LeBron James (@KingJames) vs. Daniel Gibson (@BooBysWorld1)

Top 10 Sports Twitter Feuds

Despite everyone in the entire city hating his guts, apparently LeBron James still believes he's the King of Cleveland. (It's not unprecedented; there have been many unpopular monarchs throughout human history.) As such, James took offense when, at his birthday party, Daniel Gibson said he was the new King of Cleveland. (It's not Colt McCoy?!) "I wake up this morning to hear somebody got real fly at the mouth at their party lastnight. I see where we stand now even though I sense it!" Gibson replied that "complaining about someones tweets is like complaining about the channel & you got the remote in your hands." Burn, I guess. Apparently the two have made up since Gibson didn't intend to insult King-in-Exile James. No word if anyone will ever figure out what "I see where we stand now even though I sense it!" meant.

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Top 10 Sports Tw... Athletes don't just mix it up on the field. Increasingly, they take their gripes to Twitter. It's reassuring, because it lets the general public know millionaires have the same stupid childish feuds as the rest of us. Here are 10 of the best sports-related wars on Twitter. (You'll notice a bunch of media people on this list, too. They should all know better, but it's pretty entertaining that they don't!)

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Mark Cuban (@mcu... Sunday morning, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban randomly tweeted, "Buzz Bissinger is a coward." Writer Buzz Bissinger then went on a sophomoric rant about Cuban's sexuality, the greed of all sports team owners and various other random subjects. It all stems from Buzz's column about white NBA fans. Somehow, this whole thing ended up with Bissinger covering the Mavericks-Sixers game Tuesday night. Cuban says he'll be there. Let's hope for a blowup.

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Chris Kluwe (@Ch... Chris Kluwe, the Vikings' punter and huge video game nerd, defended rookie New York Giants punter Matt Dodge after Dodge failed to punt the ball out of bounds on the final play of the Eagles comeback win over the giants last season. (DeSean Jackson returned the punt for a touchdown to win the game.) Peter King responded to Kluwe's tweet with, "Amazing how many are working to find excuses for Dodge." The two then got into an extended discussion of how hard directional punting is. Surprise: The guy paid to punt the ball for a living says it's pretty hard; the guy paid to write says it's not so tough. "Don't make act of directional punting rocket science," King wrote.

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Nick Barnett (@N... Players on injured reserve weren't going to be included in the Green Bay Packers team photo before the Super Bowl. Linebacker Nick Barnett, on injured reserve, voiced his displeasure on Twitter. Back in the real world, Aaron Rodgers noted some of the players on IR chose to rehab elsewhere. (Who'd leave sunny Green Bay in winter?!) Barnett wrote some angry things about Rodgers on Twitter, then tried to make nice. The two eventually patched things up and Barnett and the other players on IR were included in the team photo.

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Skip Bayless (@R... Terrell Owens causes trouble even when he's not trying to. Writer Skip Bayless -- a frequent critic of, oh, everything in sports -- took to Twitter to bash Owens giving up on a route in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts. He directed his ire at -- who else? -- fellow Bengals wideout Chad Ochocinco (nee Johnson). "See what your idol Terrell Owens does when Carson throws YOU the most passes? He quits. You know it and I know it. Some idol," Bayless tweeted. Ochocinco replied over two tweets, "It is pretty easy to take shots sitting at home or from your FirstTake show, i care not to argue with you. YOU WIN... but since you got jokes ,if you look closely in the mirror you'll notice you and Judge Judy look like just alike #justsayin." These two should not quit their day jobs, whatever those are.

Terrell Owens, incidentally, stayed above the fray, replying to Bayless' anger by praising God. Impressive.

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Rodney Harrison ... Terrell Owens isn't always able to stay out of things. In 2009, when Ownes was with the Bills, Rodney Harrison, NFL analyst for NBC and former Pro Bowl safety, said T.O. was "more concerned with his own stats than the team's success." Owens responded on Twitter with a rant about Harrison's 2007 suspension for using human growth hormone. "U're a loser & a cheater? Got any steroids I cn borrow?" Owens wrote. Unfortunately, Owens did not ask if he could borrow any vowels.

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LeBron James (@K... Despite everyone in the entire city hating his guts, apparently LeBron James still believes he's the King of Cleveland. (It's not unprecedented; there have been many unpopular monarchs throughout human history.) As such, James took offense when, at his birthday party, Daniel Gibson said he was the new King of Cleveland. (It's not Colt McCoy?!) "I wake up this morning to hear somebody got real fly at the mouth at their party lastnight. I see where we stand now even though I sense it!" Gibson replied that "complaining about someones tweets is like complaining about the channel & you got the remote in your hands." Burn, I guess. Apparently the two have made up since Gibson didn't intend to insult King-in-Exile James. No word if anyone will ever figure out what "I see where we stand now even though I sense it!" meant.

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Josh Cribbs (@Jo... Cleveland Browns kick returner Josh Cribbs was at the NBA All-Star Game and happened to tweet a photo of LeBron James on the court, calling him "my boy." Whoops! Clevelanders, you might have heard, do not have a particular affinity for James anymore. A bunch of them tweeted angry things at Cribbs, who responded: "Awww don't take it too far Let it go the whole LBJ thing we moved on.... Anyway there's a lot of Clevelanders out here!!" He was also defended on Twitter by his wife, Maria, who cursed a lot while doing so. All in all, a pretty fun feud.

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Keith Olbermann ... This one started off-Twitter, actually: On his personal blog, Keith Olbermann blasted Bill Simmons' ESPN column that said Tiger Woods' comeback would be more difficult than Muhammad Ali's was. Olbermann also said Simmons has "no discernible insight or talent." Simmons then jumped to Twitter: "KO, please know the feeling is mutual. You’re my worst case scenario for my career in 12 yrs: a pious, unlikable blowhard who lives alone." Burn! Olbermann replied that Simmons had stolen the mantle as "the most uncontrollable, unmanageable talent in the history of ESPN." Olbermann does know a thing or two about that.

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Stevie Johnson (... In late November, Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson dropped what would have been the game-winning catch against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He took to his Twitter account postgame: "I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS??? HOW???!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO..." Is this what Job's Twitter account would have looked like? Johnson and God did later make up.

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Conan O'Brien (@... Conan O'Brien kicked off this Twitter feud in the summer with one tweet: "Yesterday was the longest day of the year, unless you count the time I interviewed Lance Armstrong." Armstrong fired back: "All you wanted to talk about was riding bikes and shaving your legs. It was, uh, slightly freaky." This feud was in good fun, however. Conan ended it with, "I was drunk. And I wanted some tips for smoother legs. Is that so wrong?"

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