On the internet, anyone can create any username and pose as anyone famous. Just go on Myspace and search for Michael Jordan… you’re guaranteed to come up with a dozen or more profiles for Michael Jordan. Twitter is the same way. There thousands of regular fans posing as famous people. In today’s post I’ll go over a few of my favorite athletes who are really on Twitter.

This post was inspired by a recent tweet from Charlie Villanueva.

In da locker room, snuck to post my twitt. We’re playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up.
10:17 AM Mar 15th from TwitterBerry

Some people are saying this is the first instance of a pro athlete using twitter during a game. Ya it was halftime, but it was still during a live game.

Below are other athletes I follow on Twitter. Shaq’s is great!

Shaquille O’Neal – @THE_REAL_SHAQ
Ryan Newman – @ryan12newman
Lance Armstrong – @lancearmstrong
Barry Zito – @barryzito
Curt Shilling – @gehrig38
Natalie Gulbis – @natalie_gulbis
Charlie Villaneuva – @CV31
Steve Nash – @the_real_nash
Chris Cooley – @thecooleyzone

Don’t forget, you can find Football Fanatics on Twitter @FFanatics