

quickly to save. Short corner routine breaks for

Thompson, shoots wide #CUFC

Breaking News/
Reporting

joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:23 Brilliant dribble by Yeates bamboozles Potts and

Lynch, almost gets through but Gillespie has it.

Ovation for the Bradford man

Breaking News/
Reporting

stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:25 Warning signs for Dartford. Thomas Shaw and Paul

Clayton both go close. Prior should have converted

Birchall's cross at the other end.

Breaking News/
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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:25 De Vita, formerly of Swindon, on for Thompson. Still

3-0 to Bradford, 65 mins

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:26 4-0 - JONES

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:27 Now Feely joins in the calamity show - caught by

Wells, who ran forward, Blues outnumbered, squared

for Jones, slotted home. Dire #cufc

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:29 Alfreton getting closer. Joshua Law shoots across

goal but wide.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:30 Brough replaced, Black on for debut. And for

Bradford, Reid replaces Yeates

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:32 Blues almost pull one back, as Beck challenges for

Berrett's free-kick, and the falling Feely turns it onto

the roof of the net

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:34 Changes for both sides. Daniel Wishart for Daniel

Meadows (Alfreton) and Danny Harris for Jason Prior

(Dartford). 15 minutes left.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:38 Wells through to the left, but touch as he cuts inside

is heavy, chance goes

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:42 Kristian Ramsey-Dickson on for Thomas Shaw.

Another debutant for Alfreton, who have eight

minutes to save this game. Can the Darts hold on?

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:42 Bradford still piling it on. Wells could easily have had

a hat-trick today. Gillespie keeping score down

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:43 Wells subbed. Quite right Parkinson, he's had a

stinker. Connell on. 4-0, 83 mins

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:46 Birchall almost conjures a second Dartford goal from

nothing, spinning on the edge of the box and floating

a delicate chip just over.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:48 Mark Yeates named man of the match.

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:50 Birchall has another shot blocked. Hayes, who set

him up, is replaced by Alex Woodyard - making his

Darts debut. Four added minutes.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:53 Some chanting "We want Abbott out" in the away end

#cufc

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:54 Full-time, Bradford 4 (Yeates, Wells, Hanson, Jones)

Carlisle 0 #cufc

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 16:54 FT Dartford 1-0 Alfreton Town. Darts good value but

Alfreton made them sweat at times during the second

half. Birchall superb.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:57 Some booing Abbott as the #cufc boss walks to the

tunnel. By contrast, Bradford fans jubilant and singing

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 20:42 Jason Dufner opens 3-shot lead on Kuchar &

Scott as drier Oak Hill starts to bite back. #PGA

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 21:19 Matt Fry (hamstring) a doubt for Dartford's trip to

Aldershot on Tuesday. Tyrone Sterling won't be fit so

James Rogers may deputise.

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 22:45 Furyk, 43, leads #PGA. Stricker, 46, is sixth. Take

that, flat bellies.

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 22:57 Furyk hits great lag putt on short 14th after no-so-

great approach. That green has more twists and

turns than a New York pretzel. #PGA

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 02:45 Barney 2R double in 8th, and #Cubs #StLCards are

tied at 4

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 02:46 #Cubs were 0-for-6 with RISP before Barney's

double

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 02:47 3 days after looking like he was done for season,

Navarro hits tie-breaking RBI double. #Cubs

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 03:09 Schierholtz RBI single in 9th gives #Cubs 6-4 lead

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 03:24 Final #Cubs 6 #StLCards 5. Barney 2R double in 8th

and Navarro go-ahead pinch-hit RBI double

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 03:39 All Sveum wanted to see from Navarro to know he

was ready to play was "walk and squat" #Cubs

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 13:30 Shirt numbers for new season finalised on Friday but,

at the moment, no one in the number worn by

Ronaldo, Cantona, Beckham etc #mufc

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 13:52 Just spotted the first 'In David we trust' banner at

Wembley #MUFC

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 14:01 Yes, the flag's for De Gea. Thanks. It's on the

opposite side of the stadium & the sun's in my

eyes. Excuses

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 14:07 New season, new manager, same old Van Persie.

Excellent 6th-minute header to give #MUFC the lead

against Wigan in Community Shield

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 15:49 Geoff Hurst selects Michael Carrick as 'McDonald's

man of the match'. Coyle to sign McFlurry to play

alongside McClean, McArthur & McCarthy

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 16:05 #Cubs lineup vs Redbirds: DeJesus cf, Lake lf, Rizzo

1b, Castillo c, Schierholtz rf, Murphy 3b, Castro ss,

Barney 2b, EJackson p

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mattlewis27

11 Aug 2013 16:15 Top punditry from Lee Dixon: "That's a big plus for

them - their striker is getting goals."

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 16:41 Owen Coyle in press conf: says there have been no

offers for James McCarthy or any #WAFC players but

"wouldn't be surprised" if that changes

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 16:44 Moyes on "first trophy" this afternoon: "I class that as

another piece of silverware for Sir Alex, really"

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 16:47 Moyes now in. #MUFC, he says, are "closer" to

bringing someone in. But says Fellaini absence from

#EFC nothing of Utd's doing

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 16:48 ian Poulter playing 16. carded 6 birdies, 5 bogeys, 4

pars to date

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 16:49 David Moyes now stressing there has been no fall-

out between him and Wayne Rooney. Very strong on

it. #MUFC

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 16:51 Moyes says he's "closer" to making new signings, but

that, if it doesn't happen, he'd be happy to go into the

season with this squad #MUFC

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 16:53 Moyes accepts that Rooney wants to leave but

adamant, again, about not-for-sale message. #MUFC

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 16:53 Moyes insisting that Rooney will not be sold. Doesn't

offer an answer when asked why he would keep a

player who wants to leave

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 16:55 Tiger's shirt only half red, the back is grey, in

sympathy with his putting

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 16:56 Moyes spikey post-match. 'Some of you might not

like hearing this: I didn't fall out with Wayne. He

trained with the reserves at his asking'

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 16:58 Moyes on Rooney: 'We used him as a floating player

so he didn't get injured. So anyone who wrote

anything else was misleading their readers'

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 17:02 Q: Concerned Rooney wants to go? Moyes: Just

what I said. He's not for sale. I'm not changing so

there's no more to answer to your question

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 17:03 Moyes was also asked why #MUFC went after

Fabregas when little chance of it coming off.

"Because MU go after the best players in the world"

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:29 G-Mac on the leaderboard 4 birdies in a row goes to

-1 after 7. 11 more and he can win this

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:47 Rory is -7 for his last 25 holes, better than any. He

was 3 under after 4 on Thursday. Pity about the 25 in

between

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:27 Alfonso Soriano collects his 2,000th hit with a HR

today for Yankees.

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:45 898 of Soriano's 2,000 hits -- including 181 HRs

(which rank 11th on the team's all-time list) -- came

when he was with the #Cubs

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 20:07 DeJesus scores on error by Holliday who loses

Lake's fly ball in sun. #Cubs trail 3-1 in 3rd

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:33 #Bears have signed S Derrick Martin to a one-year

contract and waived S Cyhl Quarles.

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 20:35 #Cubs Barney RBI single in 4th makes it 4-2

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:42 #WhiteSox get INF Leury (lay-OOH-ree) Garcia from

Rangers as player to be named from Aug 9 trade that

sent Alex Rios and cash to Texas.

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:46 Stenson, coming off eagle at 4th, just hit same spot

on 5th green as Rory. But his ball stopped rolling.

#DontGoNearThatPin #pgachamp

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 21:26 #Cubs now trail 4-3 after RBI single by Starlin Castro

in 6th

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 21:28 #Cubs #STLCards now tied at 4 after Barney RBI

single in 6th

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 21:29 #Cubs E. Jackson is done after 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER,

3 BB, 2 Ks

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 21:36 Jason Dufner sticks another iron on 8th, takes 1-shot

lead on Furyk. Everybody's gonna be going for

Randy Quaid look after this. #pgachamp

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 22:04 Darnell McDonald to pinch-hit. He's 50th player to be

used by #Cubs this year, 3 shy of club record set last

year.

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 22:14 Strangest stat of the year? Rafael Nadal has not lost

a match on a hard court in 2013. Yet. Adds Montreal

Masters to Indian Wells title.

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 22:27 #StLCards lead 6-4 over #Cubs heading into 8th.

Mujica in to get final 6 outs

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 22:32 Navarro time. #Cubs

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 23:19 Marina Erakovic doesn't make the mistake she made

against Laura Robson at Wimbledon. Hangs on to

beat Heather Watson in 3 in Cincy qualies.

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 23:55 With the PGA Championship in hand, Jason Dufner's

career earnings go to $17.2 million.

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 23:59 At the start of the year, the odds for Tiger Woods to

win zero majors was 1/2. Odds to win them all? 80/1.

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 06:36 Off to St George's Park now for England build-up. Be

interesting to see Wayne Rooney train on crutches

with his arm in a plaster cast.

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:40 Chelsea have strengthened their contacts with Eto'o

along the weekend. Mourinho leading of course, but

now already talks about his wages

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:46 It is true that Napoli as well have contacted Bayern

for Luiz Gustavo, but no bid has been made yet. But

this is only the first part... -1

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:49 Amongst all the contacts received, Luiz Gustavo is so

far oriented to accept the Arsenal's, liking both

economical and football proposal

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:57 David Luiz - in next hours Barcelona will submit a

new bid, which should be approx 30m€+5 add-ons

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:06 Il Napoli è dietro l'Arsenal nella corsa per Luiz

Gustavo. Il giocatore in questo momento

sceglierebbe di trasferirsi all'Arsenal

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:09 Cristiano Ronaldo - meetings about extending

contract with Real Madrid aren't happening in next

few weeks (which is never a good sign)

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:14 Julio Cesar and Fiorentina have broken their

negotiations. Once again Julio Cesar's wages

request the issue, as with Arsenal and Napoli

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SamWallaceIn

12 Aug 2013 13:50 Hodgson on Rooney: 'I'm not prepared to say if he's

not playing at his club he can't play for England,

because he's one of our best players'

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 14:22 Liverpool's target Diego Costa found an agreement

with Atletico Madrid to extend his contract, according

to Marca

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 14:31 In its last reported year (2011), LeBron's charity

raised $83,500 through events and LOST $140,978.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:32 Me dicen también que será clave para que venga

Granero que el jugador acepte una rebaja salarial.

