Historical Tweets » Sports http://historicaltweets.com Twitter messages from the annals of time. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:22:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 All the Greatest Fighters Love December 26 http://historicaltweets.com/2011/12/08/all-the-greatest-fighters-love-december-26/ http://historicaltweets.com/2011/12/08/all-the-greatest-fighters-love-december-26/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:58:58 +0000 Twitter Historian http://historicaltweets.com/?p=2104

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Joe Montana: Team dietitian says the key to becoming a champion is more rice.

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Muhammad Ali: First draft: float like a boat, sting like a well-constructed insult. Thoughts?

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Jesse Owens: coach just assured me winner gets to kick @hitler in the balls

]]> http://historicaltweets.com/2009/07/10/jesse-owens-gold-medal-motivation/feed/ 2 The Sultan of Tweet http://historicaltweets.com/2009/02/13/the-sultan-of-tweet/ http://historicaltweets.com/2009/02/13/the-sultan-of-tweet/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:45:39 +0000 Twitter Historian http://historicaltweets.com/?p=580

thebabe: I just hope the world remembers me for my high IQ. (Babe Ruth)

]]> http://historicaltweets.com/2009/02/13/the-sultan-of-tweet/feed/ 0 Video Game Tweets & Joe Montana http://historicaltweets.com/2009/02/06/video-game-tweets-joe-montana/ http://historicaltweets.com/2009/02/06/video-game-tweets-joe-montana/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:50:43 +0000 Twitter Historian http://historicaltweets.com/?p=555 Earlier this week, video game fansite PWN or Die posted ten of their own “video game tweets” based on our own Historical Tweets photoshop template.  A big media conglomerate would be upset that they used our stuff, but we enjoyed it and hope it rang true for their audience.  Tweet on!

Following in their footsteps, we thought of our own Video Game Tweet, from NES’ 1991 football game Tecmo Super Bowl, between San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Jerry Rice:

@JerryRice Stop running your route.  Just go deep and we can score all day long.

And here’s one of our favorites from their Video Game Tweets, from the NES game Contra:

@EZ2LuvScorpion I know its HARD, lol. This should help :) up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. xoxo M

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Short stint at mortuary yielded yet another failed game: casketball.

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@barrybonds congrats on 756- you earned it! [wink]

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