SportsGrid Presents: The Top 25 Sports Bloggers, Writers, And Tweeters

The Tweet-Point Specialists

Eric Stangel, @EricStangel – The head writer for David Letterman may seem like an odd choice for a list of sports bloggers, but Stangel consistently delivers the goods on his twitter account. Named one of CNBC’s most influential sports tweeters, Stangel shined during the Vancouver Olympics, with tweets ranging from musings on NBC’s coverage to questions that legitimately need answering. What does that third guy do?

Dan Jenkins, @danjenkinsgd – Given the at-best uneasy coexistence between “old” and “new” media, it was refreshing to see old media legend Jenkins (79 when he joined Twitter, now 80), not only embrace Twitter last year, but immediately master it. The guy just has fun with the medium, nicknaming himself “the Ancient Twitterer” and using his over half-century of experience covering golf to bring an interesting perspective to just about everything he sees.

It was an especially good thing he was around when 59-year-old Tom Watson nearly pulled off the greatest win in golf history at the British Open last year, only to falter in a playoff – Jenkins’ tweets were about the only things that weren’t depressing for golf fans at the time. You’re never too old to get in on the social media game (but maybe you can be too old to win the British Open).

Old Hoss Radbourn, @OldHossRadbourn – Baseball is steeped in tradition, folklore, and history unlike any other sport in America. And what would all that history and tradition be without someone to lampoon it in hilarious faux-old-timey language on Twitter? The mystery creator of this account takes on the persona of Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn, one of baseball’s greatest 19th-century pitchers. (Check that link if for no other reason than that the page is sponsored by the Radbourn Twitter creator, and features one of “Radbourn’s” best lines.)

From the “first names with just the initial” naming convention (resulting in things like “M. Ramirez” instead of “Manny Ramirez” – we don’t need to tell you which is funnier) to the hilarious faux-old-timey language we mentioned before, there’s something for everyone here. Even if you’re not that into baseball.

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