Le seduce la #realsociedad y la Champions.

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 15:52 David Luiz's agent meeting today Chelsea

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 16:01 Biggest drop in merchandise sales among the bigger

schools? Penn State. Was ranked 10th in 2010,

ranked 19th in 2012.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 16:03 In 2012-13 school year, Boise State sold more gear

than Cal, Stanford, Ole Miss, Maryland, Pitt, UCONN

and BC.

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 13:00 #mufc: De Gea; Rafael, Vidic, Jones, Evra; Zaha,

Carrick, Cleverley, Giggs; Van Persie, Welbeck.

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 13:01 #wafc: Carson; Boyce, Perch, Barnett, Crainey;

McCarthy, Watson, McArthur; Maloney, Holt,

McClean.

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 14:07 Good start for Moyes and #mufc....Evra cross and

perfect RVP header 1-0.

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 14:20 Giggs just having a quiet word with Zaha, whose

careless back-heel gave #wafc the ball briefly v

#mufc

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 15:19 2-0. Good move by #mufc from left ro right, Van

Persie shot nets via Perch. Zaha hobbling off,

possible doubt for #eng

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11/08/2013 15:27 Giggs excellent. Touch, work-rate, vision, the usual.

Not bad for someone 3 months away from his 40th

birthday. Subbed. Standing ovation

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 15:35 Looking at Anderson, the Community Shield is not

the only one sponsored by McDonald’s. Good player

but needs to shape up

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 16:47 Moyes on injuries: "I think he (Zaha) will be (all right

for #eng). I don't know yet. Rafael looks like he's got

a bit of a hamstring' #MUFC

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 16:49 Moyes on Rooney: "I didn't fall out with Wayne. He

trained with reserves at his asking'' So he won't be

sold? "Correct''. #mufc

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 10:29 Wayne Rooney first out at #eng training. Whacking

balls hard at St George's Park (twinned with Lourdes)

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 10:36 Rooney now leading the running at #eng training

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 10:43 Rooney particularly sharp weaving through the

slalom poles in #eng training. Now doing stretching

like a gymnast

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JohnsonDami

6 Aug 2013 09:49 RT @StuartRowson: Enjoying your breakfast? A bus-

sized lump of fat has been removed from a London

sewer. #buildup http://t.co/YW055IzMxN

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 14:40 RT @SChristiansen87: My quiet, gentle horse just

tried to buck the GB trainer off. He knows to behave

for me!

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 17:36 Charlotte Green 1 All Those Blokes Who Went For

The Job To Read The Football Results 0 (in a

portentous voice).

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 17:53 RT @BenReininga: "Amazon founder says he clicked

on the Washington Post by mistake... http://t.co/

04BUW1AraP

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mattlewis27

6 Aug 2013 19:39 Made it with 15 minutes to spare before kick-off. All

set up now. Took an hour-and-a-half to get here

though. #wycombewanderers

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 10:14 RT @TwopTwips: ANNOY staff at a Tesco Express

by asking if it stops at Birmingham New Street. (via

@jizlobber)

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JohnsonDami

7 Aug 2013 11:54 RT @DaveKliney: @JohnsonDamian Hi, please can

we have a RT for this special boy. Or a donation?!

Thankyou http://t.co/06V9jUu9Gv http://t.c…

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mcgrathmike

7 Aug 2013 13:27 Lyrics to There'sNoOtherWay by Blur are surely

about players warming the bench, injured or 'missing'

as they await transfers #bale #roo #lui

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alexthomascn

7 Aug 2013 14:03 This is genius. And reminds me of some

conversations I've had with US colleagues! :-) http://

t.co/BzRDIMqdkX

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johnpayne01

8 Aug 2013 17:57 Only seven #NFFC fans in London? I think not... give

@NFFCLondon a follow

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johnpayne01

8 Aug 2013 18:53 RT @StuartBroad8: When are the Outlaws on Sky?

Currently watching Colvile and Butcher review the

2nd Ashes Test in 2006 for some unknown re…

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OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 08:21 RT @danielstorey85: Right folks, im now off until Sep

14th, working on a Grouchy Tiger, Forbidden Dragon

gag for when Hull face Cardiff.

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:45 Alan: 'I'd like to drive a Land Rover towing a

speedboat' Pat: 'I'd like to grow old with someone I

love' Alan: 'Both valid' #AlphaPapa #AlphaPap

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:50 Alan to fellow motorist: 'YOUR FOG LIGHTS ARE

ON! YOUR FOG LIGHTS ARE ON!' [getting more

agitated] 'IT'S NOT FOGGY!' Great work

@neilgibbons

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:51 @MichaelfAdam no need for brownie points. But I

wonder whose pulling your levers?

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 11:12 RT @stu_fraser: As I read about the Raonic fallout,

reminded of Jonny Marray's sportsmanship when he

called net touch on himself in the Wim…

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 11:13 @FortyDeuceTwits @scambers73 @tumcarayol

@carole_bouchard Just throw in a bathroom break

and you'd have the full kaboodle.

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 12:35 Are we in danger of digital dementia? http://t.co/

eeyZA2oRiu

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 12:36 BA #FF @BaseballAmerica @willingo

@johnmanuelba @BenBadler @jjcoop36

@MattEddyBA @aaronfitt @joshlev44 @Clint_BA

@jimshonerdBA

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 15:54 Terrible traffic. Why? Because someone decided to

leave a mattress in the middle of a dual carriageway.

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 17:53 Given the Americanisation of football, Hull are lucky

they bagged 'Tigers' early - in a few years the rest

will be scrabbling over rodents

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:07 #ff other @guardian_sport types @garypayne19

@sidlowe @James_Dart @ianprior @davehytner

@StuartJamesGNM @domfifield @seaningle

@James_Riach

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:13 #ff and more @david_conn @owen_g

@m_christenson @GuardianJamieJ

@AHunterGuardian @JacobSteinberg @honigstein

@barneyronay @mrewanmurray

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:23 Also, well done to @NatashaSHenry for launching

@WiSMagazine. And for fans of non-league football:

@FootballExcl #ff

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:44 There has to be some incentive - it's too cliquey at

the moment, there's no way in for people pulling up

trees in county cricket

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 19:14 With my Hot Sheet work done at the Cell, have to

stick around to watch personal fave Kyle Gibson

pitch for the #Twins.

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 19:25 I'm going to make @jjcoop36 jealous ... Just saw

Chris Colabello drill an opposite-field HR, estimated

387 feet. #Twins

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alexthomascn

9 Aug 2013 19:41 So gutted to have recorded my last

@WorldSportCNN chat with the legendary

@pedrocnn Most charismatic colleague I've ever

had. Good luck PP.

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 20:01 Hey, @jjcoop36 ... Colabello just blasted another ball

the other way, this one a ground-rule double.

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mattlewis27

9 Aug 2013 21:00 Not a bad place to spend a Friday evening... http://

t.co/r4UxjNMt7O

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gchase1

9 Aug 2013 22:48 RT @GMPCityCentre: Man arrested on Deansgate

for drink driving. He was waiting for his wife drinking

a can of #Lager.

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 05:25 Ohio State can play spring game in #NFL stadium,

but #Illini can't scrimmage at rickety Rantoul High

School. Gotta love the #NCAA. #LOGIC!

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 10:24 As definitive proof that Ian Botham has always talked

nonsense, I just ate five Shredded Wheat for

breakfast. Easily

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 13:45 Steve Smith is a play-on candidate if ever I saw one,

he wafts that bat like a broom.

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 13:51 Got to feel for Onions a little bit, he would have been

unplayable in these conditions

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:08 Trott on to bowl, why not pick a bowler to do that job

and lay off a non scoring batsman?

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 15:20 Alfreton probably just about edging things at Princes

Park. There's a bite back in the tackles which just

isn't there in pre-season.

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 15:44 Still cant believe this: Ohio State can play spring

game in #NFL stadium, but #Illini cant scrimmage at

rickety Rantoul HS.Gotta love #NCAA.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:31 On early evidence Yeates might prove one of the

signings of the L1 season. Far too much cunning and

class for Carlisle today

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 17:03 David Peace's Bill Shankly book has 736 pages, the

same as Max Hastings' exhaustive history of the

Second World War. That can't be right

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JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 17:04 Tough exam of #QPR promotion credentials at #htfc

Better side but couldn't break down determined Town

#finalscore

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jimcallisBA

10 Aug 2013 18:38 #UGA guys must think alike. Gordon Beckham's

walkup music ("Your Love" by The Outfield) is also

my ringtone.

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 22:58 Jonas Blixt hit ball in pocket of spectator, said 'friend

of my dad hit someone in ass once. Did it plug, he

said. didn't play it form there

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 23:19 A thousand words to find on today's debacle. Anyone

like to help? #cufc

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 01:53 Is Dempsey's debut on national tv?

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 04:02 Congrats to @BlaekParker who picked up 1st ML win

Sat night with #Cubs. Yes, he received celebratory

beer shower, and it was cold

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 12:33 what a marvelous story to wake up to in upstate NY.

England ripping thru the Aussie tail. time for that top

order to contribute

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 12:54 Hard to hang Root for that. Harris would have had

Len Hutton back in the hutch with that ball

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 15:34 I propose reintroduction of two cuts at majors to rid

sunday morning of its meaninglessness. shed half

the field again Saturday night

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RHookham_M

etro

11 Aug 2013 17:03 Good from Harlow's @andrewosagie for making

Tuesday's world 800m final as one of the quickest s/f

losers #athletics

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 17:04 England need a daddy ton from Bell to get edge

home I reckon

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 17:47 Reading story about Egypt in the Times and this line

struck me as absurd: "the military announced last

week on its Facebook page..."

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 18:32 Celebrities are not like us. "Mr Redford...is on a

hiatus, according to a representative, and was

unavailable for comment."

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 18:32 I want to be on a hiatus

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:06 I'll miss Arod when he gets suspended. He actually

makes this mediocre Yankees team somewhat

interesting

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:11 I don't think people realize that when Arod is gone

people are gonna have to read about Jayson Nix and

Eduardo Nunez.

