The Chirp

This is The Chirp, your all-inclusive look at the best observations, jokes and photos that athletes have recently shared on social media. Because while not every story can be told in 140 characters… some can:

Colts quarterback Matt Hasselbeck on Preakness predictions:

…gone wrong:

…gone really wrong:

Rams defensive end Chris Long on the not-so-good old days:

Back when it used to rain glass bottles at Preakness late in the afternoon it was one of the more dangerous settings for a sporting event.

- Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) May 16, 2015

Full beers too mostly. Projectile. All angles.

- Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) May 16, 2015

Saints tight end Benjamin Watson on manners:

Pelicans forward Anthony Davis on Wedding Crashers Rule #37—Always take a selfie:

NHL winger Mike Rupp on:

Bears guard Kyle Long on #MythBusters:

This is what football would look like if ladder drills that guys post actually worked… Which they don’t #Swag pic.twitter.com/PMPOwTyBWW

- KL (@Ky1eLong) May 16, 2015

Former NBA forward Larry Sanders on the heart wanting what it wants:

Panthers kicker Graham Gano on questionable advice:

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.on home cooking:

…for the whole family:

Padres first baseman Cody Decker on consistency:

Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins on #GrammarFailFails:

The irony that you tweeted this with a grammar error! RT @Dotaveli: I be looking people’s grammar errors like pic.twitter.com/heYWEsGryK

- Andrew Hawkins (@Hawk) May 16, 2015

WTA player Caroline Wozniacki on giving Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard a proper sendoff:

Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara on extreme measures:

Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips on taking a compliment: