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ryanb
worth noting: tweetthegame.com was taken
zacharydanger
Didn't someone get in trouble for "live-blogging" a MLB game a while back? Something about MLB's broadcast rights.

Not sure if it applies, but it might be worth looking into.

JimmyL
Yeah - the legal issues surrounding the live-blogging of spots games (or even making a blog post about a game while it's going on) are unclear.

In this case, though, it seems that the site is just a way of showing a pair of #search results side-by-side, without any organization (or original reporting) behind it - so that shouldn't apply.

gsmaverick
You definitely need to change the colour scheme.
qeorge
AT&T did a similar idea for the NCAA tournament: http://titletweets.com/

They've dropped it for some reason, but the idea has legs.

Regarding your site:

- The graphic design needs a lot of work, but the functionality is there

- The title, live sports streaming on Twitter, isn't really accurate. People will expect video

- You've got to get tweetthegame.com or choose a new URL. Can't use an URL that requires an explanation, e.g. "There's only one t between 'tweet' and 'the', so t-w-e-e-t-h-e-g-a-m-e-.com"

Rule of thumb: if you can't say it on the radio without explaining it, get a new URL.

ryanb
thanks. I didn't know about the AT&T site. it's very similar, and agreed- it could definitely use some design help.
genghy
Rule of thumb: if you can't say it on the radio without explaining it, get a new URL.

Thumbs up

teej
Very true - I heard a Radio DJ try to say "tumblr.com" on the air, and it took him several minutes to get it across correctly.
abossy
I implemented this idea with a fellow HN reader, derwiki, for the 2009 superbowl: http://twitterbowl2009.com/
derwiki
One of the things we noticed was that just the name (#lakers for example) misses a lot of tweets. You can look at the source JS for Twitter Bowl, but we ended up using "pittsburgh", "steelers", "roethlisberger", "tomlin", "polamalu", etc. We were able to catch a lot more relevant tweets at the time.
ryanb
ah i didnt know about this. very slick. and you got ESPN involved?
derwiki
they had the widget available, we assumed it was okay to embed -- since that what widgets are for :) It was a good way around the copyright issue of using the Super Bowl logo, too
metachris
i can't help but get a strange feeling for sites that include that //bin.clearspring.com/at/v1/button1.swf flash script, which does nothing except tracking users for clearspring...
Everest
Very cool site...has application beyond games too. For example, you could see your company vs. a competitor.

But love the idea and implementation.