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:17 After failing to get broken down Arod out, Jack Clark

should suggest Verlander use steroids

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 19:44 front nine folding for the big boys tday, lots of tweetie

pies

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:55 And last Soriano note from me: If you're watching

#Cubs, check out Castro, Lake & Castillo's high

socks today. Just like Sori

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 20:06 Not sure this headband with blazer trend is going to

catch on http://t.co/olmrID0gRK

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 20:10 Lookalikes: Mark Sanchez & Lawrence from

"Office Space" http://t.co/uRplsyIxB9 (via

@_MatthewRich)

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:38 If Rory wants to moan about triple-bogey 7 at No. 5,

he's entitled. That shot seemed to be right at pin,

rolled off green. #PGAchamp

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:57 Dufner didn't get the memo about staying way right of

5th pin. (Furyk did.) Dufner sticks wedge, title-worthy

stuff. #PGAChamp

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 21:03 Jason Dufner, ladies & gentlemen. Covered his

win at LaSalle Bank Open in Glenview in 2006, beat

Cliff Kresge by a shot. Had no idea, though

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 21:30 #STLCards must have 20 relievers. It seems like they

never run out of pitchers out of the pen

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 22:31 Jason Dufner's choice of smokeless tobacco is

Wintergreen Copenhagen Snuff

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 23:05 Dufner's favorite dip brand Copenhagen is the US

market leading dip (28%). Skoal is #2 at 23%.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 01:35 POLL RESULTS: 62% say Tiger won't win 5 more

majors, won't pass Jack http://t.co/P7FB31JS46

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jorgearangure 12 Aug 2013 03:04 Amazing photo from the next episode of Breaking

Bad: http://t.co/Q3P9jfpzPc

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 08:58 I think i just broke my gearbox.

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 11:30 This is fairly crazy. What happens in one second on

the internet... http://t.co/83fgGOBKoo (via

@nytimesbits)

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:38 Here we go then. Already many updates in, this

morning. And more should come along the afternoon.

22 days to end of window

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:45 Eto'o story is the hottest at the moment, for how

things are speeding up. Although saga of the day is

Luiz Gustavo, and so here we go

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:21 (honestly I hope Fiorentina will step back. Julio Cesar

would so boost their level, paying that money is

absolutely worth)

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:49 Inside the life of an alleged Outfit extortionist http://

t.co/870ORcsDmF

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:20 No se puede contentar a todos -eso ya lo

sabíamos-.Xo se ha trabajado en las medidas y creo

q son lógicas y premian al socio. #realsociedad

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:38 ¿Es tan recomendable Breaking bad? Me la compré

por itunes y no pasé del primer capítulo -me aburrió

un poco-. ¿Es para tanto? cc @lmejino

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jimcallisBA

12 Aug 2013 17:07 How different are Cape & SS? @jonadkinsWV:

they're not comparable. Re: CCBL and D1 comparing

to Short Season. Played in all 3...

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stevetervet

12 Aug 2013 17:13 Farnborough sold their soul to Graham Westley 10

years ago and now they're selling their names. I

should pity them but I don't.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:18 @felizari Falso. 1971. Agosto. Fiestas donostiarras.

Do not trust wikipedia. http://t.co/YjCrB5Psy3

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GARSIDEK

12 Aug 2013 17:27 What's wrong with Jimmy? this match won't reach

lunch tomorrow

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:55 Good, spiky @NatashaSHenry column in

@WiSMagazine on why @rachelyankey11 #eng #afc

deserves more respect. New magazine, worth a look

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NickParrottTV 12 Aug 2013 11:59 Disappointed that Downing is off to West Ham. Can't

hurt #LFC there, but I thought he did well last

season.

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 13:29 Was the Community Shield on terrestrial TV last

year? I can't remember. For years it was only live on

pay TV. Can't see United losing.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 16:13 When I went to Silverstone in 2007 it cost £90 for a 3

day GA ticket. Almost double for 2014. Crazy #F1

Silverstone http://t.co/gqelaKmJg3

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:29 I wouldn't be sad to see him go abroad for £50m+.

Glad to see FSG show the player who's boss.

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JohnsonDami

6 Aug 2013 12:01 @HullCityLive @StuartRowson Yuk, not sure I'd want

one in my house

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bill_west_

6 Aug 2013 16:13 @SportJournoTwee Yes mate no problem

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bill_west_

6 Aug 2013 16:14 @SportJournoTwee I'll DM you my e-mail buddy

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JohnsonDami

6 Aug 2013 17:06 @SportJournoTwee Yes, no problem

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JohnsonDami

6 Aug 2013 17:16 @SportJournoTwee I'll DM you an email address

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 17:32 @SportJournoTwee Yes - send it over

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johnpayne01

6 Aug 2013 20:06 @Jacobwardrop @markdennison Ooh not sure

about that. Do you mean your mate Billy didn't like

him?

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johnpayne01

6 Aug 2013 20:31 @Jacobwardrop @markdennison Well if Billy's got

sense he will be changing his mind pretty quickly.

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johnpayne01

6 Aug 2013 20:36 @hickeyj10 @markdennison Couldn't agree more.

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mcgrathmike

7 Aug 2013 13:22 @SportJournoTwee No probs, I will follow you if you

want to dm me

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gchase1

7 Aug 2013 20:25 @Andrew_Heaton Technially the best on the pitch by

a mile.

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gchase1

7 Aug 2013 20:25 @Simon_Hughes__ Unbooked thus far. Surprising.

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7 Aug 2013 21:15 @SportJournoTwee Just sent you my answers mate Interaction

DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 09:34 @WaldorfTBeagle I'd be surprised, knowing the way

Hodgson works, even with Sturridge, Carroll, Defoe,

Rooney not fully fit.

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DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 09:37 @Gilzean498 if the info is good and source reliable,

which it was, why would you think we wouldn't want

to run an accurate (and big) story?

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DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 09:46 @Gilzean498 the issue is more that people don't like,

or understand, off-record reporting/guidance. If it's

off-record, it's off-record.

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DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 09:47 @85darcy cheers - had a lot of grief from LFC fans

re Suarez but only complaints yesterday from AFC

fans (strangely)

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DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 13:41 @WaldorfTBeagle I'm officially surprised!

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JohnsonDami

8 Aug 2013 16:38 @jakeatbreakfast couldn't agree more. Not been to

Chelsea for a while but I am told it's a serious

contender for top slot as well

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jimcallisBA

8 Aug 2013 19:40 Still young and has tools, not a lost cause.

@louieopatz: Is Daniel Fields taking a step forward

2nd time through AA? #Tigers

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jimcallisBA

8 Aug 2013 19:46 Still young & toolsy too but rushing him to

majors didn't help. @beyonder2: Is Anthony Gose a

lost cause? #BlueJays

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jimcallisBA

8 Aug 2013 22:22 Too kind! @matthewstucko: Thank u Chris Kline

@jimcallisBA @johnmanuelba...4 getting my

reporting career started...http://t.co/VxTy1z3BT7

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jimcallisBA

8 Aug 2013 22:45 Hedges. @jgriswold729: Grandal or Hedges?

#Padres

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jimcallisBA

8 Aug 2013 23:04 I'm a Pierce Johnson guy, but it's close.

@christrengove: CJ Edwards or Pierce Johnson?

#Cubs

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:09 Polanco. @tmlgsports: Avisail Garcia or Gregory

Polanco?? #Tigers #Pirates

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:09 Correa. @jordans10: Baez or correa? #Cubs #Astros Interaction

jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:10 That's his ultimate ceiling, yes. More likely tops out

as a No. 4 SP. @frankhutch89: what is hendricks

projected upside? No 3? #Cubs

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:10 Walker. But gap keeps narrowing. @jorge_utd:

Syndergaard or walker?? #mets #Mariners

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:11 More OBP & power, better defense.

@ctspanton: Why is Olt better prospect than Vitters?

Vitters year younger, has crushed AAA pitching.

#Cubs

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 01:12 Make that #WhiteSox. Whoops. @jimcallisba:

Polanco. @TMLGsports: Avisail Garcia or Gregory

Polanco?? #Tigers #Pirates

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:46 @Matthewblue1875 yes, it didn't disappoint

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:50 @wharfey11 chuckle

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:51 @BarrieWhite1980 haha

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:56 @BarrieWhite1980 'by the time the dryer came on I

was in the footwell'

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:57 @MichaelfAdam hmm, still not an answer to my

question & no, I'm not convinced your beloved

council is as helpful as you think

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 08:57 @Fino76 marvellous

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SamWallaceIn

9 Aug 2013 09:30 @BlueTintedGaz @michaelfadam but not with

unpleasant, abusive language. So he works for them.

Interesting ...

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:12 @Blorengewindow No, but it doesn't make him

wrong either

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:14 @TsarKiller What would you prefer though - Premier

League football and your new name or administration

and your old name?

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:16 @TsarKiller I would add, Bill Shankly changed

Liverpool's kit - is he known as a wrecker of

heritage?

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:24 @TsarKiller I've got no reason not to believe you, but

I'm not sure all football fans are as honest. They say

one thing, do another

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:38 @Talkingbluds It's the Barry Hearn school of

marketing and it makes sense - he's not unduly

worried about existing fans, he wants new ones

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:43 @TheRealJJA But you'd still be at Wembley, wouldn't

you, celebrating your new-found success? Or would

you be sulking back in Hull?

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:44 @sssssarah They headbutt hard, babies

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 13:54 @kevinmitchell50 I noticed that. Like Athers, I tried to

pretend it didn't happen

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 14:08 @TheRealJJA No thanks, best to stay out of it,

otherwise you get tied up in irrationality and

hypocrisy

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 14:26 @TheRealJJA See you at the cup final, in your new

Hull Tigers strip...

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 15:19 @TheRealJJA Touche, touche

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 15:53 @linzsports incredible. Great spot.

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:17 @SeatPitch bugger off . .

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OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 18:17 @chinnyman123 Thanks very much. Very kind of you Interaction

OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 18:18 @TonyKang1977 Only if invited. My phone hasn't

rung yet ...

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:27 @JacobSteinberg retro hour. I've gone all 2010. With

apologies to @amylawrence71

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:29 @EssexCricketer Australia won far more dead

rubbers against England than they lost

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:31 @andijarvis But Trott's done it for England many

times, you can forgive him going through a bad spell

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:37 @EssexCricketer But we're talking about this series

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:53 @Jim_Hulbert What people forget about that great

Australian side was that players did get dropped if

they weren't performing...

