Twitter is the social networking flavor of the month that’s stormed on the scene like MySpace and FaceBook. There’s no telling how long the site’s popularity will last; the next big thing could have 130 or 150 characters and blow Twitter out of the water like seven minute abs did to eight minute abs.

Athletes are using Twitter to cut the media middleman and let us, the fans, into their personal lives. Here’s what some popular jocks were tweeting about yesterday. Read the full story

Jason Brown is an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, but apparently he wishes he was on American Idol instead of in the NFL. As the saying goes, he shouldn’t quit his day job.

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University of South Carolina campus police have been targeting the school’s athletes according to a member of the USC board of trustees. Eddie Floyd has been a trustee for the University of South Carolina since 1982, and says he has reliable sources that told him of the campus police misconduct. Read the full story

For some reason the people that pitch us shaving cream and razors think we need to see two athletes lathered up and having a good time in the bathroom for us to consider buying their product. But what about two men applying shaving cream to one another while handling razorblades is supposed to be appealing? I can’t be the only one that thinks there’s something weird about being crammed in a little bathroom with your homeboy breathing on your neck and checking you out in the mirror’s reflection.

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February 29th is just another day to me. I don’t buy any of the Leap Year superstitions, and I don’t do anything special for our extra day. I am, however, amazed that a bunch of goofballs in tights could figure out that the Earth circles the sun in 365 1/4 days.

Since the Leap Year is every 4 years, people with a birthday on February 29th get shortchanged.. And I’ve always wondered how they decided which day to celebrate their birthday in a non Leap Year. Do they have to pick February 28th or March 1st or can they go with the closest weekend? I would want the closest weekend. Read the full story

The PGA is gonna try to drum up interest in the FedEx Cup Playoffs with a series of “Golfer meets Athlete” commercials. Go here if you have no idea about the Cup and how it works. The running theme is the golfers are seeking advice because they’re in their first playoff. Here’s Sergio Garcia trying to work on his game face:

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Since Serg sounds like a 14 year old, it’s gonna be hard for him to intimidate anybody.

Jim Furyk turns to Jerome Bettis:

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Jerome likes to eat..I didn’t know that. They need to cut a commercial with Angel Cabrera. I picture Angel sitting in a foggy room, smoking a cigarette, and asking Ray Lewis for playoff advice.

Here’s a Tiger commercial, which according to this article, is not the one that will be running. The official commercial shows Tiger lacing up his shoes and whistling “Eye of the Tiger”. He’s sticking with the “No living man shall tell me shit” theme in this ad:

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I don’t know when that was shot, but Tiger’s been eating better since then.

If you haven’t had enough of these sidebusters check out Ernie Els and Phil Simms.

Stars, sports legends in campaign for first-ever PGA Tour FedExCup Playoff. Courtesy of CBS Sportsline

FedExCup Fan Guide. Courtesy of the PGA Tour

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