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Archive for October 2nd, 2009

Now twitter’s a bad thing for NFL

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

According to this Reuters article, the NHL is following in the NFL's and NBA's footsteps of banning players from using social networking before, during, and after the game. That's probably a good idea - I could see quite easily using social networking to set up a gambling ring. MLB already has a policy regarding communication devices prohibiting their use before games. The NFL though, is acting somewhat hypocritical here.  There was a huge marketing campaign with the last SuperBowl that involved Twitter, but now the NFL says ixnay on the tweeting. According to the article, leagues are setting these policies up ...

How do you spell that town down the road?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

From Reuters comes this article: "Tire, Lebanon (Reuters) - A protest by Muslim clerics torpedoed a Brazilian samba show in the Lebanese city of Tire on Thursday, local officials said."