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 18:53 @Jim_Hulbert ... it's just that most of the time they

performed...

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 19:01 @chrisvanthomas Absolutely, I'm not advocating

players getting chopped and changed willy-nilly

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 19:08 @EssexCricketer I don't think Bairstow should be in

the team full stop, Taylor should have been in, not

sure what he has to do

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bendirs1

9 Aug 2013 19:10 @Jim_Hulbert Taylor has only played two Tests

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 19:16 Baez most likely. @JordanS10: Bryant olt or baez as

the 3rd baseman of the future for the #Cubs

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gchase1

9 Aug 2013 19:33 @bodenknights Apt!

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 21:02 Concur. @jjcoop36: Ruf bc of his age. RT

@wahoowaskiumah: Colabello or Ruf, who has the

longer MLB career? #Twins #Phillies

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alex_willis

10 Aug 2013 08:45 @VictoriaHoe @LexiDV my cousin just woke me up

at 7am to discuss it. She watched the whole thing in

a day.

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OliverKayTim

10 Aug 2013 09:37 @LeeClayton_ Great insight and strong views from

Carragher.

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alex_willis

10 Aug 2013 10:49 @piersnewbery so inconsiderate.

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SueMott1

10 Aug 2013 11:31 @EllieSimmonds1 @britishswimming Good luck Ellie

and thanks for the chat. No, you're definitely not a

diva. http://t.co/p3aaOJq4tl

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SueMott1

10 Aug 2013 11:43 @Gaynor54 @EllieSimmonds1 a great cook so

student life will be fine. But her Mum reckons the

laundry will come home w/ends in bin liner.

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:09 @GlennMoore7 ah those were the days, when

managers and journalists talked one to one, and

without a sponsor's tag line

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:11 @OllieHolt22 so glad you told me that, Olly. shouldn't

joke. rochdale the land of my father

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:12 @ChrisProSkills so could a month in Warwickshire

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:13 @JohnRRead solid knowledge for a Saturday

afternoon. but wouldn't he be the one supplying the

pass?

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:15 @ChrisProSkills or rebuild it

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:21 RT @ParkerTandA: #bcafc crowd is 13,641 with 779

away fans...

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:24 @MsiDouglas Don't speak too soon. Comeback's still

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 17:08 @quacking_plums That says an awful lot

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 17:49 @heidimobile Jesus, where did you dig that up from?

That was two years ago!

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JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 17:50 @jamesporter1966 should be a good game when

those 2 meet. QPR look pretty classy. At Forest v

Derby next week

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 17:59 @heidimobile Don't do pics Heidi

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:44 @PedroUnplugged Where is Chuy-baca?

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:45 @YankeesWFAN #yapyap

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:48 @YankeesWFAN I'm going to report you to the

Yankees for those snide comments.

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:51 @AvengingJM @professorparks @mikeferrinsxm

@padresandpints I would have gone with "fraud"

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:55 @AvengingJM #dry

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 21:09 @AckertNYDN This is my favorite movie: http://t.co/

skhmaVvS6n

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 21:11 @SimonJChivers @reecesanford @benpearcespurs

@spursnutn17 agree. absolutely nothing wrong with

having Lennon work to keep his job.

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 21:14 @WheresKernan Quick recognition on the Bieber

song. Are you a Belieber?

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 21:17 @benpearcespurs Is there a Spurs player who brings

out such differing opinions as Lennon? Probably not.

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JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 21:44 @jamesporter1966 yes, you're right. Bum steer from

the boss

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bendirs1

10 Aug 2013 21:47 @BauerBrent He covers all bases and it's a brilliant

read

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 22:59 @SlimMonty @DaveTindallgolf as they will till he

wins one

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 23:01 So true. Thought of that; didn't want to call them `old

guys.' RT @Illinisfd: @HerbGould ironically those two

have no gut and Duffner does.

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 23:22 @MsiDouglas Won't have many easier rides than

today, so hard to say. But club and team seem

vibrant at moment. Yeates a top addition.

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:04 @georgiebingham How's the cat Georgie? Yours, a

concerned cat lover.

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:07 @georgiebingham Bless you for helping to save the

little 'un.

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:35 @burnsieboy65 @georgiebingham Great to hear,

bless

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:39 @ObumOsigwe Thanks for your support. I've

laughed about Koscielny tweet. But abuse on Suarez

is OTT

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:41 @hashtagarsenal It's a three year old tweet. He was

struggling to adapt, wasn't playing and League Cup

final hadn't even happened.

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 01:55 @AnthonyDiComo big deterioration?

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 01:55 @GingeFC damn

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 02:30 @GregJohnsMLB Got goosebumps here reading

that

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 03:16 @dgoold Actually, Navarro is fan of Messi, who plays

for Barcelona

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 09:11 @HRashid_ @markolfc85 Cheers for trying. Sadly

you're right: it does. You being reasonable is the

minority which is a sad reflection. Cheers

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 09:14 @hashtagarsenal No worries, thanks. He was poor

at that stage, could never have imagined he'd be as

good so fair play to him.

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 12:59 @DickinsonTimes @JNorthcroft deepest squad wins

and #mcfc have it or are u including Mou in #cfc's

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 13:38 @DrumPhilJordan *makes check call*

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 14:09 @navweerasinghe @RedPhil2011 And Ancelotti in

2010

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 15:04 @JohnRRead Adnan the man. column on him

tomorrow

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mattlewis27

11 Aug 2013 15:26 @KaiWayne It's a bit like the Andy Murray

Scottishness meter.

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 15:51 @James7Brennan Mac-attack

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 15:52 @MartinAHaisley Boo-hoo!

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 15:57 @MartinAHaisley Whatever you've tried there - put-

down, witticism - it's not working. Maybe this isn't for

you?

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 16:26 @Dukesy37 yes since TV only concerns itself with

the leaders

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 16:45 @Viegutersays Yes. St. Andrews is the coolest place

this side of Little Sister Resort. Old Course &

Peninsula my two favorite courses.

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 16:46 RT @tombedell: @HerbGould Good fun, Herb!

Thanks, Tom. A lovely place.

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 16:59 @giocondoni Are you actually doubting that Rooney

is unhappy, despite what Ferguson, Hodgson, Neville

etc have said?

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 17:00 @Kropotkin_alias How is that tweet "naive"?

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 17:03 @tombirch89 do you often have trouble expressing

yourself cogently?

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 17:04 @Kropotkin_alias I was reporting what had been

said. I often think "insists" indicates a measure of

scepticism

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 17:08 @Kropotkin_alias Good grief. I am sceptical of

quotes - especially your last one ...

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 18:15 @sp11ke I use Facebook to grab embarrassing

photos of friends that we can later overgram

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 18:18 @AlanChand Evening Alan. Thanks very much.

Came as a surprise to me too. Didn't realise I was on

shift until late last night

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:21 @Chris3Wood @duffer100 some of us are still

standing on the putting green.

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 18:24 @sp11ke we're not?

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:27 @CricketMirror promising player needs a break from

this arena, yes?

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:30 @ByTheMinCricket pointless. Bressielad was out last

time he had the honour

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:35 @CricketMirror 5 bowlers at the Oval, kid tries a little

too hard not to look nervous, which of course reveals

how nervous he is

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 18:36 @jon_greenberg it's more of a cancellation than a

hiatus

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 18:39 @westy2018 Multiple sources. Nobody wants to say

it publicly -- at least not since Ferguson said so in

May

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:42 @tj_cummings @jonathanliew marvelous

observation Thomas

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 19:10 @westy2018 Chelsea are trying to sign Wayne

Rooney from Man Utd. He wants to go. As a football

reporter, I wouldn't call that a "non-story"

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:11 @abnerha http://t.co/KTpmf5c15w

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 19:16 @phillipnorton nice work on the missing girl, Norts

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:20 Well done RT @JohnLiotta: ARod will taking a hiatus. Interaction
darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:23 @web $5M!

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:23 @12thLady madras

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:23 @JohnJWillett only talking energy shots

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 19:25 @12thLady la tuya en vinagre

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:27 @jttrigga energy shot category.

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 19:27 @wellway27 @DaveTindallgolf hes not retired as far

as I know. Took Jack til 46 to peg 18, woods will be

38 at Augusta. Lets chat then

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:28 @suckmywake_ energy shots

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:36 POLL: Do you think Tiger can win 5 more majors

& pass Jack? #YES #NO cc #poptip

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:44 Note to @CubsNoHitStreak: Schierholtz singled with

1 out in 2nd Sunday. #Cubs

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:53 @CubsNoHitStreak My question is, once #Cubs get

the hit, do you then go back to bed? Go to a movie?

Clean your basement?

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:33 Don't ask me about Turnberry. RT @ChrisKuc: I had

an 8 when I played there. -- @HerbGould: How I

parred the Road Hole at St. Andrews.

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:35 You can do it, too.RT @MarkLazerus: I'm so jealous,

I'm actually angry. MT @HerbGould: How I parred

the Road Hole, 1st round at St. Andrews.

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 20:37 @Bebe4president in what way?

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 20:38 @Spug1983 maybe start with something simpler and

work your way up?

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 20:49 @Bebe4president he was asked about Rooney's

availability for England & his desire to leave. I

think you may be getting a little over-excited

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:04 @girlgooner @SussexGunner When did I say that?! I

think he should move, but Chelsea more likely

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:05 @CalvinBook @talkSPORT @PaulMcCarthy66 I

have been reclusive today because of Blackberry

failure! Really enjoyed it as ever

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:14 @Arsenalman2011 @CalvinBook @talkSPORT

@PaulMcCarthy66 I didn't commit myself on that

one...

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:24 @Tedious_Tweeter I didn't say that, one of the others

did

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 22:25 @Bebe4president with respect, you really haven't got

a clue

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jorgearangure 11 Aug 2013 22:39 @JamesWagnerWP cabron

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johnpayne01 11 Aug 2013 22:39 @TramsLondon can someone explain why the 2234

from Wimbledon just left a full minute early? Not the

first time....

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 23:56 @jbags5 its a fact. I'm not advocating it.

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 23:57 Up to them to make it make sense RT @PeteMaro

Most random sponsorship ever: Dufner and

Greenway (medical records company).

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 02:23 @brianstelter kudos on the big screen work today.

