Capital News Service gathered data from the 2019 legislative session and conducted an analysis to report on some of the most striking takeaways from the General Assembly.
We interviewed five of the people who run NBA Twitter accounts
NBA team Twitter accounts have tapped into the social zeitgeist in a way that sets them apart from sports franchises in other leagues. That’s not an accident.
The top eight moments in NBA Twitter history
From the tweet that got an NBA social media manager fired to the tweet that led to another social media manager getting married, there have been hundreds of funny and meaningful moments in the relatively short history of NBA Twitter.
The hidden Twitter relationships of NBA teams
At Capital News Service, we analyzed every conversation between NBA teams on Twitter since 2012 — about 1,900 in total — to uncover the hidden relationships between teams.
On Twitter, creative, meme-filled conversations help NBA stand out
Far more than in other professional sports leagues, NBA teams’ official social presences have adopted online personas that mimic the meme-filled, emoji-heavy method of discourse favored by young digital natives.
Pedestrian accidents pile up on state roads across Maryland
Capital News Service identified 100 areas on state and U.S. roads maintained by the State Highway Administration where there were clusters of five or more pedestrians involved in accidents in the past two and a half years.
Major League Baseball players prefer hip-hop songs to get pumped up
Hundreds of Major League Baseball players enter the game to the sound of hip-hop, the most popular genre for MLB walk up songs, a Capital News Service analysis found.