Get Patriots game stats and the inside scoop on the season with The Boston Globe's Point After newsletter delivered for free to your inbox. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 47-year-old Englishwoman has seen the best and worst that Twitter would have to offer the American football player who shares her name. Dee Ford, of Kent, England, told the Kansas City Star that her “phone was going off literally nonstop” due to angry tweets from Kansas City Chiefs fans who thought they were venting at linebacker Dee Ford following his critical late penalty in last weekend’s AFC Championship loss to the New England Patriots. She says Ford “doesn’t deserve” the vitriol. The player isn’t on Twitter, but he was no stranger to the Englishwoman. Five years ago, when the player was still at Auburn, someone in the school’s athletic department tagged the woman in a congratulatory tweet after the player was named most valuable player of the … [Read more...] about Chiefs fans vent on Twitter at Englishwoman named Dee Ford
NBA referees respond to Spurs fans’ Twitter questions on officiating during loss to 76ers
By Madalyn Mendoza, mySanAntonio.com Published 11:18 am CST, Thursday, January 24, 2019 @OfficialNBARefs: "Q2 6:30: DeRozen catches the pass, and steps twice before coming to a stop. As mentioned in a previous tweet, a moving player may catch the ball and take a one/two to stop. This should not have been a traveling call. #RefWatchParty @NBAOfficial" less @OfficialNBARefs: "Q2 6:30: DeRozen catches the pass, and steps twice before coming to a stop. As mentioned in a previous tweet, a moving player may catch the ball and take a one/two to stop. This should not ... more Photo: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Photo: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 @OfficialNBARefs: "Q2 6:30: DeRozen catches the pass, and steps twice before coming to a stop. As … [Read more...] about NBA referees respond to Spurs fans’ Twitter questions on officiating during loss to 76ers
On Twitter, limited number of characters spreading fake info
Seth Borenstein Associated Press Published 2:26 PM EST Jan 24, 2019 Washington – A tiny fraction of Twitter users spread the vast majority of fake news in 2016, with conservatives and older people sharing misinformation more, a new study finds. Scientists examined more than 16,000 U.S. Twitter accounts and found that 16 of them – less than one-tenth of 1 percent – tweeted out nearly 80 percent of the misinformation masquerading as news, according to a study Thursday in the journal Science. About 99 percent of the Twitter users spread virtually no fake information in the most heated part of the election year, said study co-author David Lazer, a Northeastern University political and computer science professor. Spreading fake information “is taking place in a very seamy, but small, corner of Twitter,” Lazer said. Lazer said misinformation “super sharers” flood Twitter: an average of 308 pieces of fakery each between Aug. 1 and Dec. 6 in … [Read more...] about On Twitter, limited number of characters spreading fake info
Derek Carr challenges Max Kellerman to a fight on Twitter
By Matt Schneidman | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: January 23, 2019 at 5:06 pm | UPDATED: January 24, 2019 at 4:14 am MOBILE, Ala. — Derek Carr vs. Max Kellerman on the next UFC main card? The Raiders’ quarterback seems to be campaigning for just that. On Wednesday morning Kellerman, a personality on ESPN’s First Take, criticized Carr. Why did Carr’s name come up on a Wednesday in late January? Well, Raiders coach Jon Gruden praised Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray during his Tuesday press conference at the Senior Bowl when discussing how height isn’t a necessity for NFL quarterbacks (Murray stands well below 6 feet tall). Somehow that led to Kellerman taking a jab at Carr, which you can listen to in the clip below. Wait for it. #Raiders pic.twitter.com/tVBjtvJvEW — Raider Posts (@RaiderPosts) January 23, 2019 “You can see when a quarterback don’t want it,” Kellerman says. “Carr … [Read more...] about Derek Carr challenges Max Kellerman to a fight on Twitter
Twitter roasts Trump’s low-effort Pelosi nickname
By Filipa Ioannou Published 1:53 pm PST, Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Click through the gallery for reactions to Trump's nickname for her. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Click through the gallery for reactions to Trump's nickname for her. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Image 1 of 24 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Click through the gallery for reactions to Trump's nickname for her. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Click through the gallery for reactions to Trump's nickname for her. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP Twitter roasts Trump's low-effort Pelosi nickname 1 … [Read more...] about Twitter roasts Trump’s low-effort Pelosi nickname