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jorgearangure 12 Aug 2013 03:12 @jon_greenberg I only get the Sunday Times for

#SoriTime

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 03:16 @brianstelter not as easy as it looks, huh?

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 03:23 @Ddavenport @justlikekevin in my 7 years with

espn, I have never been told to write or not write a

story. Your angle is misguided.

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OliverKayTim

12 Aug 2013 08:45 @EWHK70 Thanks very much. Appreciated

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OliverKayTim

12 Aug 2013 08:48 @Busdriver56 @westy2018 In my experience,

unattributed briefings from "sources" tend to be far

more reliable than official line from clubs

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OliverKayTim

12 Aug 2013 08:50 @Phate911 Plenty of managers cite failings of squad

in hope of getting more £ to spend. Those I speak to

at #MUFC are confident they'll buy

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 10:27 @ColinMurray No. Image of the black power salute

at the 1968 Olympics far more powerful than if they'd

boycotted.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 11:35 @Ddavenport I engage in logical conversations here.

Your premise is idiotic and suggests a conspiracy

that isn't based on reality.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 11:36 @JodiSpicer are you full espn affiliate?

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:43 @deathirwin Better than The Sun T-shirt, I suspect

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:43 .@raghuramcadambi the pay cut is a fact, the matter

is the size of it and if 2 or 3 years of contract are

offered

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:50 .@FootyNut78 don't have evidence about it so far

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:51 .@CottomJohn not that I'm aware, but let's see

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:53 .@Edoardo1997 it's freezed, as Pellegrini decided he

won't leave if a better replacement won't come

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:53 @KingDiko depends from the team and the

expectations from him...

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:57 @zambafeed che figata

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 12:59 .@jjaykhan everything is possible, although it is

difficult to see a deal involving so much money being

solved within 36 hours

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:02 .@kgaskin71 wages request too high so far

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 13:13 .@Taha_ManUnited I can't count how many times I

said that, in fairness, if Ronaldo moves (and won't

this season), Mufc won't be first option

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 14:04 @baavin missed, I was very surprised

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 14:05 @siobhan_niamh but I like my job - the abuses

coming are only a collateral effect

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 14:55 @jay_sasak @ChelsTransfer I'm not the one that

was supposed to raise the bid to 64m

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 14:56 @RNardacci l'agente ha detto che offerte non ne

sono arrivate

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 15:06 @acjimbo @LaurensJulien @honigstein

@Joey7Barton @BTSport old habits die hard

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 15:19 @EMcDub4236 on the events themselves!

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 15:19 @NOaddiLA if the NCAA clears him there's no need

to apologize. All we have reported is there is an

investigation.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 15:20 @12th__Fan no disputing that

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:22 @SabreDigitala Exacto. Lo mejor, que el club asume

que todo es mejorable y que se entierra la

comodidad de épocas anteriores.. sigo...

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:22 @SabreDigitala Importante también que se atiendan

a las demandas de los socios y a las quejas vía

redes. Señal de club moderno.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:23 @SabreDigitala Lo destaco pq soy el 1o en haber

criticado el conformismo anterior. ¿Mejorable? Todo

es mejorable. Menos la zurda de Charly.

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 15:23 @NOaddiLA read the story without your Aggie bias.

There's no slant in the story at all.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:36 @UitziPatxi Ya he dicho al minuto que me había

equivocado. Lo puedes leer en mi timeline. Un

saludo!

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jorgearangure 12 Aug 2013 15:44 @abnerha cool story bro

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 15:45 @SabreDigitala @GARA_jiturria Visto lo visto en UK,

xa mí la prioridad es un defensa. Y luego un medio -

ambos necesarios-. Luego leo. Salud!

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 15:51 @francescocosta mascherina... ha anche amiche

molto socievoli

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:14 @fernanbecerril @SabreDigitala @GARA_jiturria La

gira no fue preocupante. Lo preocupante es la falta

de profundidad de plantilla.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:14 @fernanbecerril @SabreDigitala @GARA_jiturria D

hecho,las críticas a ese factor no han cambiado pese

a qls resultados n UK no fueron buenos.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:16 @fernanbecerril @SabreDigitala @GARA_jiturria No

minusvalores la importancia de la salida de balón en

este equipo. Lo escribí el otro día...

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:16 @fernanbecerril @SabreDigitala @GARA_jiturria La

calidad de Cadamuro no se discute. La constancia y

concentración de Ansotegi, tampoco. Xo..

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:17 @SabreDigitala @fernanbecerril @GARA_jiturria

Illarra va a ser un centrocampista de referencia en el

fútbol europeo. No tengo dudas.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:17 @SabreDigitala @fernanbecerril @GARA_jiturria Si

sobrevive al entorno del Real Madrid, devora

estrellas, no le veo techo. Al tiempo.

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jimcallisBA

12 Aug 2013 16:25 Comparable. @jriddick_79: How does the

competition in short season A-ball compare to the

Cape Cod League or a D-I college conference?

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:35 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala @fernanbecerril

@GARA_jiturria Veremos. Si en el vestuario tiene

faro, de verdad que no tiene límites. Portento.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:37 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala @fernanbecerril

@GARA_jiturria Es una posibilidad. Pero por eso te

digo que depende de su cabeza -y d su entorno-.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:37 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala @fernanbecerril

@GARA_jiturria Tiene buenos apoyos en el

vestuario. Ganas de que empiece la temporada!

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:57 @carloss1967 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala

@fernanbecerril @GARA_jiturria Yo no oculto que

quiero que le vaya bien. PD. Redondo was a big

word.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:59 @carloss1967 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala

@fernanbecerril @GARA_jiturria Ojo a ver qué tiene

Cote. No entiendo tanta lesión muscular!

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:59 @carloss1967 @jaimeorbe @SabreDigitala

@fernanbecerril @GARA_jiturria Puede que

simplemente sea mala suerte. No lo sé.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:59 @Kaperas Yo creo que no nos sobra, es más,

Granero creo que va a destacar! Pero visto lo visto,

más necesario un central. Que traigan los 2!

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:05 @felizari Me han dicho que se te vio ayer con un

helado viendo los fuegos. Grande Mintxo.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:09 @Kaperas Sí. Aunque Granero no llega a la previa.

Vamos, que puede ser inscrito, pero no sería titular

en ningún caso. Veremos...

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:09 @lmejino @broome15 Jajaja! Ok, le daré una

oportunidad sin duda! Por cierto, sigo sin ver el vídeo

NFL! Desastre!

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:14 @lmejino @broome15 No, no, lo veré tranquilo! Y

con una birra o dos! ;)

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:17 @felizari Rave.

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 17:22 @pgabilon @anefano Que digo yo... que a ti te viene

de paso... XDD.

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 13:03 @neilwright200 not yet fully fit

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 13:04 @DuffnGuff unsure, bit of a guess tbh

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 14:55 @debbiekaye old days of Cup final being last game

was different. good question

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 21:10 @ClarkJason47 hi, Jason, just write to the Telegraph

and I'll sort. Good luck with the pub

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:55 @Sky_Blue_Ian sadly, no.

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:56 @Wer7Ste him and Jarvis? Downing's good if happy,

settled etc

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:57 @meln_10 @Telegraph he wants to. They don't want

him to go to a PL club

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 10:22 @Ruth_E_Mann see other piece Ruth

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 11:02 @Rossinii30 and Marmite

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NickParrottTV 12 Aug 2013 11:58 @DavidJClifford I heard the restoration cost is

around £1m, although I may be wrong :-(

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 16:12 @Siwri88 Not had any reason to watch it for the last

few years. Last time LFC were in it I went.

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 13:41 @andygraham66 presume BBC will have highlights

then.

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 13:37 @andygraham66 if it's linked to FA Cup rights

holders BBC is the senior partner for that.

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 13:36 @fran_collings Arsenal aren't bigger than Liverpool.

I'd have no issue if Suarez wanted to join Real,

Barcelona or Bayern.

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NickParrottTV 10 Aug 2013 21:42 @phillipmai Sturridge and Coutinho are quality. Even

SAF signed awful players every now and then.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 18:05 @altirishmusic nope Sterling is in a spot of bother

with the law.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 16:15 @StephenKavanag1 Agger was agitating to leave till

he got back in the side.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:47 @StephenKavanag1 Gerrard was tempted, no one

ever bid for Carragher, agree on Fowler.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:46 @Robin_Crimes meant Luiz not Luis

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:45 @Robin_Crimes doesn't seem anyone is for sale -

Bale, Fabregas, Rooney, Baines, Suarez, Luis.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:44 @StephenKavanag1 possibly. We'll see if Bolton

come back up.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:43 @StephenKavanag1 if Spearing was as talented as

Bale would he stay? Doubt it. Not much loyalty in

football.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:41 @bidit76 you're right.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:41 @Robin_Crimes so why are Arsenal preparing

another bid as has been reported?

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:40 @mannynijjar if Bale deal collapses Real might come

in for him.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:39 @StephenKavanag1 if you get to Spearing's age

without knocking on England's door you don't have a

hope at the top level. He'd know that.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:38 @StephenKavanag1 I'd rather an amazing prima

donna than a rubbish local. Attitude can be worked

on, if the talent isn't there you're doomed.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:36 @cocmay16 hope you're right.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:35 @mannynijjar that's why I wouldn't be sad to see him

go abroad where he wouldn't be a threat. Arsenal

hurt themselves selling RVP to United

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:34 @Robin_Crimes I'd only agree with you on that if a

foreign club doesn't make a bid. I just wish they'd tell

Arsenal publicly to go away.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:32 @StephenKavanag1 Spearing could have left years

ago for regular first team football elsewhere.

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:32 @StephenKavanag1 And it annoys me when they

know they're not good enough, but are happy to stick

around in the reserves instead of playing

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NickParrottTV 9 Aug 2013 00:30 @StephenKavanag1 I don't care for him. Players

who aren't good enough are leeches on the wage bill.

