10 Best Player Tweets in Sports History

Many of us use Twitter to feel in touch with our favorite celebrities.

But many of our favorite celebrities use Twitter as their diary, giving us a 140-character window into the drama of their lives.

No complaints here.

For your pleasure, I've compiled a list of the 10 best athlete tweets. Enjoy.

Chris Confusion

What happens when a Premier League ref misses a handball call, unjustly recalls a goal due to offsides and doles out a questionable yellow card?

Disgruntled Tottenham fans turn to Twitter to vent their frustration.

But despite that Lancashire official Chris Foy made the questionable calls, Olympic gold medalist and Scottish track cyclist Chris Hoy was the one who took the heat for them.

Classic mix-up.

"F" and "H" are only one letter apart on the keyboard, and once a hash tag starts, it sticks.

Hoy handled the situation with grace, using the opportunity to mess around and have some fun with it.

In addition to the tweet pictured above, Hoy noted, "On the plus side I've learned some new 4 letter words today."

Mark Cuban Runs His Mouth

Mark Cuban got slapped with a $25,000 fine for dissing NBA officiating in a series of two tweets.

$90/character is a steep price to pay for airing your grievances.

But he took to Twitter again to have the final say in the matter, declaring the above.

At least he kept us all entertained.

And in case you were wondering, the fine was an extremely effective deterrent. He'll probably never publicly criticize NBA refs again.

Diet Holds Antonio Cromartie Back from Super Bowl Ring

There are lots of excuses for not winning a Super Bowl.

Like maybe your husband's receivers can't catch the ball.

But Antonio Cromartie offered his own take, tweeting the above.

Maybe he had a point. After all, you are what you eat, or whatever they say.

But food can't be the problem on the New York Jets—Rex Ryan seems to eat well.

Rashard Mendenhall: Conspiracy Theorist, Pacifist

News of Osama Bin Laden's death set a Twitter record for the highest sustained rate of tweets ever. For a period of about three-and-a-half hours, Twitter received 3,000 tweets/second.

But some among us should have just put down the phone and gone to bed.

Namely, Pittsburgh Steeler Rashard Mendenhall. See above.

Had he tweeted only his question, I could forgive him. Who knows what things were like in Pittsburgh that night?

Maybe there were some barbaric celebrations or outspoken extremists or...what did you just say?!

Mendenhall went a little too far and let the crazy show. With a click of the "send" button, an NFL running back became just another conspiracy theorist bugging us on the street.

And worse, he deeply offended many people.

Somebody should have taught him Twitter 101: Never dis America.

Ochocinco Must Score to Score

Maybe this tweet was meant to be some sort of open letter to Bill Belichick.

Not averse to tweeting his private life, New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco decided to go public with this story on November 28 of last year.

And maybe Belichick heard his plea. It took less than three weeks for the receiver, who ended the 2011 season with just 15 catches, to put six on the board.

Even if you don't like the guy, you had to feel a little relief watching him catch that touchdown.

Metta World Peace Misses Basketball

Los Angeles Laker Metta World Peace engaged in some emotional tweeting during the NBA lockout.

Even as a Boston Celtics fan, I love his effusive string of tweets.

For some reason, it reminded me of this girl. Just plain adorable. 

Reggie Bush Tweets Lockout

While Metta World Peace was devastated by the NBA lockout, Reggie Bush offered a different perspective on the NFL lockout: vacation time!

These tweets really convinced the New Orleans Saints to pay him the $11.8 million he was due in the final year of his contract with them.

Bush ended up getting a mere $9.75 million over two years with the Miami Dolphins. Now that's slaving away in 100 degree heat and putting your body at risk for nothing.

Gilbert Arenas Live-Tweets Blind Date

Every once in a while, we can stand to benefit from some open and honest feedback.

Wouldn't you like to hear why a date went wrong every now and then?

Enter Gilbert Arenas, who takes his responsibility as a bearer of bad news seriously.

A fresh-on-the-market Arenas did his blind date the favor of live-tweeting the event so she could figure out exactly where she went wrong.

Except despite all the "card[s]" in his pocket, he admitted that he never got the "ACTION" she "want[ed]."

Hey Arenas, if she's the queen of Zamunda, you could have been Eddie Murphy. And that would have been pretty cool in my book.

LeBron James on Karma

LeBron James, who so humbly chose the Twitter handle @KingJames, had a little something to say to the city of Cleveland after the Cavaliers took a 112-57 walloping at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers last January.

But he apparently did not understand the exact definition of karma.

It's a long season, LeBron (well, not this year), and karma ultimately has the final say. Like, in the NBA Finals.

Dan Gilbert, the Cavs owner, wasted no time responding to James after the 2010 NBA postseason concluded, tweeting, "Congrats to Mark C.&entire Mavs org. Mavs NEVER stopped & now entire franchise gets rings. Old Lesson for all:There are NO SHORTCUTS. NONE." 

Ty Lawson Willing to 'Take One for the Team'

Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson may be on to something.

After marrying Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.

After dating Kim Kardashian, Reggie Bush won a Super Bowl ring.

There are still so many bests about this tweet, though.

First, his backdoor brag about his performance with the "17 minutes" reference.

Second, he follows it up with: "I'll take one for the team lol."

And third, the next morning, he tried to deny that he sent them.

But hey, with Reggie Bush potentially reunited with Kim; maybe the Miami Dolphins are on their way to the Super Bowl this year. LOL.