Pro Golfer Ben Crane Turns To Twitter To Find His New Caddie

Another win for sports and Twitter:
Golf pro Ben Crane turned to his Twitter following this week to crowdsource a replacement caddie at the HP Byron Nelson Championship Pro-Am in Texas.

Another win for sports and Twitter:
Golf pro Ben Crane turned to his Twitter following this week to crowdsource a replacement caddie at the HP Byron Nelson Championship Pro-Am in Texas.
We're kicking off our upcoming June Social Media Marketing Boot Camp session with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here.
Sports junkie? Social media enthusiast?
Here’s your dream job: Twitter just posted a job opening at its San Francisco headquarters for “Head Of Sports.”
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Sports and social media are proving to be a fantastic match.
Today, people are ten times more likely to check Twitter or Facebook than the radio for sports news, and sports fans are among Twitter’s most active users.
Let’s take a look at the NBA, specifically, on Twitter.

Alright, all you fantasy footballers left in the game.
You’re surely already scouring the Internet and DVRing ESPN for any tips and tricks, and the latest player intel.
But make sure you’re giving yourself that extra advantage by tuning into Twitter.
Here are 15 must-follow Twitter accounts for fantasy football fanatics:

Just in time for bowl season, Twitter has teamed up with ESPN and Ford to provide embedded replays from football games in posts sent via Twitter.
It really takes the concept of “instant replay” to a whole new level.
We’ve previously documented the impact that social media has made on the world of sport, notably in the way that it has allowed fans to engage with sporting organisations, teams and athletes, and vice versa.
The numbers are adding up: according to recent data, some 83 percent of sports fans check sports social media outposts while watching the game on television, and 63 percent will browse these channels while they’re actually in attendance.