Not just guys like @jerryrice who are fans posing as athletes on Twitter. . themselves, but do officially sanction/approve of the Twitter accounts in their name. .

I'm @BrendanWilhide and I run Sportsin140.com, your destination for sports & social media and the Sports on Twitter directory of validated Twitter accounts.

Feb 5, 2010 – Twitter accounts for Canadian athletes at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics | Straight .com.

May 4, 2011 – One of these days, athletes will learn to think before tweeting. In the past five months alone, we have seen: *NFL players ripping one of their .

One thing that lists won't do is they won't make it easier to know which .

Aug 2, 2011 – He listed this comprehensive list of Twitter tips for student-athletes on his . 2) Your Twitter account is one of many mediums through which you .

Jun 7, 2009 – Some Twitter accounts are quaint little communities with a few hundred or few thousand "followers" — people who get an athlete's .

Aug 2, 2011 – Your athletic compliance office is monitoring your Twitter account. And the NCAA has acknowledged that it monitors student-athlete activity on .

Jan 19, 2011 – So a college athlete has a twitter account and isn't the brightest… big deal right? I mean, Terrelle Pryor is guilty of this. Hell, LeBron James is a .

100+ items – As we mark Twitter's fifth anniversary, it's a .

Feb 6, 2011 – http://vivaville.org Since the social networking sites became popular. This question has always been asked. Today I answer it. Recorded on .

Oct 14, 2009 – Brendan Wilhide spends several hours a day determining which athletes' Twitter accounts are phonies and which are legit. So far he's exposed .

Mar 9, 2010 – These are the top ten athlete Twitter accounts from the 2010 Winter Olympics: AngelaRuggiero: Follow this woman, a four-time ice hockey .

Apr 26, 2011 – Few things can affect marketability like an athlete's Twitter account. Companies are spending more than ever on athlete endorsements, but .

Sep 15, 2011 – Sure, a famous athletes twitter account may have a lot of followers, but leveraging that account to gain influence over audiences is a totally .

17 hours ago – Go to www.jsonline.com/sportstweets for links to Twitter accounts of Wisconsin athletes. @AndrewMBogut. We understand owners have to .

Jul 3, 2009 – As creator of the website Sportsin140.com, which validates athlete Twitter accounts, Wilhide knows how crafty impersonators can be. .

Nov 29, 2010 – Identity Theft Blog - Identity Theft Protection, identity theft prevention news.

Aug 19, 2011 – Everyone's favorite TV show, Breaking Bad, makes an appearance. So does Ron Artest.

May 17, 2011 – The Shannon Brown Twitter controversy is a perfect opportunity to ponder a few changes. In the olden days, a conversation about an athlete .

Get short, timely messages from Verified Accounts. Twitter is a rich source .

Jun 8, 2011 – More than half of NBA players have Twitter accounts, according to USA TODAY research. In the NFL, more than 1000 players spread across 32 .

Sep 6, 2011 – Lamar Odom's Twitter account is a bit less productive than that of other athletes, especially the two ranking before him. The possible reason for .

Feb 26, 2011 – Tweeting Athletes, a nice resource providing an easily accesible overview of professional athletes with twitter accounts, shows that there are .

It's currently at 143 accounts and counting. "I've referred to the athlete-driven Twitter feeds as the best reality show not on TV," SportsFanLive CEO David Katz .

Oct 5, 2009 – There are over 150 players in the NFL on Twitter, but if you could only follow 20, . an account where you have all the NFL players on twitter .

Jun 29, 2011 – Most athletes have Twitter accounts and have hundreds of thousands of followers —but these twitter accounts can boost or degrade their .

Jun 29, 2009 – Katz's current company features an offshoot called athletetweets.com, the Internet's leading collection of Twitter accounts belonging to athletes. .

Oct 7, 2010 – Tweeting-Athletes.com states that there are around 3000 professional athletes who have Twitter accounts. The NFL towers over competitors .

Mar 2, 2011 – According to @Pro_Athletes, a Twitter account that tracks the Twitter accounts of professional athletes, there are over three thousand athletes .

We are all aware of the way Shaq and Chad Ochocinco have revolutionized the athlete Twitter account. Twitter is becoming a common, if not expected, form of .

The Most Insane Moments In The History Of Athlete Twitter Accounts. Corey Nachman | May 27, 2011, 10:00 AM | 20196 | 1. A A A .

Jun 27, 2011 – If I were a professional athlete (especially a star athlete), I wouldn't dare create a Twitter account. Let's face it, anything you tweet can and will .

A list of many active Major League Baseball players that use Twitter, broken down by . If you can also confirm that an account is fake, let us know that as well. .

Follow your favorite athletes and coaches who are currently using Twitter. . Enter the email address that is associated with the account and we will email your .

I founded this website after I grew frustrated at being unable to find a directory of athletes on Twitter. I set out to find out if any MLB players had Twitter accounts. .

Aug 3, 2009 – Many of the twitter accounts are complete fakes. Don't look now but now there are a lot of musicians and even athletes on twitter. Now, even .

Apr 7, 2009 – . Sports on Twitter database of more than 200 validated Twitter accounts belonging to professional athletes & teams that use Twitter to interact .

Well, it seems Twitter is not just the place where us everyday folk congregate . getting their own Twitter accounts as well and grabbing plenty of followers as . .. players in the history of the NBA, and one of the most quotable athletes of all time .

Jul 7, 2011 – Send your suggestions for the best athletes to follow to our Twitter account @ CBSSports. You can follow all 140 athletes by checking out this .

May 15, 2011 – But despite the risks, experts said it's best for athletes to have a Twitter account so they can expand their branding. "If you become a star athlete, .

Note that this list only includes real Twitter accounts -- not people posing as athletes. Feel free to add to the collection and help us develop a comprehensive .

NHL Players on Twitter. . Twitter-Athletes.com - A Directory of Professional Athletes & Players Tweeting on Twitter · Home New . . Bruno Gervais (old account) .

May 2, 2009 – However, after reading various friends' and professional athletes' . insipid) that does a run down of the best of athletes' Twitter accounts. If not .

Make a selection from below to drill-down to your favorite sports, teams, and athletes that have Twitter accounts. Let us know who we are missing. NFL Players .

Mar 2, 2011 – And of all the baseball players with accounts, one-time All-Star Nick . Here's the list of the top-10 athletes on Twitter, along with a sample tweet .

Jun 22, 2011 – With the news that Kenny Britt's Facebook account was hacked , it conjured up memories of one of the truly despicable trends in sports today: .

Sign up for Twitter to follow Pro Athletes (@Pro_Athletes). Find all the professional athletes on Twitter at http://Tweeting-Athletes.com - NFL, . Have an account? .

Most of these Athletes have personal websites that are pushed through their Twitter accounts. Its genius; they have thousands if not millions of fans who are .

How can an athlete get verified for our directory? Please do one of the following: Post a link to your Twitter account on your official website and let us know. .

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