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mattlewis27

6 Aug 2013 21:47 Second game of the season and my first 95th minute

goal to contend with. Here's the report.... http://t.co/

0jFf36vIi7

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 09:30 Lightning strikes twice for hitman against Leicester

City... http://t.co/7s9C2ZhBZk #lcfc @JoKuffour

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 10:43 Barcelona ready to test Chelsea’s resolve over Luiz...

http://t.co/UQyUNZF7So #CFC

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 11:06 Fernando Torres makes Chelsea admission... http://

t.co/V5m2ebDuoC #CFC

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 11:50 Torres makes Chelsea admission: FERNANDO

Torres admits Chelsea’s Confederations Cup stars

are fa... http://t.co/uontMK7HgA #chelsea #cfc

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 11:50 Barcelona ready to test Chelsea’s resolve over Luiz:

CHELSEA return home from their US tour afte...

http://t.co/mV7FDgo9yN #chelsea #cfc

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mattlewis27

8 Aug 2013 14:16 Duo head out on loan as #QPR rebuild continues...

http://t.co/Q24UyiiBpe

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JohnsonDami

8 Aug 2013 15:28 Take a look at my blog which tries to show what a

football broadcaster does on a Saturday afternoon.

Thoughts welcome http://t.co/kC2SSf4qgs

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mattlewis27

8 Aug 2013 15:49 Chelsea stand firm over Barcelona target Luiz:

CHELSEA have no intention of selling David Luiz t...

http://t.co/gceMNrmclM #chelsea #cfc

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 12:45 RT @thetennisspace: Murray's shirt, Milos & the

net, painting plates & more. This week's

Oddballs & Oddities. http://t.co/Hpo04vJkzj

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jimcallisBA

9 Aug 2013 18:02 En route to U.S. Cellular Field to talk Prospect Hot

Sheet for @MLBNetwork's "The Rundown." Will air

between 2-4 ET.

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HerbGould

9 Aug 2013 20:32 #Illini coach Mike Small goes 76-76 (12-over par) at

#PGA, heads home frustrated. http://t.co/

nOeKKtW3PC

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 05:16 Jason Dufner's 63 at #PGA ties low round in a major,

leads Scott, Kuchar and Furyk by two shots. http://

t.co/8EMemBPGaS

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 05:19 Struggling Tiger, Phil know they need major

comebacks—and then some—at #PGA. #Illini Small

out—and down. http://t.co/xjGqnXWr6v

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OliverKayTim

10 Aug 2013 09:28 Column in today Times is on Moyes's task at #MUFC

http://t.co/8jLgHE9Bel. Headline and other thoughts

explained here http://t.co/9Hq0OMREfb

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SueMott1

10 Aug 2013 11:36 @EllieSimmonds1 on who stunned her into silence,

the IPC World Champs, and Oscar Pistorius.

Interview on @BTSport http://t.co/p3aaOJq4tl

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DTguardian

10 Aug 2013 15:10 Weekend column on a strange summer at #MUFC

http://t.co/0rWRsFJKxB plus Suarez, Coventry etc

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 16:00 3 #Illini make #PGA cut, but Small feeling down after

not joining them. http://t.co/TTlEoZIlcH

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 16:57 Full-time report, if you can bear it http://t.co/

gbo017o0AE

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stevetervet

10 Aug 2013 19:12 Dartford 1 Alfreton 0. Adam Birchall fires a warning to

#SkrillPremier defences. Match report from Princes

Park http://t.co/wfddKFCYm1

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jimcallisBA

10 Aug 2013 20:15 ICYMI, latest ESPN Insider Fantasy Top 10

Prospects list plus some J.Lake & W.Flores

analysis: http://t.co/Qch8gP7KgU #Cubs #Mets

#RedSox

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jimcallisBA

10 Aug 2013 20:15 I'll have that ESPN Insider Fantasy Top 10 available

for @BaseballAmerica subscribers shortly.

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jimcallisBA

10 Aug 2013 20:36 ESPN Insider Fantasy Top 10 Prospects now

available to @BaseballAmerica subscribers: http://

t.co/7LGSfc2Dpg #Cubs #Mets #RedSox #Athletics

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 23:20 Will keep looking. In meantime (not especially

relevant after Bradford, I know) here's my column

from today's paper http://t.co/XAxot5EAgR

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:03 On Talksport @tsExtraTime soon. Discussing all the

major football issues.

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 00:34 RT @tsExtraTime: After 12:30 @alexspinkmirror

talks about @Mo_Farah's stonking 10,000m win in

Moscow. Is Mo now one of the greatest runners…

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 03:53 When I'm in PGA press room, I always expect Gen.

Ike to come in and talk about cross-channel invasion.

#pgachamp http://t.co/eVHeHCSgs3

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 05:01 #Cubs were a little motivated vs #STLCards. Maybe

they should've started Wainwright http://t.co/

FzuMFIOQ9x

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stevetervet

11 Aug 2013 09:45 Dartford got their #SkrillPremier season off to a

winning start against Alfreton yesterday. Here's my

match report http://t.co/wfddKFCYm1

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jimcallisBA

11 Aug 2013 13:20 I'll talk #Pirates prospects w/Troy Clardy on

@937theFan (93.7 FM) in Pittsburgh at 9:20 am ET.

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 13:28 Antonio Valencia is wearing number 25. Wrote about

this today: player happy to pass on the famous No 7

#MUFC http://t.co/CJdXLgbHLB

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 13:59 Furyk leads, Dufner 2nd at #PGAchamp. Blixt 3 back,

but his tee shot into fan's pocket is talk of Oak Hill.

http://t.co/2gTrtvxLkz

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 14:04 How I parred the Road Hole--and other tales of first

round at St. Andrews Old Course. http://t.co/

I4Ji3w6V4h http://t.co/Po1DLlC10O

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 15:04 ARKUSH: Grading the #Bears after their first

preseason game http://t.co/GpdSW2N7dy

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 16:25 Struggling #Cubs RHP Jeff Samardzija downplays

outside pressures - Chicago Sun-Times http://t.co/

zTJzj5BaD4

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 16:49 Dissed #Cubs fire back at #StLCards with W’s Voices

| Voices http://t.co/xO6xoswpA4

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 17:07 What's hot on our site right now: MORRISSEY: Take

a deep breath, #Bears fans — it’s one game -

Chicago Sun-Times http://t.co/XGgu9fkaJj

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 17:10 Climbing the charts on our site now: ARKUSH:

Grading the #Bears after their first preseason game -

Chicago Sun-Times http://t.co/FiAKyz8aR4

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 17:55 #Cubs took it personally when #STLCards, #Dodgers

snub them http://t.co/ztjqn87WDu

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 18:17 Join me for Sportsday for latest on the #ashes, World

Champs 100 metres preview and the 1st trophy for

David Moyes at #mufc #BBCNews 6.30pm

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 18:17 RT @guardian_sport: Match report: Manchester

United 2-0 Wigan | http://t.co/FhqD9E3Jk1 via

@guardian #MUFC #WAFC

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 18:23 Do you yell at #Cubs mgr Dale Sveum to pinch-hit for

Darwin Barney? Forget it. http://t.co/xkulfZnTUx

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darrenrovell

11 Aug 2013 19:57 Mark Sanchez is...White Goodman? http://t.co/

ESpHaY7Gwj (H/T @BrianCoz)

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 20:10 MUFC 2-0 Wigan match report. Van Persie delivers;

but the Rooney saga continues to cast a shadow

http://t.co/fWEjEqDMk6

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HerbGould

11 Aug 2013 20:28 Leaders just teed off. Tiger & Phil's parking

spots available if you want to stop by Oak Hill

clubhouse. #pgachamp http://t.co/1n2ZKLMYZR

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:18 New show tomorrow night. My pal @adrianjclarke

presenting The Clock End on Arsenal TV. Delighted

to be a guest. http://t.co/WcVaPiT657

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:18 It's free to air, plenty to discuss, please join us and

call in to get your point across. Details here: http://

t.co/WcVaPiT657

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jimcallisBA

12 Aug 2013 02:05 BA report here: http://t.co/fPdGgheDZX. Power

intriguing but strength>bat speed.

@qb_eagles1990: Jose Abreu just defected. Initial

thoughts?

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 06:33 Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Suarez won't

apologise. So where does that leave #lfc? Plus #afc

Gustavo pursuit http://t.co/qPITtravNi

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 06:34 Barcelona back for one last crack at Luiz. Chelsea

determined not to sell. http://t.co/kgS45Tk0Lo

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SamWallaceIn

12 Aug 2013 07:50 Monday column: English football's ever-more shallow

talent pool (with a nod to Alan Partridge's 'Soccer-

Meter') http://t.co/ZCswUEFLU4

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stevetervet

12 Aug 2013 08:13 Great pic of @dartfordfc celebrating Adam Birchall's

goal v Alfreton but what's just happed to

@JasonPrior1? http://t.co/wfddKFCYm1

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stevetervet

12 Aug 2013 09:18 Reaction from @dartfordfc's 1-0 win over Alfreton

and team news ahead of tomorrow's trip to Aldershot

http://t.co/pWUN9eYky2 @puredfc

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 12:12 Rooney sends his own message in England training

#mufc http://t.co/cFO6qjOwuc

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 13:09 Will be part of @finebaum's maiden voyage on ESPN

radio today. Talking Johnny Football and autographs.

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HerbGould

12 Aug 2013 13:13 #Dufnering takes major step with #PGAchamp,

erases painful 2011 memory. http://t.co/gyVzA3JvGR

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HerbGould

12 Aug 2013 13:27 Tiger & Phil park it at #PGAchamp.http://t.co/

WVyVgwqgKn

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mattlewis27

12 Aug 2013 13:48 Defender must decide over Chelsea future: DAVID

Luiz needs to make his own mind up on whether hi...

http://t.co/ZyvRo64XY2 #chelsea #cfc

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:49 QB whisperer Marc Trestman expediting #Bears’

play-calling http://t.co/zjEBhpzRG8

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:50 #Bears rookie Jordan Mills takes over for J’Marcus

Webb at first-team RT http://t.co/WusYQrOr9S

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:50 Cutler watch: Trestman not happy with slow start, but

OK with improvement #Bears http://t.co/

mHGPquVkyg

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 14:02 Former NCAA enforcement director advises

A&M to sit Manziel if investigation is not

resolved http://t.co/d4nzYscRHG

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CarrieMuskat 12 Aug 2013 14:29 #Cubs play host to #Reds at Wrigley, starting tonight:

Preview http://t.co/uDqj5VPMCt via @MLB

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alexthomascn

12 Aug 2013 14:34 Our top team at the PGA Championship wrap up

things in @WorldSportCNN at 12p ET. Dufner's a

worthy winner but was it boring to watch?

