The Nov. 22 edition of Sports TWIT (The Week In Twitter)
Here is the weekly look at the best sports tweets from the past week.
The Frozen Tundra moved this week from Green Bay to Buffalo:
PHOTO: The inside of Ralph Wilson stadium under a thick blanket of snow and blowing drifts. pic.twitter.com/7Hg3gFcOMI
— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) November 19, 2014In case you missed the Lizard haircut:
Ogie Menor with the greatest PBA Hairstyle of all time! #LizardLook #BayawakLook #WinnerKaOgie pic.twitter.com/PkOv1Eim0k
— Nuki Sabio (@NukiSabio) November 18, 2014Sporting Kansas City announcer Callum Williams live-tweeted part of the MLS Dispersal Draft, then went silent. Fans feared the worst:
Free @CalWilliamsSKC! #FreeCal #MLS #Chivas #DispersalDraft pic.twitter.com/rTrBA5jqr9
— Justin Johnson (@jjohnson801) November 19, 2014In Chicago, blogger Robert Feder tweeted this news:
Breaking news: Tribune Media drops sports/talk radio station; cuts Johnny B., Garry Meier: http://t.co/U3g7RWnYg0
— Robert Feder (@RobertFeder) November 20, 2014Unfortunately, two of the people who lost their job were on the air when they read the tweet:
This is what happens when you learn you lost your job via @RobertFeder's twitter feed #fb http://t.co/Q02h6HAM9C
— John V. Moore (@johnvmoore) November 21, 2014The family of Oscar Taveras, the Cardinals outfielder who was killed last month, took over his Twitter account:
We wanted to personally thank Cards fans and everyone for thinking of Oscar and the Taveras family during their tough time!
— Oscar Taveras (@el_fenomeno_18) November 21, 2014After the Chiefs lost to the Raiders on Thursday night, the “Circle of Parity” was complete:
With the Raiders win last night, NFL's 'Circle of Parity' is complete: http://t.co/zv6s7QdK3J pic.twitter.com/KhvuMWyxUT
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) November 21, 2014This was a fun exchange between Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky III, who almost was dunked on by Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Keifer J. Sykes during a game:
@FSKPart3 didn't get a win or make the dunk but I'm sure it's a nice picture of the miss dunk that I can save to post when you get drafted.
— Keifer J. Sykes (@keifer1124) November 20, 2014This week also officially marked the end of Billy Butler’s tenure with the Royals:
Welcome to Oakland, Country Breakfast. #GreenCollar https://t.co/a7cOb9c6GE
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) November 19, 2014And finally, hockey players are known for their toughness. This tweet from Blues goalie Brian Elliott will make at least one gender cringe a bit. He tweeted the photo after a game:
#goaliesacrifice #goalieproblems #igot99problems #highpitchvoice #ballsofsteal #XLcup pic.twitter.com/4nYa7CSN8l
— Brian Elliott (@KidElls1) November 21, 2014Woof.
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