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As a kid growing up in Gainesville going to totally irrelevant Florida Gators basketball games at a musty, cramped, archaic old gym known as Alligator Alley, I’m ashamed of many of the Johnny-Come-Lately Gator fans of today. I’m ashamed because they have no sense of historical perspective. I’m ashamed because they are out of touch with reality. Mostly, I’m ashamed about how they are treating Mike White — a good man, a good father, a good husband and, yes, a good basketball coach. White says he doesn’t see or hear the mean-spirited, ridiculous, fire-the-coach criticism being heaped upon him by the idiotic minority of Gator fans on social media, who are freaking out after a loss to 15th-seeded Oral Roberts in the second round of the NCAA Tournament a couple of weeks ago and the resulting rash of UF players (four) who have since entered the transfer portal. White instead chose to take the high road when I asked him how he is handling the criticism from the legions of the miserable on Twitter. “I love the passion of our fan base,” White says. “It’s part of what makes this place special. And obviously it puts a healthy pressure on…

UNCFieldHockey: Here is Coach Karen Shelton with her son, William Scroggs, and her husband Willie. Her son graduated on May 12, 2013. http://t.co/b2Ncdw3EW7— Fri 9:27 a.m. TheRamsClub: Looking forward to a sold-out Rams Club Night and post-game fireworks tonight at the Bosh!— Fri 9:20 a.m. InsideCarolina: Brown Has Eye-Opening Visit: On his way home from his brother’s graduation, Noah Brown took a detour for ... http://t.co/lpmMPtJJbZ #unc— Fri 9:16 a.m. UNC_wtennis: At long last it's match day in Illinois! Carolina-Nebraska is the nightcap at 8 p.m. ET. Follow along all day here: http://t.co/UsZ3ErXdpt— Fri 8:51 a.m. InsideCarolina: Reggie Bullock tells @theobserver: "(RoyW) has been like a father to me, but if I feel I'm ready (for NBA) … it's my decision."— Fri 8:51 a.m. heelscoach: RT @Sports_Greats: 1) Decide what you want. 2) Decide how you'll get it. 3) Out work everyone else. 4) DON'T EVER QUIT TRYING.— Fri 7:23 a.m. macCANdoo: RT @pwgavin: Quote of the night: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good ol' days, before you've actually left them." #OfficeFin…— Fri 5:10 a.m. ErikHighsmith: I'm jealous RT“@keith_boyette4: @ErikHighsmith what do you think about the Tarheels’ new jerseys?”— Fri 1:25 a.m. UNCSoftball: North…

The Atlanta Falcons announced late Thursday afternoon that they will play in the NFL’s international series over in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this October. With the NFL officially adding a 17th game this season, some teams will get an extra home game. That’s not the case for the Falcons, though, and to make it worse, this London matchup with an unnamed opponent will count as a home game for Atlanta, even though it isn’t one. Let’s see how Falcons Twitter reacted to Thursday’s news. Part of the advantage for home games in sports in my opinion is player familiarity and comfortablity (sleeping in their own beds, in their own house with their family) with no travel. Having to travel to another country and sleep in a hotel is dubbed as an away game imo. — Falcons Kingdom (@FalconsKingdom) April 2, 2021 THIS IS THE BEST NEWS THAT COULD HAVE COME OUT TODAY! YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE. CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE THE LADS ON THE FIELD IN LONDON. LETS GET IT! 🔴⚫🔴⚫ https://t.co/l2Oj2RWd40 — 🇬🇧 Atlanta Falcons 🔴⚫ (@ATLFalconsUK) April 1, 2021 With the NFL transitioning to a 17 game and the #Falcons…

Over the past several months, Twitter has been working hard to bring its Clubhouse-like audio chat rooms feature, Spaces, to users on iOS and, as of last month, Android. A logical next place for Spaces to show up would be on the web, and unsurprisingly, Twitter is working on the feature for browsers, the company confirmed to The Verge. We decided to ask Twitter about Spaces on desktop after seeing this tweet from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, which shows what Spaces preview cards could look like when viewed on the web. And Twitter itself hasn’t been entirely secret about developing the feature, either. A Twitter Spaces developer posted some designs of how a Space’s intro screen might look on the web last Friday. Given that Spaces is only available on mobile right now, bringing it to the web would be a significant expansion. And that broader reach could help Twitter in its race to compete with Clubhouse, which is still only on iOS (though an Android version is on the way). It would also bring Twitter in closer parity to Discord, which just yesterday launched its social audio rooms feature, Stage Channels, on all platforms where Discord is available.…

"It starts to mess with your mind." And you probably know that Hailey Bieber isn't on Twitter anymore after she deactivated her account last summer. There was never really a time I would go on there that it didn't feel like it was a very toxic environment," she explained. "The thought of even opening the app gives me such bad anxiety that I feel like I'm going to throw up." "People can say whatever they want on the internet, you know, and then this stuff goes viral because people believe anything that they see on social media." Hailey also said that her therapist helps her stay grounded amidst the digital noise, reminding her that it all "really only exists in your screen." "I think when you're going through a situation where you just have so many people hounding you with the same thing over and over and over again, it starts to mess with your mind and then you start to question everything," she continued. "You're like, 'Is there something that I'm not seeing that they see... Maybe they're right?'" Bieber explained that her 2018 marriage to husband Justin Bieber "really opened me up to this new kind of level…

