One of the best blog posts I’ve read in the past few months is simple in its aim – the guys at Mr. Irrelevant made a working list of DMV-area sports folks on Twitter. Inspired by their efforts, I have done some of the legwork to make a Cleveland sports equivalent. This list is by no means complete and I invite you to give me a heads up about people that I’ve missed. Send me an email (denny@waitingfornextyear-dot-com) or leave accounts in the comments. I’ll do my best to add people in as they come but odds are I’ll tack them down at the bottom, because changing 30+ ranking numbers is tedious and boring.
Here are you Cleveland sports Twitter accounts, ranked by popularity (# of followers):
1) Shaquille O’Neal @the_real_shaq
2) Cleveland Cavs @cavs
3) Mo Williams @mogotti2
4) Lebron2010.com @lebron2010
5) Donte Stallworth @D_Stallworth18
6) Brian Windhorst @pdcavsinsider
6a) Jay Crawford @jaycrawfordespn
7) Brian Spaeth @brianspaeth
8 ) Eric Knappenberger @cavswitness
9) Cleveland Leader @clevelandleader
10) Orange and Brown Report @theobr
10a) Abe Elam @abeelam
10b) Cavs Buzz Tap @cavsbuzztap
11) Matt LaPorta @gator4god
11a) Jordan Norwood @j_nwood
12) Eric Barton @ericbarton50
13) Cleveland dot com Browns @cdotcombrowns
14) Eric Wright @ithinkurwright
15) Sports Talk Cleveland @sportstalkcle
16) Josh Cribbs @joshcribbs16
17) Don Carey @doncarey
18) Matt Underwood @matt_underwood
19) Indians.com @tribeinsider
20) Joe Tait @realjoetait
21) Anthony Castrovince @castrovince
22) D’Qwell Jackson @DQ52
22a) Ken Gordon @kgordonosu
23) Scott at WFNY @wfnyscott
24) Craig at WFNY @wfnycraig
25) Eleven Warriors @elevenwarriors
25a) Browns News Wire from the OBR @brownswire
26) Rob Finnan @rfinnan2025
26a) Kirk Lammers (CurseofCleveland) @cursecleveland
27) Denny at WFNY @dennymayo
28) RockKing at WFNY @rockwfny
28a) Ben at RCF @rcfben
28b) Pat Kindig @patkindig
28c) The Diatribe @thediatribe
29) John Krolik @johnkrolic
29a) Jeff Svoboda @jeffsvoboda
29b) Light The Lamp @lightthelamp
30) Cleveland Frowns @clevelandfrowns
31) Cavalier Attitude @cavattitude
32) Let’s Go Tribe @letsgotribe
32a) The Silver Bullet @osusilverbullet
33) Luke at 11W @worstfan
33a) Fear The Sword @fearthesword
34) Stepien Rules @stepienrules
35) Don Delco @donnologoneeded
36) Cursed Cleveland @cursedcleveland
37) Jacob Rosen at WFNY @udjrosen
38) Rick at WFNY @rickwfny
38a) LeBrowns Town @lebrownstownro
39) TD at WFNY @wfnytd
40) Cleveland Reboot @clevelandreboot
Author: Denny
Denny is a Northern Ohio native and Ohio State alumnus who currently lives in (and therefore blogs from) Washington, DC. Because he lives in the District, he clearly does not understand anything about Cleveland sports. You can follow Denny on Twitter.Denny has written 279 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
You forgot the most important one for all fans of this site
@RandIsis
really?!?!? Donte Stallworth c’mon really?!?!?!
I (cursecleveland) currently have 297 followers.
Kirk Lammers
CurseOfCleveland.com
great post!
my observations as a twitter monster (@osuadamr):
7) Brian Spaeth @brianspaeth: who is that?! denny is always tweeting him and i have no clue what he has to do with cleveland sports
17) Don Carey @doncarey: snaked away by the jags. at least coye is playing well…
29) John Krolic @johnkrolic: dead page
other good ones missing: @abeelam @cavattitude @cavsbuzztap @lebrownstownro @rcfben
and if your a buckeye fan: @PatKindig @osusilverbullet @JeffSvoboda @bucksinsider @ohiostatefan1 @kgordonosu @BuckeyeBanter
@ClevelandBob
For me, the biggest fan ever! Follow
Adam – Spaeth is the guy who used to write YaySports! and is a big Cavs fan. Doesn’t do a lot of Cleveland tweeting/writering anymore but he does during the season. And the other stuff he writes is awesomely irreverent.
Working on getting those added that you mentioned. I’m just going to do 11a) etc. for the new ones so I don’t have to add edit like a million numbers.
Somewhere around 200
@TheDiaTribe
cool mayne, again this is a great idea!
Does @jaycrawfordespn count? If so, he’s currently not on the list.
We currently run a Cleveland Browns news service at @BrownsWire that is picking up steam.
Where’s Braylon Edwards? Didn’t he have a twitter account?
The Braylon Edwards account (@b_easy17) currently suspended for suspicious activity. Would have included it otherwise.
Awesome desktop wallpapers and other stuff @Draft_Pick
From Eric Wright-
“Bout to go steal sum food from Robaire Smith. Lol wish me luck. If I aint back in 15mins, sumbody call my mommy and tell her I love her. Lol”
@4: John Krolik’s Twitter is @johnkrolik
My bad, I fixed the link for Krolik. Helps to spell names correctly.
***7) Brian Spaeth @brianspaeth: who is that?! denny is always tweeting him and i have no clue what he has to do with cleveland sports***
lol this is my favorite thing I’ve read all week.
@Denny is the “ol” tag unavailable?
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i like sports.
jerks. (#sarcasm)
@CleveSpTorture and it’ll pick up a lot more when football season starts…
Finally, a Twitter list worth seeing. I’ve certainly seen many that weren’t. Nice going!