LITTLE ROCK — Teams say tweeting for birds
New York Jets receiver David Clowney was benched after his Twitter message riled Coach Rex Ryan. The Texas Tech team was banned from tweeting after a player criticized the coach. The Miami Heat were told no more messages from the arena.
It's "a bunch of narcissists that want to sit and type stuff about themselves all the time," Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach said. "We'll put mirrors in some of their lockers if that's necessary, but they don't have Rex Ryan to Twitter."
A day after the Red Raiders lost to No. 12 Houston 29-28, Leach was running late to a meeting. According to the Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal, linebacker Marlon Williams asked on his Twitter account why "the head coach can't even be ontime."
Plus, Texas Tech captain Brandon Carter was suspended indefinitely Sunday for violating team rules. After the loss, he tweeted: "This is not how I saw our season."
Clowney sat out the Jets' 24-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. His offense?
After the Jets beat the New England Patriots the previous week, he tweeted: "1 play in the 1st Half, 4 plays in the 2nd half ... A bit disappointed about my playing time but very happy and satisfied about the win."
"I was upset with him, yep," Ryan said. "For a couple of reasons. One of them is you'll hear things if a guy's unhappy or whatever. I'm not a big Twitter guy, but you hear different things."
Heat guard Dwyane Wade said, "When you come to work, you come to work. You can tweet before, you can tweet after. It's not addicting like where I'm going to take a bathroom break, go downstairs and tweet. I think people take it a little too far with that." Double treat
Troy Radermacher of Ellendale, N.D., made two holes in one in the same round at Oxbow (N.D.) Country Club
He used a pitching wedge on the 116-yard 15th hole at Oxbow Country Club. The ball found the cup again on the 135-yard fifth hole.
The Forum newspaper says Radermacher was golfing with family and friends. He says he has had a hard time believing what he did.
Golf Digest calculates the odds of two holes in one in the same round at 67 million to one.
But he's got company. Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northern England, shot two holes in one in the same round Sept. 9.
The next day, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steve Blass did the same in a span of 11 holes in Pennsylvania.
Tying the knot
Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom, 29, and reality TV starlet Khloe Kardashian, 25,were married Sunday at a private residence in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to People, US Weekly and other entertainment news outlets.
The bride was walked down the aisle by her stepfather, Bruce Jenner.
The wedding was attended by numerous stars, including the bride's sister Kim.
"Tonight was one of the best nights of my life! Khloe & Lamar's wedding was a night to remember!" Kim wrote on Twitter.
Kardashian appears with her family on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
She and her sister Kourtney co-star in the E! spinoff show, Kourtneyand Khloe Take Miami.
Odom agreed to a four-year contract to stay with the Lakers this summer after helping the team win the franchise's 15th NBA championship in June.
Quote of the day "They're one of the best running teams in the country, and we did a nice job. Our scheme was very good, our players understood it.
They played hard." Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino on his defense's effort against the run in a 35-7 loss to Alabama
Sports, Pages 14 on 09/29/2009