While you were sleeping: Montreal Canadiens Twitter faux-pas, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have unlimited range
Good morning! A lot happens in sports, even when you’re busy doing other non-sports-y stuff. So here are the top headlines and moments from yesterday, in case you missed anything while you were watching last night’s poignant episode of Black-ish. … Continued
Good morning! A lot happens in sports, even when you’re busy doing other non-sports-y stuff. So here are the top headlines and moments from yesterday, in case you missed anything while you were watching last night’s poignant episode of Black-ish.
Canadiens send offensive tweets
Someone’s in big trouble. The Montreal Canadiens Twitter account came under fire yesterday for a huge gaffe. To celebrate reaching one million followers, the team’s account sent automated tweets to fans. The campaign backfired as there was no screening process for the automated replies and users with offensive Twitter handles received responses:
The Montreal Canadiens got trolled on Twitter. https://t.co/NsLDAOwtBm pic.twitter.com/ysdb5ZBv7f
— Digiday (@Digiday) February 24, 2016
The Canadiens later tweeted an apology. The fate of the team’s social media staff is unknown.
We apologize for the offensive messages and have fixed the issue so it won’t happen in the future.
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) February 24, 2016
Curry, Durant from deep
Our must-see moment of the night comes from Golden State’s 118-112 win over Miami. Stephen Curry put up 42 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and Klay Thompson dropped 33 points. Curry tied an NBA record with 127 consecutive games with a made three-pointer, but check out this #splash from way downtown:
Steph from deep! https://t.co/gmNVdiiVeN
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 25, 2016
Elsewhere, Kevin Durant apparently was feeling some type of way and said “anything you can do, I can do better” and knocked down this halfcourt shot in the Thunder’s 116-103 win over the Mavericks:
Kevin Durant with that splash: https://t.co/RfeqHeGT5L #NBA
— InsideHoops.com NBA (@InsideHoops) February 25, 2016
The NFL Scouting Combine is here
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NBA legends discuss Black History Month
As a part of SiriusXM’s ongoing look at Black History Month, the SiriusXM NBA Radio team recently spoke to NBA legend, George Gervin, three-time NBA champ, Brian Shaw, and current executive director of the NBA Players Association, Michele Roberts, on the impact athletes of color have made, who their role models were growing up and why Black History Month is still so critically relevant today. Check out the videos here.
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