When it comes to an injury, trade, or scandal, sports stories can easily be broken in 140 characters or less. Most reporters head to twitter first where they can divulge the information before going through an editor to post on the web.
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The Access Point just released a pretty cool infographic that compares Twitter and Blog traffic between LeBron James – who decided yesterday on ESPN that he would move to the Miami Heat last night – and the FIFA World Cup, which is about to enter into its final game this weekend. The international coverage of the World Cup is staggering, and trumps LeBron’s decision by an order of 10 to 1 when it comes to blog posts. There are some interesting statistics on the image, so take a look after the jump.
