What the little birdies are telling us

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2009 | by Sports on TV

Media Watch

Tweets deliver what you can't find anywhere else. This tweet from ESPN's Mike Tirico isn't a take you'd hear on-air: "I got a new electric toothbrush and I'm in heaven. There's nothing like it." At least on Earth.

A Nielsen report released Tuesday says Twitter, a micro-blogging service that limits entries to 140 characters, is by far the fastest-growing social network.

No wonder. As sportscasters began Twittering in recent weeks, they revealed how little we really know about familiar faces. Like this tweet -- in its effervescent entirety -- from NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp: "Spa Day!!!!"

Test your intuition and match the verbatim tweet with its author:

A) "I'm nearly out of pop but who knows if the mini market guy is open...