A Rebuttal to USA TODAY’s Christine Brennan I’ve always highly respected Christine Brennan. She’s rightfully won a handful of journalism awards while paving the way for women in the industry. But a piece she wrote this week titled “Too Much Made of Twitter Rants on…
The Memo Some have called it “the worst decision,” an “epic fail” and a “morale killer.” Others have called it “right,” “smart” and the sign of a “great leader.” There certainly hasn’t been a shortage of opinions since a memo from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer…
A week after Twitter released its new Vine app, Warriors guard Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) used the rapidly growing platform for his monthly #SC30 contest Wednesday night.
Three years ago, a Sports Illustrated cover story helped reveal a cruel truth about our sports stars — many of them can’t handle being rich. It’s one of the more ironic things about a culture that idolizes athletes: some of those that make the most,…
Scandalous Times Things aren’t great in Chapel Hill, N.C. these days. Julius Peppers, 216 and Julius Nyang’oro have overshadowed what should be one of the best times of the year: the return of classes at the University of North Carolina against the backdrop of perfect Carolina…
THE FIRST SOCIAL OLYMPICS You’ve likely heard it before, and you’re going to hear it dozens of times in the next couple months: We’re about to experience the first truly social Olympics. UPDATE: We wrote the line above when we first posted “30 Must-Follow Twitter…
The good: You’re an Olympian in the prime of your career, you have a gold medal from ’08 already in hand, you have a handful of sponsors, your training for this year’s U.S. Olympic Trials couldn’t have gone better. The bad: Only two swimmers qualify…
KNOW NAMES BEFORE THE GAMES With less than two months until Queen Elizabeth? David Beckham? One Direction? lights the flame at the Olympic Stadium in London, athletes are using social media to give us an inside peek at their training, personalities and emotions leading up…
THE FIRST SOCIAL OLYMPICS You’ve likely heard it before, and you’re going to hear it dozens of times in the next couple months: We’re about to experience the first truly social Olympics. Yes, Facebook and Twitter were around for Beijing in 2008, but those sites…
Back in the summer of 2010, Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen signed a four-year contract worth $6.3 million, with $2.53 million guaranteed. But in this economy, everyone could save a buck or two, and perhaps that’s why Clausen decided to take his business to a Supercuts…