I don’t normally have my Windows Media Center turned on in the mornings, but a funny tweet from my friend Brett prompted me to turn on SportsCenter. A few minutes later, I hear the breaking news alert, so I come back to my computer and see the news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended by MLB for 50 games for a positive test of a performance-enhancing substance.
I react to the news, but my obvious first thought is to tweet it out. I dig around for the link from the LA Times — who broke the story and were credited by SportsCenter — and I find the tweet from the @latimes account (not to get off track, but link to your own story, @latimes, not the home page). I retweet @latimes (adding the shortened URL I’d just created to the story) and watch the coverage.
