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    Rob Lowe Tweets QB Manning Will Retire, Ignites Hysteria

    By Sam Laird | Mashable – Wed, Jan 18, 2012

    Actor Rob Lowe apparently failed in an unexpected bid to break major sports news on Wednesday when he tweeted that legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning plans to retire. But Lowe's tip from, in his words, "my people" did set off a minor bout of hysteria in the Twittersphere, and showed just how incredible the 24/7 digital sports-news cycle can get.

    The Washington Post reported that the "tweet sent reporters scurrying" and Fox Sports reported it "instantly vaulting" the actor and quarterback to the fifth and seventh spots, respectively, among Twitter's United States trending topics this afternoon.

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    The frenzy began early Wednesday afternoon when Lowe, who became famous in Wayne's World, The West Wing and other movies and TV shows, posted this tweet:

    He followed that up by trying to compare notes with respected -- and real -- NFL reporter Rich Eisen with this tweet:

    Lowe couldn't leave it alone, posting again on the topic for the third time in 10 minutes:

    Then the story took another Twitter turn when ESPN's senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen tweeted that he spoke with Peyton Manning's father, Archie, who shot down Lowe's "report," for lack of a better term. "Noooo...he aint' retiring," Mortensen tweeted that Archie told him. "I think he would've told me."

    Much of the panic among NFL fans was fueled by the fact that Lowe is known to be a friend of Colts owner and frequent tweeter Jim Irsay. In fact, Lowe was the first person that Irsay followed when he joined the network.

    At time of writing, Lowe hadn't posted again since his final rumor tease. Radio silence from Irsay's account further stoked the flames, but three hours after Lowe's flurry of tweets, the Colts owner posted this message attempting to make light of the situation:

    All in a day's work in the sports media world.

    But Lowe actually wasn't the only leading man to put foot in mouth Wednesday. News -- again, for lack of a better term -- also broke that Mark Wahlberg said in an interview with Men's Journal that he would have prevented one of the hijacked planes from crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The comment quickly put the Boogie Nights star on trending lists as well.

    Perhaps Grantland.com columnist Bill Simmons summed it all up best with this tweet:

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    6 comments

    • silver25
      silver25  •  4 mths ago
      Why would anyone want to read Rob Lowe's Tweets anyway?
    • Crazy4biking
      Crazy4biking  •  Walnut Creek, California  •  4 mths ago
      Who does Rob Lowe play for? Is he a quarterback?
    • rob
      rob  •  Cincinnati, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      rob lowe? i didnt know he was still alive?
    • Kresha
      Kresha  •  4 mths ago
      Oh no, he didn't. I'm going to unfollow him right now, lol
    • joyce
      joyce  •  Chico, California  •  4 mths ago
      with the world on the edge of a massive war, and anyone cares about SPORTS??? has the american people who take sports so serious, got burned out brain cells??? who cares who retires? the less diversion from reality the better.
      • sam
        sam 4 mths ago
        you need an escape from reality. Am sure there's something you like others may find to be of some nonsense. Although it would be subjective, just like your take on sports.
    • david
      david  •  4 mths ago
      rob lowe? our culture sucks!
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