Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 27/1/17

Sacramento Kings hand Cleveland Cavaliers an L

When the Kings visited the Cavaliers on Wednesday night, the Eastern Conference-leading Cavs were heavily favored to win. So when the Kings defeated the Cavs 116-112 in overtime, the Kings wasted no time in handing them their second loss of the night.

The team tweeted a picture of an “L”, photoshopped to replace the “C” in the Cavaliers logo. The tweet almost immediately went viral, making it a rough night for “The Land”.

Manchester City goes Live

Manchester City became the first football club to give a behind the scenes glimpse at life on the team when they teamed up with Snapchat Live this week to create a live story.

Led by Yaya Toure, the story used Snapchat Spectacles to show a day at the players’ practice facility, taking the viewers through practice, physio and equipment set-up.

Fun at the Korean Basketball League All Star Game

At Sunday’s All Star Game, the Korean Basketball League found a way to take the Mannequin Challenge to the next level. After a player hit a three point shot, the players, coaches, and referees froze, letting the ball bounce across the court for 15 seconds as fans cheered.

Borussia Dortmund responds bigly

When United States President Donald Trump was inaugurated last Friday, global protests ensued. Following his recent announcement of an executive order to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border, Borussia Dortmund responded.

Chicago Bulls pull off a murder mystery

As part of an ongoing series of Snapchat story narratives, the Chicago Bulls put together a murder mystery on Monday.

Brainstormed by Chicago improv group The Second City and filmed in a local mansion using Snapchat Spectacles, the story brings together a butler, the Luvabulls dance team, a Swingin’ Senior dancer, Benny the Bull, and Big Ben—the inflatable mascot—to a dinner party where Big Ben is murdered.

St. Johnstone goes blue

To promote their upcoming match vs. Hamilton Accies, St. Johnstone FC has released a video encouraging their fans to wear all blue. And the video is…a sight.

Featuring players lip-synching to Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65, the video is a somewhat enthusiastic, highly-cringeworthy attempt to get fans to #PaintItBlue. We’ll let you judge for yourself.

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