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July 01, 2008

Hockey fans turn to Twitter

By Mark Harvey

If you think it's only the early adopters and techies who are in on this "Twitter thing," you're incorrect. Sports fans have found out this Twitter thing, too.

July 1 is Christmas morning for hockey fans. It's the day free agents can be signed; new, freshly signed players who are now competing for your fair city, unwrapped and ready to go. But if you're a serious hockey fan, are you simply going to sit around and wait for the 11:00 p.m. news to find out who your team has signed or is in talks with? Heavens no.

Instead, turn to the many hockey bloggers and news sites with Twitter feeds. The most famous hockey blogger, and hockey fan, Eklund is going to be sending out Tweets all day long on rumors and signings to his thousands of subscribers. Hockey fans can also keep up to date with the CBC Twitter feed. And since our office is located in the greater Detroit area, Stanley Cup Champions Red Wing fans are informed via their own Twitter-meister.

Does having sports fans using Twitter for player signing news mean Twitter has become mainstream? You think on that for two minutes while you head to the penalty box for a Twitter misconduct.

Posted by Alicia Dorset at July 1, 2008 10:05 AM