2012 offered many windows into the athlete soul, but none were larger or more revealing than the unfiltered weirdness that came from their screwy social media presences. Here are our favorites, from Cardale Jones delicately explaining that he wasn't recruited to Ohio State for his academic prowess, to everything Chipper Jones did. See if you can make it through this post without crying. Click images to enlarge.
Shots Fired And Other #RealTalk
Osi Umenyiora Wishes "Twitter Gangster" LeSean McCoy A Happy Mother's Day…On Twitter
Jonathan Vilma Sues Roger Goodell For Defamation
Good News, Mark Sanchez: You Still Have One Fan In The NFL. Bad News: It's Braylon Edwards.
Ozzie Guillen Thinks ESPN's Buster Olney Is "Full Of Shit"
Stephen Jackson Fined For Threatening Serge Ibaka On Twitter
New York Jets To Drew Brees: Quit Your Damn Whining Already
The Ravens Are Fighting With Their Own Left Tackle On Twitter Only Six Days Before Their Opener
You Know, Ekpe Udoh Has Finally Had Enough Of This Jeremy Lin Fella
Unconventional Uses Of The Medium
Delonte West Tweeted His Résumé For NBA Teams, And He Cited Bleacher Report As A Reference
Teams That Should Take a Chance on Delonte West | Bleacher Report m.bleacherreport.com/articles/13891… via @bleacherreport
- Delonte West (@CharleeRedz13) October 31, 2012
An Oklahoma Football Coach Is Offering Full-Ride Scholarships Via Twitter
Marcus Vick Is Begging The Eagles To Trade Mike Vick On Twitter Right Now
This Jaguar's Workout Schedule Is Just The Best
TMI
Early This Morning Delonte West Tweeted A Picture Of His Vomit-Soiled Clothes From The Bathroom
Amar'e Stoudemire Shows Why You Should Never, Ever Punch A Fire Extinguisher Case
Thanks To Tarell Brown, We Can All Log In To A Secure NFL Site Today
Packers Lineman Gives One Hell Of An Answer To "Boxers Or Briefs?"
Athletes And Animals
David Booth Hath Slain The Goatbeast
Mat Latos Has A Cat And Its Name Is Cat Latos
It Is Entirely Possible That Chris Kaman Killed This Cat Just To Make A Point About The Schedule
Tweets For Which The NFL Didn't Fine The Packers
"Fine Me And Use The Money To Pay The Regular Refs": Your Collection Of Angry Packers Player Tweets
Chipper Jones
@RealCJ10 If anyone was thinkin about stayin at the Grand Hyatt in NY,dont! My AC is set on 65 and its north of 80 in here. Like a freaken sauna!
The Braves Won Their First Monday Game In Nearly A Year
Can Anybody Understand What Chipper Jones Is Saying On Twitter?
Chipper Jones Has His Own Theories On JFK's Assassination
Unsolved Mysteries
Why Did Lance Armstrong Tweet Out The Cell Phone Number Of Some Random Canadian Dude?
The Ghost Of Al Gore Will Haunt Jose Canseco Until The End Of Time
Frank Martin Is A Big Fan Of Pitbull And That Is Weird
Vince Young Needs A Hobby
Vince Young Is Watching The Arizona Cardinals Get Destroyed, Thinks He Can Help
Vince Young Just Wants To Talk, Sends Really Sad Tweet To The Titans
The Tweet That Launched A Thousand LOLs
At Least Hurricane Sandy Gave Us The Eli Manningest Of Eli Manning Photos
Student-Athletes
Ohio State's Third-String Quarterback "Ain't Come To Play SCHOOL"
Media Meltdowns
The ESPYs Nokia PreParty Is Awesome, But Its Publicist Is Sort Of Lazy
Stephen A. Smith Thought An Article About Him In The Onion Was Real
Jason Whitlock Is Currently Stranded In The California Desert
Dick Vitale Weighs In On The Death Of Al Qaeda's No. 2
Denver Post Writer Says He Never Meant To Tweet About How "Horny" He Got While Covering The Olympics
Making New Friends
It Only Took A Few Hours At A's Camp For Manny To Mistake A Starter For A Video Assistant
Like Everyone Else, DeAngelo Williams Doesn't Care About Your Fantasy Team
Knicks Fan Tells Amar'e Stoudemire To Step Up His Game Next Year, Amar'e Calls Him A "Fag"
Don't Correct Michael Strahan's Grammar Or He May Suggest You Suck Your Dad's Dick
And Reconnecting With Old Ones
Your Twitter Exchange Of The Day
And Finally, This
We surely forgot some—it was a long year!—so put any we missed in the comments.