Now that the NBA playoffs are in full swing we have compiled a collection of some of the best Twitter pictures, Instagram shots and Vine videos from the Heat, Bulls, Pacers, Knicks, Spurs, Warriors, Thunder and Grizzlies.
These social media images provide fans with extra insights in to their favorite teams and add to the playoff energy. This engagement helps fans stay active and excited which creates a more electric atmosphere in the arena that players feed off of during games.
The NFL Draft has grown in to one of the largest non-game sport spectacles of the calendar year. And like every other sports event, social media has become an integral part of the proceedings. However, this year ESPN and NFL Networks agreed to not tweet the draft picks before Roger Goodell announces them on stage. In previous years, picks were tweeted moments before they aired because networks were informed early for production purposes, thus making Goodell’s official announcements mere formalities. But this year fans spoke out and said they wanted to enjoy watching the draft on television and not have Twitter upstage the many inevitable surprises that every draft provides.
Philadelphia Eagles Running Back LeSean McCoy recently had a very public argument with his ex-girlfriend on Twitter.
The stereotype of the “dumb jock” is one that may very well be as old as modern sport itself.
Twitter isn’t doing much to improve upon it.
For the past few weeks the country has been enamored with a collegiate football star’s online relationship, which began over Twitter, and turned out to be a fallacy. Most people reading the details of the bizarre story question, “How could he not know?” as one red flag after another came to fruition.
2012 was a big year in the sports and social media environment. Teams and brands accomplished major breakthroughs by allocating significant resources to upgrade their social presence. Digital engagement transformed from a marketing department fad to a must-have component of their engagement strategies.
Activ8Social, a digital marketing agency for sports and entertainment brands, created the #Sports daily e-newsletter to keep clients and industry professionals current on what’s trending in sports and social media. Subscribers were recently polled on their choices for the best of 2012 across a range of categories in the inaugural #Sports Awards.
49ers running back Brandon Jacobs was suspended for the remainder of the 2012 regular season due to posts on his social media pages
A trying year for San Francisco 49ers running back Brandon Jacobs became even more awkward Monday afternoon when head coach Jim Harbaugh suspended him for the final three games of the regular season and presumably for the postseason, should the team qualify. In a problem that is becoming much more common, Jacobs’ major undoing was his posts on social media accounts where he shared his displeasure about how the 49ers have used him this season.
