DALE EARNHARDT JR. has "tweeted more than 7,000 times in less than two years." He "passed 1 million followers in March and quickly is closing in on DANICA PATRICK for the most-followed driver." Earnhardt said, "If I don't run good, I really don't like looking at it. I'm hesitant to go there, but then I go there because I know there's a lot of fans saying, 'Man, don't worry about it! We're going to get'em!'" He added, "I've never muted anyone I follow, but I have turned off their retweets. It's usually another competitor, and they're just retweeting a lot of things that are sponsored-related like, 'Go buy this! Check us out here! My sponsor and me are doing this!' So I turn off retweets if they don't have a lot of substance. I've found that quite useful" (USA TODAY, 12/4).
NAMES: U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN "posed for the December cover of Health Magazine in hopes of sending a message to girls and women at war with their bodies." She said, “Most of the images we see in magazines and social media and stuff is all really skinny perfect women, and that’s not how the majority of us are. I want young girls, especially, to know that any size is beautiful. You just have to be confident in yourself and know your worth" (NATIONAL POST, 12/4)....NHL Commissioner GARY BETTMAN is included in the Int'l Jewish Sports HOF's '16 class (NJJEWISHNEWS.com, 12/1)....Former NFLer DEION BRANCH was at a Boston-area Nordstrom on Thursday for the store's launch of "On The Fifty," an NFL apparel line celebrating past Super Bowls (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/4)....Steelers QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER is opening a 5,600-square-foot restaurant in Savannah, Ga. The Savannah Taphouse is "slated to open a few weeks before Christmas" (JACKSONVILLE.com, 12/3)....Golfer RORY MCILROY recently "popped the question" to his girlfriend, PGA of America Manager of Championship Volunteer Operations ERICA STOLL, "atop the Eiffel Tower" (N.Y. POST, 12/4).