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alexthomascn

12 Aug 2013 14:41 On next @WorldSportCNN show @PATRICKCNN

& @ShaneODonoghue wrap up the #pgachamp

& @Rachel__Nichols finds out when Jason will

be dufnering.

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 15:58 L'avevo visto al Tg5 ed ero rimasto sconvolto,ancor

di più dal fatto che non se ne parlasse

molto.Beh,leggete qua http://t.co/7IZoOZHcid

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darrenrovell

12 Aug 2013 16:00 For the 8th straight year, the University of Texas

leads schools in merchandise sales http://t.co/

MwruIFPjxI

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 13:23 #mufc v #wafc team-sheet http://t.co/1cLSnmZNgQ

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:26 Quiet satisfaction for David Moyes. Report from

Wembley #mufc #wafc via @Telegraph http://t.co/

RXrmP3gpil

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:28 Greg Dyke tells BBC's Sportsweek that #eng will

qualify for World Cup. via @Telegraph http://t.co/

lkpIrGEAJb

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 07:39 Expert analysis from Alan Hansen & Alan Smith,

features & graphics in new @Telegraph Total

Football. App details via https://t.co/qpGiFHdvm2

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henrywinter

12/08/2013 12:40 #eng training. Report from St Georges' Park via

@Telegraph http://t.co/vm5NKjezUL

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NickParrottTV 10 Aug 2013 21:40 Rodgers has impressed me enormously with his

handling of the Suarez situation #LFC http://t.co/

FmksL2QE6H

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 10:54 One last opp for @LauraTrott31 fans to ask her a q

on Twitter. See her interview with @BTSport at http://

t.co/ha1VpNrMCd. Send me your Q's

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johnpayne01

6 Aug 2013 17:36 RT @NickMillerF365: Almost certainly Jonathan

Barnett http://t.co/CufTscs4q3

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 17:44 Why Women's Sport Matters - @clarebalding's

sabre-rattling view on @BTSport website. A gently

argued case i.e. Boudica on the rampage.

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SueMott1

6 Aug 2013 17:45 The more you read the more you know, the more you

know the more you care. @clarebalding on women's

sport. http://t.co/jNXDLTWat8

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etro

6 Aug 2013 22:27 @premrugby @jpmorganrugby7s finals night

@bathrugby preview #rugby http://t.co/h2t7hQqLcI

via @MetroUK

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mattlewis27

7 Aug 2013 14:12 For anyone interested, you can watch Chelsea U21s

for free against Spurs at Aldershot Town FC on

Friday night... http://t.co/G67YysZUEj #CFC

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etro

7 Aug 2013 16:19 @Scotlandteam scrum-half @rorylawson9 forced to

retire through injury #rugby | http://t.co/MlDck99tch

via @MetroUK

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jimcallisBA

7 Aug 2013 18:18 Good Area Codes day two breakdown from

@Clint_BA: http://t.co/g6sWmcMMwt #mlbdraft

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johnpayne01

7 Aug 2013 20:58 RT @DcBaxter22: Neil Lennon 'I think kelvin has

played his last game for us'.. Has he never heard of

the Forest medical? #nffc

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bill_west_

8 Aug 2013 09:44 RT @SkySportsNews: Not to be missed - Gary

Neville and Jamie Carragher join us on set at midday

for their views on Suarez, Bale and Rooney …

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alexthomascn

8 Aug 2013 16:21 RT @sbresnahan22: Only 2 days until

@WorldSportCNN Presents:

#AnUnevenPlayingField. Which 2012 female

Olympian inspired you the most? #CNN …

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OliverKayTim

8 Aug 2013 17:40 RT @CaulkinTheTimes: Blog on a summer of

revolution and the shock of the new at #Safc - FREE

until 6.30. http://t.co/qiwAtnWFTu

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etro

8 Aug 2013 21:16 Andy Robinson tips #Sarries' Chris Ashton to

rediscover form for #England #rugby | http://t.co/

3m5AHzcRQR via @MetroUK

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OliverKayTim

8 Aug 2013 22:07 RT @TonyBarretTimes: #LFC owner

@John_W_Henry today told the national media that

Luis Suarez will not be allowed to join Arsenal (or

anyone…

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DTguardian

8 Aug 2013 22:15 RT @sportingintel: Very strong stuff from

@John_W_Henry on Suarez in The Guardian. Taken

at his word, LS isn't going anywhere. #lfc http://…

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alex_willis

8 Aug 2013 23:09 RT @TheSixthSet: Either Pospisil, Davydenko or

Bogomolov will be a M1000 SF. Moreover, amazing

chance for Raonic to reach his first M1000 F.

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alex_willis

8 Aug 2013 23:45 RT @BenRothenberg: Trainer out for Milos Raonic.

He's complaining of numbness in right arm, calling it

a "dead feeling," "like when you bre…

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 09:28 RT @RobKoenigTennis: MILOS RAONIC: "I was

fortunate that line judge didn't see it. It's a lucky thing

for me in my sense, unlucky for him…”

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OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 11:05 RT @RobHarris: Fenerbahce is playing Arsenal in

the Chps Lge playoff round while appealing against

2-year match-fixing ban from UEFA compet…

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OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 11:37 RT @skysports_bryan: Fenerbahce can continue to

play. Appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport. Hearing

Aug 28. UEFA do/say nothing until C…

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 12:11 The Sloane Stephens excerpts from this piece are

well worth a read... http://t.co/U57IomWu4T

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OliverKayTim

9 Aug 2013 12:58 RT @TonyEvansTimes: I'll try again, with link. Don't

forget the David Peace webchat, Red Or Dead fans.

1pm. Get your questions in early htt…

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SueMott1

9 Aug 2013 14:11 @clarebalding Congratulations on brilliant new chat

show on @BTSport and being a better putter than

Tiger Woods. Or, actually, Alfie, age 6.

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alex_willis

9 Aug 2013 14:12 RT @scambers73: What might have been - five

tennis players who could have played other sports

professionally, including Steffi Graf http://…

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HerbGould

9 Aug 2013 17:30 RT @Steve_DiMeglio: Webb Simpson needs birdies

on final two holes -- or a hole out -- to shoot 62 after

his bogey on 7. Still on pace for t…

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:02 RT @James_Riach: Coventry City head for

Northampton: just how did it come to this?http://t.co/

qLWrpWwrRx via @guardian

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DTguardian

9 Aug 2013 18:31 RT @m_christenson: #lfc owner John W Henry

explains 'smoking at Emirates' tweet to Dagbladet. 'I

wanted to send [Arsenal] a message. They w…

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alexthomascn

9 Aug 2013 19:59 RT @Heidi_Berger: @alexthomascnn

@WorldSportCNN @pedrocnn There wasn't a dry

eye during the going away tribute. Miss you already

Pedro!! …

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alex_willis

10 Aug 2013 08:54 RT @alvarorama: Kvitova was 115 points away from

being #1 in January 2012. She's 400 points away

from leaving top10 in August 2013.

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alex_willis

10 Aug 2013 08:55 RT @jon_wertheim: On Sportsmanship and tennis

and the value of conceding a point, take it away frank

deford…. http://t.co/Iiq6Bmki6V

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alex_willis

10 Aug 2013 08:57 RT @christophclarey: Pete Sampras on #Federer: "I

don't think he needs to panic and feel he needs to

change everything" http://t.co/BJd7rcm…

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OliverKayTim

10 Aug 2013 10:29 RT @tobygilles: Roy Hodgson on @talksport: "At the

moment the situation with Wayne is delicate because

there is a dispute going on"

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JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 11:58 RT @SteveOSutcliffe: Ever wondered what a football

broadcaster does on a Saturday afternoon?

@JohnsonDamian offers some insight via http://t…

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GARSIDEK

10 Aug 2013 15:04 RT @KuperSimon: Me on how David Moyes fits into

great tradition of Glasgow managers - what he

shares w/ Busby, Ferguson, Shankly etc http:/…

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JohnsonDami

10 Aug 2013 15:49 RT @andrewjwalker11: @JohnsonDamian Top bloke

Jacko, hope it sells well for him. Hope he's got a

signing session in Brighouse!! #2-1 town

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jorgearangure 10 Aug 2013 20:42 RT @PedroUnplugged: Yes, this is Billy Dee Williams

posing with Chivas. You all can go home now. http://

t.co/WRJ1iPiIVL”

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 20:43 RT @RyanBakerSports: Keep your heads up Jackie

Robinson West!! You represented the South Side

& the #Chi like Champs!!

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HerbGould

10 Aug 2013 22:54 RT @GDubCub: Rooftop seats rise across street

from Busch. Already controversy over World Series

flags obstructing views. http://t.co/eHGDsq…

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joncolman

10 Aug 2013 23:14 RT @Paddymadden: Called up in the Ireland senior

squad absolutely buzzing

🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 09:54 RT @KeepCCFCinCov: Dark day in the history of

CCFC today. But the people of Coventry will remain

resolute. ... http://t.co/ushkMWyVkI

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joncolman

11 Aug 2013 10:54 RT @Paulnico199: Special win 2nte from the

@JAMTallawahs squad.The belief to win from any

position is stamped through the guys.Sleep time …

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 12:51 RT @CliveTyldesley: Man Utd: DeGea Rafael Vidic

Jones Evra Giggs Carrick Cleverley Zaha VPersie

Welbeck

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 12:51 RT @CliveTyldesley: Wigan: Carson - Boyce Perch

Barnett Crainey - McCarthy Watson McArthur -

Maloney Holt McClean

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 12:54 RT @CliveTyldesley: Man Utd: DeGea Rafael Vidic

Jones Evra Giggs Carrick Cleverley Zaha VPersie

Welbeck

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DTguardian

11 Aug 2013 14:19 RT @GregOK: No Marouane Fellaini on the team

sheet for #EFC today

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 15:04 RT @Chicago_Reader: Hi. On your Sunday Agenda,

Market Days, Hot Dog Fest at @ChicagoMuseum,

and more. http://t.co/m8JvOXudif

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 15:12 RT @EricOnSportsLaw: NY Daily News reports

allegations that ARod met with Victor Conte/Balco in

2012 - http://t.co/ZjkmK88nma

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OliverKayTim

11 Aug 2013 15:15 If Coventry City owners doubted how damaging the

Northampton groundshare would be, they know now

http://t.co/guN3hD83cf via @andylhoward

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 15:45 RT @stu_fraser: Great news (thanks to @carigby).

