This weekend, the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins. While the outcome of these games, and the matchups for the AFC, and NFC championship games are yet to be determined one thing is for sure; Twitter will be going crazy with NFL-related tweets. This is the case with any major sport, as Twitter has had a major impact on sports, and the way in which sports fans get their news, and react to it.

We’ve already seen some big sports news hit Twitter this week. On Monday, Kobe Bryant, and Dwight Howard had some fun with the media via the social networking site. Reports broke out on New Year’s Day that Howard had to be restrained by other players as he was going to confront Bryant following a loss to the 76’ers. Kobe Bryant, who just hopped on the Twitter bandwagon last week, posted this image of himself and Dwight Howard jokingly putting their fists up, with Lakers’ coach Mike D’Antoni in the middle.

As expected, the Twitter world went nuts about the photo. As of right now it has been retweeted 24.2 thousand times, and favorited 13.1 thousand times.

Twitter Uproar

An uproar broke out on Twitter last night after it was revealed that none of the 37 players on the 2013 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, (including Mike Piazza, who should have been voted in), were elected into Cooperstown. Baseball fans quickly took to the site to vent their frustration. As with any other year, there were players on the ballot that many wouldn’t consider Hall of Fame worthy. Therefore, they didn’t receive any votes. In fact, 11 of the 37 eligible players didn’t get a single vote.

Surprisingly, former starting pitcher Aaron Sele, who only won 148 games, and posted a 4.61 ERA actually received a vote. Twitter users had some fun with this news, as Sele’s vote was turned into a joke, and a statement about the flaws of the current voting process. So Aaron Sele became one of the top trending phrases on Twitter last night.

So if you’re going to miss a game this weekend, don’t worry. Just whip out your smart phone, and open the Twitter app. It won’t take long before you find out what happened. Oh, and feel free to tweet your opinions. You won’t be the only one.