Nandini YadavApr 01, 2021 09:32:16 ISTOne of biggest tech trends of 2021 was the skyrocketing popularity of the audio-only app Clubhouse. From 2,000 downloads in September 2020, the app’s monthly downloads jumped to 2.4 million in January 2021. In February 2021, Clubhouse crossed 10 million downloads globally on the Apple App Store. Unless you took social distancing a little too far and were living in a cave, you would know that Clubhouse is a social platform built around the “drop-in audio chat” model. It features ephemeral real-time voice conversations that any user can listen to and nobody can record. From Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah to Lindsay Lohan, Clubhouse has gathered a legion of high-profile users. What’s so attractive about audio-only conversation? For starters, the pandemic, the quarantine, the one-year of WFH, the hordes of people desperate for social connection, all of that together may have created the ideal conditions for the audio-only model to thrive. Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) recently shared a study, according to which, ‘Zoom fatigue’ is real. Bailenson says these video calls are tiring people out more than usual. Constant Zoom calls and meetings, longer work…

Lauren Boebert in front of Shooters Grill in 2020. File GLENWOOD SPRINGS — After being sued in federal court for allegedly violating free-speech rights, Rifle business owner and Congressperson Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., argues through her attorney the motion be denied because the allegations ignore the distinction between personal and private Twitter accounts.Bri Buentello, a former Democratic state representative based in Pueblo, brought legal action in January against Boebert after the Rifle Republican blocked her from accessing her Twitter account.Buentello told the Post Independent on Tuesday that she originally told Boebert to resign following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.“I Tweeted that at 6 p.m. that day,” she said. Boebert was accused by some of potentially endangering other elected officials with her tweets that day. “I was blocked by 5 a.m. the next day.”Buentello’s attorney, David Lane, argued that Boebert cannot legally bar constituents from access to her Twitter feed since she shares official policy on it.Buentello said it’s worth noting the law makes no difference between personal and “so-called professional accounts.”“The bottom line is, when you use that public platform to talk about policy, to talk about public stances and to talk about how you’re representing Congress, the Supreme Court…

Lauren Boebert in front of Shooters Grill in 2020. File After being sued in federal court for allegedly violating free-speech rights, Rifle business owner Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., argues through her attorney the motion be denied because the allegations ignore the distinction between personal and private Twitter accounts.Boebert was elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020.Bri Buentello, a former Democratic state representative based in Pueblo, brought legal action in January against Boebert after the Rifle Republican blocked her from accessing her Twitter account.Buentello told the Post Independent on Tuesday that she originally told Boebert to resign following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.“I Tweeted that at 6 p.m. that day,” she said. Boebert was accused by some of potentially endangering other elected officials with her tweets that day. “I was blocked by 5 a.m. the next day.”Buentello’s attorney, David Lane, argued that Boebert cannot legally bar constituents from access to her Twitter feed since she shares official policy on it.Buentello said it’s worth noting the law makes no difference between personal and “so-called professional accounts.”“The bottom line is, when you use that public platform to talk about policy, to talk about public stances and to talk about how you’re…

Twitter reacts to reveal of new name for Bills' stadium A rendering of the new sign set to display at Highmark Stadium. Provided photo The Buffalo Bills revealed Monday that their stadium in Orchard Park is getting a new name: Highmark Stadium.New signs for what will officially be called Highmark BlueCross BlueShield Stadium – but sure to be known by the shorter version – will be installed in time for the start of the regular season in September.Bills fans on Twitter reacted with excitement and a little bit of snark to the new name. See what they had to say below:I was really hoping national company with Buffalo roots General Mills would buy the Bills Stadium naming rights so they could call it the Cheerios Cereal Bowl.— Paul Peck (@PeckOnSports) March 29, 2021That name isn't nearly long enough. Why not Buffalo Bills Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Stadium of Buffalo in Orchard Park?— Dave (@somedave) March 29, 2021I don't care what they name the stadium in Orchard Park as long as they continue to put a great team on the field. But to be honest with you I was really looking forward to calling it: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious feild, sponsored by the Disney World Company.@BuffaloBills pic.twitter.com/3Fbg3Fmuc3—…

A Twitter Q&A with the owner of a baseball team isn't a common occurrence throughout history, so New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Q&A moderator Wayne Randazzo decided to address the most important questions from fans in the 30-minute segment. And when you hear Cohen's secondary response to the question, you'll probably be gripping your seats with excitement as to what the topic was and what his initial answer could have possibly been about. "Well, you know, it is the most critical question that needed to be answered, more important than anything else we can even imagine," Cohen said. "And I'm sure that's gonna create controversy tomorrow or... probably right now, so I can't wait to see what my Twitter feed looks like." What could that possibly mean? Are they not going to extend Francisco Lindor? Is Mr. Met no longer the mascot? Will David Wright's No. 5 uniform not be retired? "Black jerseys... well, I can say with absolute certainty that the black jerseys are coming back," Cohen said (head to the 15-minute mark in the video below). "They'll come back for a few games this year, at some point, and you'll be able to buy those jerseys…