The biggest athlete in professional sports is also the biggest athlete on Twitter.

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has the most followers of any athlete on the social media site, with over 3.5 million users reading his tweets. Brazilian soccer star Kaka is second on the list, more than 500,000 followers behind.

Though athletic success is a good yardstick in determining which men and women have the most followers, it's not as reliable an indicator as you'd think. For instance, Tiger Woods isn't in the top 10 but Chad Ochocinco is. (Tiger actually has fewer followers than fellow golfers Stewart Cink and Ian Poulter.) LeBron James cracks the list but comes in behind Reggie Bush. And of all the baseball players with accounts, one-time All-Star Nick Swisher is the most popular. (It doesn't hurt that he's on the New York Yankees.)

Here's the list of the top-10 athletes on Twitter, along with a sample tweet and a summary of their favorite subjects:

1. Shaquille O'Neal -- @THE_REAL_SHAQ -- 3,564,335 followers -- 51 tweets (in the month of February)
2. Kaka -- @kaka -- 2,934,112 followers -- 57 tweets
3. Serena Williams -- @serenawilliams -- 1,931,286 followers -- 412 tweets
4. Cristiano Ronaldo -- @Cristiano -- 1,914,172 followers -- 88 tweets
5. Dwight Howard -- @DwightHoward -- 1,874,255 followers -- 22 tweets
6. Paul Pierce -- @paulpierce34 -- 1,745,039 followers -- 69 tweets
7. Chad Ochocinco -- @ochocinco -- 1,741,178 followers -- 630 tweets
8. Reggie Bush -- @reggie_bush -- 1,555,080 followers -- 61 tweets
9. LeBron James -- @kingjames -- 1,492,952 followers -- 46 tweets
10. Nick Swisher -- @nickswisher -- 1,273,939 followers -- 64 tweets
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Another Twitter war is among us and pop divas Rihanna and Ciara are at the frontlines. Who knew these two had so much beef with one another?

According to reports, the war began when Ciara appeared on E!’s Fashion Police and made a snide comment towards the “Umbrella” singer.“I ran into her (Rihanna) recently at a party, and she wasn’t the nicest.”

Rihanna, of course, took to her Twitter account and defended herself.

“My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme”

According to an article at The Music Magazine, Ciara had no problem defending herself and said, “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off stage.”


A few more words and exchanges were made before the feud cooled off. The ladies started making peace with one another and now it’s just a matter of time before another Twitter brawl erupts.
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