Sky Sports 4 showing Andy Murray & Colin

Fleming's doubles final live from Montreal at 5:3…

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 15:49 RT @judmoo Aug '97 @andy_murray (age 10) +

@colin_fleming (age 13) last played dubs at

Swansea 14u tourney. 16 yrs later- Masters 1000

final

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 16:50 RT @TerezOwens: Michael Jordan Still Can Dunk at

50 Years Old http://t.co/JC3yzJJep1

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 16:59 RT @kirkjim12: http://t.co/Wat4KiyIQF DAY CARE

DEATH QUESTIONS.

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 17:04 RT @RobHarris: Moyes on Rooney: "So many of you

are getting it wrong ...u are a bit cleverer than that

yous boys, but some of you aren't ac…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 17:16 RT @Cut4: Ken Griffey Jr. is now a @Mariners Hall

of Famer, so here are 13 great moments from his 13

years in Seattle: http://t.co/D86xTSJo…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 17:24 RT @EliasSports: .@Tigers pitchers reached 1000

K's for the season in Game 114 on Friday, fastest in

@MLB history. They visit the @Yankees …

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 17:24 RT @MikeBerardino: Beautiful Sunday morning in

Chicago and the Twins are on the field taking BP.

Had they won Saturday, they woulda skipped…

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etro

11 Aug 2013 17:53 Here's how @gloucesterrugby beat Leicester to win

@premrugby @jpmorganrugby7s #rugby | http://t.co/

5MfNQIHuFP via @MetroUK

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GARSIDEK

11 Aug 2013 18:32 RT @jonathanliew: The logic of Bresnan (series

average 19) coming in to protect Prior (series

average 17) is sadly lost on me.

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 18:46 RT @MartineBBC: New reviewer for #BBCPapers:

economist @rosaltmann alongside Evening Standard

columnist @mihirbose - join us at 10.30pm &

1…

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 19:57 RT @CubsNoHitStreak: All three. RT

@CarrieMuskat: @CubsNoHitStreak My question is,

once #Cubs get hit, do you go back to bed? Go to a

movie…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:28 RT @jasonrmcintyre: Unbelievable photo RT

@tyduffy: Usain Bolt: Lightning Strikes in Background

As He Crosses Finish Line http://t.co/G2dbr…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:28 RT @GDubCub: Why Sveum doesn’t pinch-hit for

Barney (.212) http://t.co/dzfHF11gRU

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:29 RT @Hub_Arkush: RT @ChicagoBears: LM: #Bears

have signed safety Derrick Martin and cut safety Cyhl

Quarles.

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:30 RT @SLGreenberg: O'Toole has a legit shot.

Depends how much Cubit wants to throw it. RT

@dcon691 @SLGreenberg Baily starting if Nathan

does…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:32 MT “@ESPNStatsInfo: A-Rod's HR was the 5th HR

by Yankee 3rd basemen this year. That's as many as

#Cubs pitchers have.”

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:32 RT @MorrisseyCST: Dunn strikes out for second

straight time, followed by standard booing. #Whitesox

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 20:37 Video gaming a jackpot for bars, truck stops and

other businesses http://t.co/zu1GLZ2xCf

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CarrieMuskat 11 Aug 2013 20:54 #Cubs Notebook: Strop, Barney, snubs, D-Mac http://

t.co/wuECg52DG7 via @cubs

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 21:03 RT @WTA: .@SerenaWilliams wins

@RogersCupTO, equals career best 8 titles in a

season (2002)--> http://t.co/fR6VI21Cz4 #WTA

http://t.co/oSGB…

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 21:04 Throwback...RT @Iloveandymurray: August 1997

@andy_murray (age 10) + @colin_fleming (age 13)

Swansea U14 winners http://t.co/zq73i51ZnD

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 21:15 RT @adrianjclarke: http://t.co/rbPhNhEwT2 The

Clock End is live 7-8pm tomorrow & FREE for

anyone to watch. Happy to be joined by

@johncross…

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 22:22 RT @lucywardleeds: “@mikeysmith: You could work

your whole life and never take a picture like this.

Special. http://t.co/yFlM598i7I” Lighte…

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SamWallaceIn

11 Aug 2013 22:37 RT @CalvinBook Inside the mind of David Moyes:

exclusive extract from The Nowhere Men. http://t.co/

GmbWCwO9Z8 #mufc #efc>>>fascinating

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johncrossmirr

11 Aug 2013 22:43 RT @MirrorFootball: 2) If Luis Suarez was a nice

tweedy chap from a 1940s film he'd probably be jolly

glad to say sorry. He's not. http://t…

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 22:56 RT @BBCFootball1: Club-by-club guide to the new

Premier League season: BBC Sport's comprehensive

club-by-club guide to the new P... http://…

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JohnsonDami

11 Aug 2013 23:10 RT @Gregb1993: Banner against name change

ready for Chelsea @Amber__Nectar

@HCAFCawaydays @HullCityMad @standamf

@CityIndependent http://t.…

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alex_willis

11 Aug 2013 23:18 RT @piersnewbery: Evans beaten 3-6 7-6 6-4 by

Klahn in Aptos final, Watson loses 6-4 6-7 6-3 to

Marina Erakovic in Cincinnati qualifying. A…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 23:23 RT @NeilSteinberg: It'll risk becoming a trap. I'd hate

to put up tired crap just because I feel compelled,

assuming I haven't already. htt…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 23:31 RT @adamjahns: It's worth noting that Henry Melton

and Earl Bennett (they both have concussions) didn't

come out to watch #Bears practice t…

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ChrisDeLuca 11 Aug 2013 23:32 RT @Chicago_Reader: #MayorRahm gets into the

real estate game—with your money! http://t.co/

2xgbT9rxpU

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OliverKayTim

12 Aug 2013 07:35 RT @TimesSport: Don't forget your copy of The

Game, inside today's Times http://t.co/17gUe67Olb

http://t.co/ujLPkwmuae

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OliverKayTim

12 Aug 2013 08:59 RT @iainmacintosh: The mighty @SwissRamble:

Working his abacus to make YOU look clever in the

pub this week. New Blog: Arsenal http://t.co/…

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 09:28 Ummm #glovesoff RT @stu_fraser: The Twitter feed

of @WestwoodLee is worth a look. It's currently

04:23am on the east coast of America...

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 09:29 RT @piersnewbery: Big night for Bolt, career defining

for photographer... RT @jmcdannald:

@christophclarey The story behind the photo - htt…

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alex_willis

12 Aug 2013 10:09 RT @WestwoodLee: The standard of spelling on

twitter is diabolical ! Even with predictive!

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:40 RT @CalvinBook: Where's that tin helmet? Here's

my first blog for @BTSport : http://t.co/vbRPeJdc1F

#rooney #mufc RTs appreciated :))

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:40 RT @BTSport: In his first column for #btsport,

@CalvinBook says #Rooney needs to ask for a

transfer or show #MUFC some respect. http://t.co…

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:44 RT @MirrorFootball: 1) Another from

@johncrossmirror: Luis Suarez refusing to say sorry

to Liverpool and sees no way back at Anfield http:/…

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:44 RT @MirrorFootball: 2) Barcelona just won't take no

for an answer when it comes to this Chelsea star,

writes @johncrossmirror http://t.co/u…

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:47 Great stuff from our top man @alexspinkmirror on Mo

Farah. “Gotta play for Arsenal to be a legend,” says

super Mo. http://t.co/nIKARun2D3

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 11:50 @alexspinkmirror also says Farah seemed as happy

to get a congrats tweet from Mikel Arteta as he was

winning gold http://t.co/d8Lgr8BNB5

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stevetervet

12 Aug 2013 11:59 RT @LewATFC: @stevetervet @TrueDartfordFC

@puredfc Need a Dartford fans view on tomorrow's

match. Won't take more than 5mins. DM thanks.

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 12:23 RT @MirrorFootball: Luis Suarez wants Champions

League football, but so do we! It's @theanfieldwrap's

@JimBoardman with his fan's take http…

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johncrossmirr

12 Aug 2013 12:53 RT @MirrorFootball: 1) Not fit? You say, well he

kinda looked it Moyesy. It's @johncrossmirror on

Wayne Rooney http://t.co/eNQrkpNRmP

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mcgrathmike 12 Aug 2013 13:33 RT @tommurrihy: @mcgrathmike Can you RT a

charity game: exArsenal/Celebs vs @RNPLive on 18

Aug to raise money for a great cause http://t.co…

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:42 RT @pourmecoffee: Oh man, Cameron's house from

Ferris Bueller is on the market http://t.co/

oecIbY3KWE http://t.co/xSjNFBAkbY

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ChrisDeLuca 12 Aug 2013 13:45 RT @Suntimes: 4-year-old girl, 2 men shot in

Portage park neighborhood: http://t.co/HamU9ss42J

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GARSIDEK

12 Aug 2013 13:50 RT @Theleaguemag: Nice. 1963, Man Utd visited a

local hospital. This lad slept through it so they took a

photo and left autographs. http://…

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johnpayne01 12 Aug 2013 15:57 RT @ChrisNeeFC: Remembering the good times:

the Vines brothers at Tooting & Mitcham http://

t.co/1PXo2VFItN

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tancredipalme

12 Aug 2013 16:00 RT @CFCChatter: @tancredipalmeri his agents

girlfriend is called Chelsea. They are just going for

coffee. Relax!!

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oierfano

12 Aug 2013 16:56 RT @patxitx: Caguen 10! @oierfano Jose Angel se

retira del entrenamiento agarrándose el muslo

derecho! http://t.co/SJLIU4y4PQ

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 12:51 RT @CliveTyldesley: Man Utd: DeGea Rafael Vidic

Jones Evra Giggs Carrick Cleverley Zaha VPersie

Welbeck

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 12:52 RT @CliveTyldesley: Wigan: Carson - Boyce Perch

Barnett Crainey - McCarthy Watson McArthur -

Maloney Holt McClean

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henrywinter

11/08/2013 16:12 RT @TelegraphSport: Read @henrywinter's report of

Manchester United's 2-0 Community Shield victory

over Wigan Athletic - http://t.co/BPf9Qz…

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NickParrottTV 11 Aug 2013 15:58 Please sign this petition to save Salford Quays

historic cranes. I'd be very grateful if you can support

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