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With three of the major four sports currently having their offseasons (two in lockout), many fans are interested in what their favorite athletes are up to. And for that, there's no better tool for the inner-stalker in you than Twitter. Thousands of athletes are on the social network, many tweeting several times per day. Some tweets are funny, others offensive, and some straight-up asinine. Like the type that make you wonder: Who's going to get fired for this? Where was homie's PR team? Why is Twitter so ridiculously awesome? So, from Gilbert Arenas and Chad Ochocinco to Jose Canseco and Scottie Pippen, here are the 25 Most Outrageous Sports Tweets of 2011
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Ah, Twitter. Remember way, way, waaaaay back in, like, 2008, when you didn't know what your favorite baller's favorite breakfast cereal was? How did we pass the day?
Anyway, thousands of athletes are on the social network now, many tweeting several times per day. Some tweets are funny, others offensive, and a lot are just boring. But some tweets are straight-up asinine (definition: utterly foolish). Like the type that make you wonder: Who's going to get fired for this? Where was homie's PR team? Why is Twitter so ridiculously awesome? So, from Gilbert Arenas and Chad Ochocinco to Jose Canseco and Scottie Pippen, here are the 25 Most Outrageous Sports Tweets of 2011...
25. Kevin Durant
25. Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5), 1/16/2011
Social networks have put thirst at an all-time high on the Interwebs. KD has no shame in his game and took to Twitter to holla at the ridiculously hot actress. Homie loses points for butchering her last name, though. Spell check, FTW!
24. Kerry Rhodes
24. Kerry Rhodes (@kerryrhodes), 7/10/2011
OK, you play safety for in the NFL (for the Cardinals, but still) yet the U.S. women's soccer team's quarterfinal victory over Brazil moved you to tears. SMH, Killa said it best.
23. Agent 0
23. Gilbert Arenas (@agentzeroshow), 6/30/2011
Just when you thought the planking thing had gone too far, Arenas takes it a step further. Only Gilbert would try to remain the king of planking even at the price of getting a face full of the white stuff. No LiLo.
22. LeSean McCoy
22. LeSean McCoy (@cutondime25), 6/16/2011
Young'ns feeling themselves X Twitter = Bad news. In this case, the Eagles running back who's only two years deep in the league thought it was for some reason a good idea to call out a veteran like Umenyiora. Uhh...good luck in those divisional match-ups next year. Try not to end up on this list.
21. Shawne Merriman
21. Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman), 6/2/2011
Dropping a tear from a massage? Team bring it?! Mr. Lights Out is talking like he's the Chris Bosh of the NFL. #wheretheydothatat
20. Dan Gilbert
20. Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan), 6/12/2011
Once the Mavs officially won the NBA Finals, Dan Gilbert couldn't help but gloat over Bron Bron's failure. Hey Dan, too bad you can't write your tweets in Comic Sans or change the fact that the Cavs went 19-63, right?
19. LaMarr Woodley
19. LaMarr Woodley (@LaMarrWoodley), 6/14/2011
Everyone can talk tough on Twitter, even Dhani Jones of the 4-12 Bengals. We're glad LaMarr Woodley of the Steelers got @ him (literally) for such a flagrant claim. We're just mad that they both play on the same side of the ball.
18. Reggie Bush
18. Reggie Bush (@reggie_bush), 5/9/2011
Well, it looks like at least one person was happy about the lockout. Though making $8 million for playing in eight games total in 2010 hardly seems like "slaving." #cmonson #foh
17. Chad Ochocinco
17. Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco), 5/25/2011
Pause? All jokes aside, props to the homie for throwing shots at his incompetent owner. We don't suggest you go after your boss via Twitter, though. But if you do, at least make sure your LinkedIn contacts are straight.
16. LeBron James
16. LeBron James (@KingJames), 6/13/2011
Well, after Bron Bron failed in the Finals and made an ass of himself in the post-game press conference...what else was left to do? Oh yeah, blame the big man upstairs. Because everyone knows that God is why LeChoke went ghost in all fourth quarters of the Finals. SMH, just chalk this one up as another one of The King's many fails.
15. Various
15. Various (@jemelehill, @DeionSanders, @kirkmorrison55), 1/25/2011
A bevy of players and sports writers got at Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler for wimping out of the NFC Championship game. And at the time we all felt he deserved it, until his "minor" injury was actually a torn MCL. Uhh...our bad?
