
The Chirp
This is The Chirp, your all-inclusive look at the best observations, jokes and photos that athletes have recently shared on social media. Because while not every story can be told in 140 characters… some can:
Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara and more on the flurry of NFL moves:
.@AdamSchefter must have the fastest thumbs in the world!!
— Prince Amukamara (@PrinceAmukamara) March 10, 2015
Ngata...Ngata...Ngata gonna work here anymore!
— mark schlereth (@markschlereth) March 10, 2015
All these trades in the NFL have me like... http://t.co/NjOqA73BYt
— Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) March 10, 2015
I'm also hearing from sources that there are talks of a two-team swap for Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez and Jesus Shuttlesworth.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 10, 2015
Jimmy Graham traded... Starting QBs traded.. Shady traded... HOFers getting cut.. It doesn't matter who you are pic.twitter.com/RwRFazJLRZ
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 10, 2015
And everybody want me to come back? I would've been signed traded and cut in the same day #NFL
— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) March 10, 2015
NFL just dropped the mic…..
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) March 10, 2015
Colts punter Pat McAfee on Darrelle Revis’s reported $70 million deal:
I don't think I could afford a condo on Revis Island.. That's a wealthy ass place
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 11, 2015
Clippers forward Blake Griffin on taking the high road:
After our game a guy told me I played great. Instead of telling him I didn't play I just said "thanks". So yeah... I'm in a good place.
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) March 10, 2015
Phoenix Mercury forward Monique Currie on secondhand smoke:
Can't be normal protocol for your taxi driver to spark up a cig while you're in the car .... ?
— Monique Currie (@Mocurrie25) March 10, 2015
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart on Vegas:
I know we are still in Vegas, but should my data guy really be wearing pink underwear ? pic.twitter.com/FqKFOLppCy
— Tony Stewart (@TonyStewart) March 11, 2015
Padres first baseman Cody Decker on… wait, really?:
Just want to remind you all that that guy starring in those Under Armour commercials won an Oscar..... Remember that?....
— Cody Decker (@Decker6) March 11, 2015
Athletics pitcher Sean Doolittle and Brandon McCarthy in a dog pun war:
hey if you take your dog through obedience training do you get a masters degree? asking for a friend. — Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) March 11, 2015
@whatwouldDOOdo that joke was ruff
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 11, 2015
@BMcCarthy32 am I in the doghouse now? — Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) March 11, 2015
@whatwouldDOOdo you should quit posting for at leashed a week or two
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 11, 2015
@BMcCarthy32 who made you in charge of dog Twitter? do you have a dogtorate? — Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) March 11, 2015
…and McCarthy winning:
i actually only attended grades K-9 so no but I'm taking some online courses offered by UC Barkley
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) March 11, 2015