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2014 Year In Review

In 140 Characters Or Less: Notable Tweets Of The Year

THE DAILY recalls some tweets from the past year that had us talking.

Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman: "When people ask: why don't gay players just come out? That Kluwe writing should be shown as the definitive answer."

ESPN’s Buster Olney: “Much time in Michael Weiner’s final months were spent defending Alex Rodriguez, and now Weiner has effectively been sued, posthumously.”

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "It’s so much more fun to watch FOX when it’s someone else being blitzed & sacked! #SuperBowl."

Wall Street Journal's Tom Gara: "Lesson of Sochi: When hosting major global event while also aiding an ethnic cleansing campaign abroad, put the reporters in nice hotels."

Goal.com's Ives Galarcep: "#MLS has signed sponsorship deals with Chipotle and Kraft Foods this winter. Think they’re going to try and pay players in food in next CBA."

Complex Magazine's Russ Bengtson: "Phil Jackson needs to hurry up and become president so he can deal with Putin."

Sporting News’ Jesse Spector: “I love that a dog is the biggest star of spring training.”

NHL Kings mascot Bailey’s official account: “I just realized I had to come to Canada to watch the Dodgers on TV.”

Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont: “MLB replay system. More bugs than a $19-a-nite hotel room.”

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), during NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's Q&A on Twitter: "Commissioner Goodell, do you believe you have the authority to act against racism in the NFL like Mr. Silver did in the NBA?"

Campus Insiders’ Kristi Dosh: “If nothing else, the O'Bannon case should teach people to be careful what they write in emails.”

Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert, on reports he was in South Florida recruiting LeBron James: “I am? Sorry folks but enjoying weather in my backyard today.”

Former MLBer Aubrey Huff: “A's fans you may like the coliseum but I can guarantee you most of the players hate it no matter what they say in the media!”

WWE Talent Brand Management & Sponsorship Sales Exec Christian Gesue: "So @Microsoft spends hundreds of millions on @nfl sponsorship and @BoomerandCarton calling the sideline tablets (#Surface) #iPad all morning."

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne: "No surprise that the most progressive franchise in the NBA on international players would be the first to open the door to women #spurs"

NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski: "Forgive me, I'm 30 and don't know a life any other way; but I still wonder, what did angry people do before the internet?"

CSN Philadelphia Assistant News Dir Rob Kuestner: "Didn't the Big 10 Network open the weekend of Appy State over Michigan? That's worse than tonight for the SEC Network. But not by much."

Sabres Owner and Terry Pegula’s daughter, Kelly Pegula, on her father submitting the winning bid for the Bills: “I started crying when i found out last night.. my dad goes, ‘you're crying and im broke!’”

“Late Show” Exec Producer Eric Stangel: "Recap ‘Adrian Peterson is innocent until proven guilty by law and will have our full, oh crap we lost a sponsor get him out of here for now.’"

Awful Announcing: "Thursday Night Football sucks. You know this. I know this. The NFL knows this. But it makes money, so here we are. Embracing the suck."

Author Jeff Pearlman: "ESPN suspends Bill Simmons for three weeks. It's a bullshit move by a company in bed with the NFL."

AP's Ralph Russo: "Rutgers thinks Michigan is pretty screwed up right now."

Writer Jeff Bradley: "Re: Jeter's website, players don't trust us to get it right, and they esp. don't expect cut and paste blogs to get it right. This is reality."

Lakers G Kobe Bryant: "Players are 'encouraged' per new CBA to take less to win or risk being called selfish+ungrateful while nbatv deal goes UP by a BILLION #biz"

SI's Grant Wahl: "Bummed out that Orwell isn't alive to see FIFA today."

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