Top 20 Sports Profiles to Follow on Twitter

by: Jia Thomas| @jia_thomas With the big Thanksgiving Day football game right around the corner, Social Media Delivered brings you the Top 20 Sports Twitter Profiles to follow. In between commercials and plates of food, be sure to add these profiles to your Twitter feed.

Orlando Magic - @orlando_magic This is the official Twitter of the Orlando Magic.The Orlando Magic understands social media. The page is interactive,  informative, and much more. The team is always offering giveaways and other incentives to fans. When the Magic reached one million followers on Twitter, Dwight Howard paid for the one millionth fan to be flown to Orlando for a game.

Philadelphia Phillies - @Phillies Official Twitter of the Philadelphia PhilliesThe Phillies are the most followed MLB team on Twitter.  The team boasts an interactive page where Phillies fans can get the latest on the team

Bleacher Report- @BleacherReport Bleacher Report: Where sports and entertainment team upBleacher Report is the fourth largest sports site in the U.S. with 20 million monthly visitors. The site covers every popular sport with entertaining, up-to-date content on all your favorite teams and players.

Boston Celtics - @celtics The Official Feed of the 17-Time World Champions.17-time World Champions? They might have a thing or two to say about basketball.

Dallas Pro Sports-@dallasprosports Dallas Cowboys - Dallas Mavericks - Dallas Stars - Texas RangersDallas Pro Sports is everything a Dallas sports fan needs to keep tabs on all the pro teams in the Big D.

The New England Patriots - @realpatriots Official New England Patriots Twitter Like previous teams mentioned on our top 20, the Patriots really get what social media is about. The Patriots even tweet about team personnel during the off season, to promote charity events, breaking news and more.

Tom Dienhart - @BTNTomDienhart Senior writer for BTN.com, the website home of the Big Ten NetworkFor everything you wanted know about the Big Ten, Tom Dienhart is your guy. His Twitter is a must follow for college football fans.

Stats_MLB - @Stats_MLB Leading Global Sports Information Company based in Chicago, IL If you love numbers and baseball, Stats MLB needs to be on your Twitter feed. Stats MLB has all the raw data that baseball number crunchers love.

Hardwood Paroxysm - @HPBasketball Senior NBA Blogger for CBSSports.com. Author of Hardwood Paroxysm, weekend editor for NBC Sports' ProBasketballTalk.com.Hardwood Paroxysm brings a daily dose of NBA, news, analysis, humor, and commentary.

MLB Trade Rumors - @MLBTradeRumors Official Twitter account for MLBTradeRumors.com.MLB Trade r]Rumors keeps MLB fans updated on all the team trades and signings 365 days a year.

The Onion Sports Network - @onionsports The undisputed sports-news leader. Follow us during NFL Opening weekend for live twitter coverage.If you love The Onion and sports, then you'll love The Onion Sports Network.

Lost Lettermen - @lostlettermen College sports fan site and former player database covering college football and men's basketball.Lost Lettermen is the IMDB of college football and basketball. Lost Lettermen has over 150,000 former players in its database and includes original content such as features and interviews with past players.

The Los Angeles Laskers - @Lakers Official Twitter Feed of the Los Angeles LakersIt shouldn't be a surprise to see one of the most successful sports franchises in the world on our top 20 list. The Lakers have a very interactive page. Get post game quotes from coaches and players and a constant flow of Laker and NBA info.

Injury Expert- @injuryexpert I tweet about sports injuries, mostly. Other stuff too, when it catches my attention.Sports injuries have ended many brilliant careers and halted many which never had the chance to get off the ground. Injury Expert will breakdown sports injuries into layman's terms.

Smart Football - @smartfootball Chris Brown, editor of Smart Football.Smart Football is dedicated to the technical aspect of the game. This a must follow Twitter profile for those interestested in strategy and analysis.

Eric Stangel - @EricStangel Head Writer/Executive Producer Late Show w/ David Letterman, named 1 of Time's 140 Feeds to Follow. All-around fun guy!Eric Stangel gives great humorous commentary on the world of sports.

Darren Rovell - @DarrenRovell I'm the Emmy Award winning sports business reporter for CNBC & host of Sports Biz: Game On on Versus every Friday night at 7pm ET.Dan Rovell gives in-depth analysis and insight on the dollars and cents of the sports industry.

Jersey Girl Sports- @jerseygirlsport Jersey Girl Sports is the hottest online lifestyle brand dedicated to female sports fans. Get mainstream sports news & entertainment--from a WOMAN'S perspective!The sports industry is a male dominated field but Jersey Girls Sports gives the ladies an equally knowledgeable voice in the sports arena.

Dave Telep - @davetelep ESPN SR Analyst, Dad, husband, follower of Jimmy BuffettDave Telep is the go-to guy for the best and latest college basketball recruitment news.

Coaches By The Numbers- @CoachesBTN coachesbythenumbers.com is a website that provides an objective, statistical view of college football coaches.Instead of breaking down the stats of college football players, Coaches By The Numbers keeps tabs on the stats of your favorite college coaches.