Sideline Scoop: Twitter - Sport's New Battleground

While Twitter has often made news for negative interactions between fans and athletes, it has been more a case of athlete vs. athlete or even owner vs. team recently. In this edition of the Sideline Scoop, we take a look at a player-on-player Twitter fight, a baseball owner taking a shot at another team and (on a lighter note) a college football coach getting closer to his fans.

1. He May Have a Point, But Still...

Let's summarize the fight here: the Boston Red Sox and Miami Marlins played a spring training game where the Red Sox had just two players with major league experience on their roster. The Red Sox GM apologized after reports came out that the Marlins were "outraged," particularly after they raised ticket prices for the game. John Henry, the owner of the Red Sox and former owner of the Marlins, then sent out the tweet seen above - an uncommon move for any sports owner not named Mark Cuban.

2. So Guys, Who is the NFL's Top Cornerback?

One of the bigger moves in the first few days of free agency was the Denver Broncos signing cornerback Aqib Talib. When the mive was announced, LaGarrette Blount, a teammate of Talib's in New England, tweeted congrats to his former teammate and called him "the best corner in the league." Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman (of this rant fame) did not take this comment lightly and challenged Blount on who exactly was the best corner in the league: Talib or himself. It is hard to say who won, though Sherman got a nice last shot in.

UPDATE: It seems Mr. Sherman and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall also had some words (even former wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson made an appearance).

3. Kliff Kingsbury: A Man of the People

A popular trend lately is for athletes and celebrities to go the website Reddit and take part in an AMA (ask me anything) session. These are quite popular because Reddit users will say and ask pretty much anything and everything and the celebrities usually have some fun with the Reddit users. The latest sports figure to engage in an AMA: Ryan Gosling look-a-like, former Texas Tech quarterback and current head coach Kliff Kingsbury. The highlights from this session included questions about him being a Jeopardy answer and his thoughts on Rachel McAdams in the movie 'The Notebook.'