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You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD: ESPN Slaps Bill Simmons’ Wrists for Tweets
| Since when do employers get to determine your actions 24x7?? and how does ESPN have any jurisdiction in twitterland?? http://bit.ly/732dQy 11/28/2009 |
| BOO Espn for suspending Bill Simmons @sportsguy33 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/bill-simmons-twitter-susp_n_366053.html 11/28/2009 |
| @brianisawesome RT @TomOKeefe1 Bill Simmons (@sportsguy33) reportedly "suspended" from twitter by ESPN: http://bit.ly/6NmEHC 11/27/2009 |
Friday Night Links
Fang's Bites —
... Big Lead wonders what's up with Suzy Kolber. The Big Lead breaks news that Captain Blowhard, Bill Simmons of ESPN.com has been suspended from Twitter by the network for a tweet he made about Boston sports radio station WEEI. ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King explains why Captain Blowhard was suspended. Andrew Bucholtz in the Sporting Madness blog has a good post on why the whole thing is silly. Even the Huffington Post is chiming in on the Captain Blowhard suspension. paidContent also has a story on this ...
ESPN Slaps Bill Simmons’ Wrists for Tweets
You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD —
... used the social networking site to blast ESPN partner radio station WEEI in Boston. The Huffington Post has screencaps of the tweets where Simmons refers to WEEI hosts as washed up athletes, fat, and deceitful scumbags. ...
Saturday Journal- November 21, 2009
Sports Media Journal —
... … The Huffington Post has the story of a 2 week Twitter suspension of ESPN’s Bill Simmons… Tim Brown at Oregon Live has video of an ...
The Vent: 11-21 Edition
Cheddar's Sports Blog —
... 2- Bill Simmons suspended from using twitter ESPN to me is one of those vices I can't shake. I know it's unhealthy but they do sort of control the Sports TV world and you can't just avoid it. This is ...
Sports Media Weekly Podcast- Episode 11
Sports Media Journal —
... … Among the topics we discuss with Victor is what was it like to be host of the first program ever on MLB Network…how he gets along with the MLB Network baseball analysts…his own baseball career…working with his father, former Major League player and manager Cookie Rojas…and what we can expect from the MLB Network in 2010. Before our interview with Victor, Ken and I discuss the Twitter suspension of ESPN’s Bill Simmons …the ...





