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NBA Star Chastised For Twittering During Halftime

by Peter Mychalcewycz on March 20, 2009 at 06:41 AM


Honestly, where did he find the time?

Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva was scolded by coach Scott Skiles after he (Villanueva) Twittered during halftime of his team's 86-77 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Apparently Villanueva, who goes by @CV31 on Twitter, couldn't wait until after the game to keep his thousands of followers updated so he secretly wrote, "We're playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up."

Skiles and the Bucks' organization were less then enthusiastic when they found out about Villanueva's sneaky Tweet. Coach Stiles told the AP, "We made a point to Charlie and the team that it's nothing we ever want to happen again."

The Bucks ended up winning and Villanueva didn't say anything offensive, so we're wondering what the big deal is. We hope more athletes give us this kind of access, but until then, we'll just eagerly await the next case of Twittering gone wrong. [From: NY Daily News]

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Tags: basketball, microblogging, social networking, SocialNetworking, sports, twitter

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