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”.
This one's for the Land… pic.twitter.com/GiJ2wSEoOZ
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 26, 2017
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.
All Access at Man City with the world's first football club Live Story on @Snapchat!
Look for our story on the app today! #mcfc pic.twitter.com/TL8BJMvGaM
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 26, 2017
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.
The Korean Basketball League did the mannequin challenge … IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ALL-STAR GAME ! ! ! pic.twitter.com/Axr4TjPaOF
— Joon Lee (@iamjoonlee) January 24, 2017
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.
The only #wall we believe in. ???? pic.twitter.com/nIL4ws0UY1
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) January 26, 2017
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.
Today, on Snapchat – Can you solve "The Mystery"? – ???? ChicagoBulls pic.twitter.com/2ifLVSRoBH
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 23, 2017
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.
#PaintItBlue | Here's our promotional video for this Saturday's home match with @acciesfc! https://t.co/As76LOvOW2 #SJFC pic.twitter.com/NPa9F0kiBS
— St. Johnstone FC (@St_Johnstone_FC) January 23, 2017
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