14. Darnell Dockett
14. Darnell Dockett (@ddockett), 7/5/2011
Yup, when the Casey Anthony verdict dropped everybody went H.A.M. on Twitter. While Kim K expressed her outrage, some like, Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals found irony in Miss Kardashian's statements. Makes us wonder though: Is the three-time Pro Bowler just mad because he doesn't have the defensive support of the Dream Team on his D-line? #justsayin'
13. JaVale McGee
13. JaVale McGee (@JavaleMcGee34), 6/11/2011
When trying to beat the NBA's king of planking, sometimes you gotta think outside the box and inside the icebox. JaVale McGee did just that. Was he victorious? Who the hell cares!
12. Darnell Dockett
12. Darnell Dockett (@ddockett), 6/27/2011
Forget BasedGod, all thanks go to Hova for informing each of us of our legal rights!
11. Gilbert Arenas Bball Wives
11. Gilbert Arenas (@agentzeroshow), 6/26/2011
If it weren't for the NBA lockout, the Magic front office would be pulling their hair out with all the stuff Arenas has posted on his Twitter account. But since there is no basketball in the foreseeable future, keep doing what you do, Agent Zero.
10. Ray Small
10. Ray Small (@SmallyMcfly), 5/30/2011
When Jim Tressel got ran out of, er, we mean, "resigned" from his head coaching position at Ohio State people were pissed and looking for scapegoats. After Buckeye fans were done riding on Terrelle Pryor, they got a whole new target when Ray Small revealed that he too sold memorabilia and made car deals on the side. Small responded to the critics with this eloquent tweet. Stay classy, Buckeye nation.
9. Gilbert Arenas
9. Gilbert Arenas (@agentzeroshow), 7/8/2011
Since Agent Zero was at a hardware store, we're pretty sure that in addition to the planks he was dropping, there may been a couple Lincoln logs, intestinal sculptures and possibly, a Stanley Steamer.
8. Magic Johnson
8. Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson), 6/17/2011
Writer Peter Vecsey's beef with ESPN personalities runs deep. First Chris Sheridan sued him for libel then Magic clapped back with this tweet after Vecsey took shots at the Hall of Fame point guard in one of his columns. Damn, who knew this era of journalism would start looking like the rap game?
7. Jose Canseco
7. Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco), 7/9/2011
When Jose Canseco broke up with his model girlfriend of two years, Leila Sheinib, things got ugly fast. You still on that roid rage, bruh?
6. Darnell Dockett
6. Darnell Dockett (@ddockett), 5/1/2011
With this kind of in-depth analysis, forget joining ESPN after he retires, dude has to go to CNN. We're just going to call Dockett the black Anderson Cooper from now on.
5. Dwight Howard
5. Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward), 6/30/2011
We'll admit, we don't really co-sign this planking movement at all. Destroying your entire kitchen just to stunt for your followers doesn't' seem worth it. But you know Dwight Howard does everything big (II), so of course he'd pull this fuckery that only a star NBA player could get away with. OK, OK. You win, Dwight.
4. Chris Kluwe
4. Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft), 7/20/2011
So, the Vikings punter a.k.a. the least relevant member of the 1,900 players in the union decides to take shots at the league's biggest stars for supposedly trying to cut side deals for themselves and holding up the lockout?! You've got balls, Mr. Warcraft. But we still think that once training camp starts, Kluwe's teammates need to hit him with one of these. Stay in your lane, fam.
3. GIlbert Arenas Mornings
3. Gilbert Arenas (@agentzeroshow), 6/2/2011
Just another case of the most outspoken athlete on Twitter telling it like it is. You jumpoffs out there don't have to lie, we did our research and know how you get down. Agent 0's DM was most likely on overload after this.
2. Scottie Pippen
2. Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen), 5/27/2011
Ahh, the tweet that sent MJ stans and Bron Bron stans into an uproar. We can't blame Scottie Pippen for this case of logorrhea, though. Tough times, will do that to ya. But for all who still have hopes of Bron Bron being the next Jordan just peep tape form this year's Finals. That's all the argument we need, fam!
1. Rashard Mendenhall
1. Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall), 5/2/2011
In one of the most (supposed) unpatriotic acts by an athlete in sports history, Rashard Mendenhall let the world know about his belief in 9/11 conspiracy theories and his interesting take on on the world's most hated terrorist. Feel free to speak your mind, but don't get mad when that endorsement cake stops rolling in. Without a doubt, the most outrageous sports tweet of 2011...so far. We're still following you Arenas and Dockett. #nostalker