and Twitter delivers. Organizations, athletes, sports-writers, celebrities, are all hopping the Twitter band-wagon to communicate with the fans. The fans/followers like the instant updates and insider info and get to know the other party better through these personalized Twitter accounts. Central Ohio is crazy for its sports - no surprise there! The Ohio State buckeyes football dominates TV and other local media. Baseball and basketball follows and hockey and soccer are relatively new, but have a good fan base. Most fans are now Web2.0 savvy and follow blogs, Facebook, and twitter updates along with the TV broadcasts and box-scores. It is now essential to have a Web2.0 component to sports to connect with the fanbase.
These here are my top-five Twitter accounts for (kinda) local sports. At the end, I have also added a couple more that are worth following. I have based these rankings on updates (the right amount), fan interactivity, goodies, and the general 'Twitter-Feel' instead of the old one-point-o (1.0) media.Top Five - Central Ohio Sports
| Account | What | My Comments |
| # 5 Brutus_Buckeye  | The official mascot of Ohio State athletics brings you the official news feed from Buckeye athletics OhioStateBuckeyes.com | All (or most) Ohio State sports covered by this official OSU sports twitter account. Not as interactive and up-to-date since it has to stay 'official'. |
| # 4 CLBClippers  | The Official Twitter of the 2010 & 2011 Triple-A National Champion Baseball Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians Clippersbaseball.com | Too many 'buy this' tweets but overall well written and good interactivity and promo information. |
| # 3 PDcavsinsider  | (Though the Cavaliers are not a local team, there is a large fan-base in C. Ohio) Updates from the Plain Dealer's Cavs beat writers Tom Reed and Mary Schmitt Boyer. Cleveland.com/cavs/ | In-game updates, additional insights, and links to articles from Plain Dealer, make it a good collection of Tweets. |
| # 2 BlueJacketsNHL  | Official Twitter Site of the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Club Bluejackets.nhl.com | Great interactivity with the fans, players updates, retweets, making it great for Jackets fans, though the team could use a boost. |
| # 1 ColumbusCrew  | Official Twitter feed of Ohio's Major League Soccer club, three-time Supporters' Shield winners and 2008 MLS Cup Champion. www.TheCrew.com | The BEST local sports Twitter page with great fan interactivity, updates, trivia, goodies, and in-game updates. |
Honorary Mentions: CavsWitness (a very interactive site on mostly Cleveland sports, but some C-Ohio as well), Buckeye_Nation (all Ohio State University sports, but mostly football)
Technologies discussed: Twitter, Short Messaging Service, SMS
Contact me:
Sujan Manandhar
Technology Integration Specialist,
Foreign Language Center
Ohio State University
Follow me on Twitter - aarkae
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