The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

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(Bruce Bowen)

What a great start to my day, Manicure and Pedicure at Yardleys Salon Spa. I feel like a KING!!!! On 1:08 PM Sep 18th 2009 from Echofon

I’m not gonna knock any guy for getting a mani/pedi.  I was dragged to one once by a girlfriend and it wasn’t so bad.  I sat in a reclining leather chair and watched RV with Robin Williams while some girl practically ground my toes of.

It wasn’t really for me, but if you like it, so be it.

But this is Bruce Bowen.

This is the guy that made millions of dollars for being the guy at your pick up game that you hate. (HATE!).

This guy kneed Steve Nash in the little Stevie Nash.  He straight up Karate-Kid-Crane-Kicked Wally Sczerbiak in the face. (Can’t blame him though, Popovich told him to “sweep the leg”.)

The worst part was that he didn’t ever man up and just get in people’s faces or start fights.  He just stepped under your feet when you took a jump shot.

Now he’s tweeting about feeling like a king at the spa…

In case you forget, here’s some classic Bruce Bowen moments:

Two notes:

1) YouTube should give out licenses that allow people to add title screens to videos.  No license– no text.  Just let me watch the clips please.  (They should also restrict un-funny sports blogs by requiring a license.  But that’s a story for another day.)

2) At 1:44 you get to hear the announcers react to Steve Nash getting hit with a groin shot.  And the guys calling the game are, for some reason, Japanese.

Update: Just a few hours later, Bruce chimed in again with this tweet:

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(Bruce Bowen)

Golfing in Teebone Tee it off for cancer. Great cause, and an excuse for a hacker like me to play!! On 7:00 PM Sep 18th 2009 from Echofon

Do yourself a favor, Bruce, and don’t refer to yourself as a ‘hacker’.