It’s rare that a sports parody account on social media has much resonance with professional athletes. But “NBA Centel” became so popular that even NBA teams and superstars were aware of it. On ...

Thursday saw the return of one of the NBA's greatest inside jokes: NBA Centel. One day after being suspended on X, the NBA spoof account is back in its full glory after being mourned by NBA fans and ...

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NBA Twitter can be a wonderful thing for basketball fans, but it also can be deceiving. Parody accounts can trick avid news seekers into believing a satirical story is real. Case in point: The ...

One would imagine that Kevin Durant wouldn’t be supportive of a parody NBA news social media account that consistently spreads misinformation about the league’s stars — including himself. But when it ...

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said it best when he called Twitter a “minefield.” It’s never been easier for a post to go viral and, in plenty of cases, mislead its audience into thinking something ...