Sports stars and coaches including Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and basketball player Shaquille O'Neal have been among a set of athletes using the micro-blogging, social networking web application Twitter to connect with fans and even give away tickets.
Boston.com reports a recent Twitter post from Shaquille O'Neal:
"I have one ticket left at will call under twitter, first one there its yurs just say twitter" - March 25, 5:08 p.m.
Check out the a list of athletes and coaches using Twitter.