Buzz Bissinger vs. Mark Cuban on Twitter
What happens when a billionaire entrepreneur and NBA team owner uses Twitter to criticize an outspoken Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist? Followers of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (@mcuban) and author and Daily Beast columnist Buzz Bissinger (@buzzbissinger) found out Sunday.
- Bissinger and Cuban met at the Mavericks-76ers game in Philadelphia, and Bissinger tweeted about it:
@divadthgirw Not at all. I don't like being called a coward and not knowing the reason. I am thin skinned. I overreact. Guilty as charged.- @jstewart131 For godsakes I didn't sidestep the issue. Cuban said he did not care about the issue of race. No point pounding away.
- Video of the two meeting at the Sixers game:
- More on Bissinger vs. Cuban:
- Buzz Bissinger's February 17 column:
NBA All-Star Game: White Men Can't RootNo one wants to acknowledge why the NBA is losing popularity. Buzz Bissinger on why white fans have trouble getting excited about African-American athletes.- It started when Mark Cuban tweeted in response to the column:
@buzzbissinger saying blacks have a higher bball IQ is ridiculous and racist. How are you measuring? You are increasing stereotypes.
