Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @novy_williams
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
355
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a range of sports industry news, including potential buyers for the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars, the distribution of revenue in college sports conferences, the sale timeline for the Commanders, and Magic Johnson joining Josh Harris's bid to buy the Commanders. There is also discussion about a potential San Diego billionaire buying the Chargers and moving them back to San Diego, as well as Shaq, Durant, and Dwyane Wade investing in Tiger Woods' TMRW Sports venture. Some tweets include humorous asides or tangentially related topics, such as a suggestion for an NBA betting opportunity during Monday night games.
Topic Modeling
- Interest in sports team ownership: Examples include tweets about wealthy families interested in buying sports teams and bidding for ownership of a football team.
- Financial aspects of sports: Examples include tweets discussing the revenue and payout for various sports conferences and teams.
- Celebrity involvement in sports business: Examples include tweets about Magic Johnson joining a bid to buy a football team and Shaq, Durant, and Dwyane Wade investing in a sports business.
- Military involvement in college sports: Example includes a tweet about the militarization of college sports.
- Jokes and commentary on sports business: Examples include tweets that make jokes about buying sports teams or critique the math behind financial aspects.
Emotional Analysis
The tweets cover a range of topics in the world of sports business, including potential ownership changes for various teams, discussions of financial payouts, and investment news. There is no consistent emotional tone across the tweets, as they vary from speculative to informative to humorous. However, there is a general sense of enthusiasm for the world of sports and the business opportunities it presents.
Trend Analysis
- The potential ownership of sports teams by wealthy families, such as the Ricketts and Ryan families.
- The financial aspects of college sports conferences, including comparisons of payouts per school.
- The potential sale/move of the Chargers NFL team and involvement of high-profile individuals such as Magic Johnson and Jeff Bezos.
- Investment and business moves by famous athletes, such as Shaq, Durant, and Dwyane Wade.
- Explorations of unique ideas or trends in the sports industry, such as betting on the number of dunks in NBA games or the militarization of college sports.
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
77
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of Original tweets
27
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
355
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
247
Percentage of total tweets
69%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
23
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
32
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 148 |
Twitter Web App | 108 |
Twitter for Android | 83 |
Twitter for iPad | 6 |
TweetDeck | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
BonnieBernstein | Bonnie Bernstein | Founder/CEO, Walk Swiftly Productions • ESPN/CBS alum • Health/Fitness Nut • Ex #Terps gymnast 🐢 • Instagram👉@bonniebernstein | 136,540 |
granthpaulsen | Grant Paulsen | 🎙️ Grant&Danny @1067TheFan. MLB on @MLBNetworkRadio. 📺 NFL, NHL coverage @NBCSWashington. ✍️ @TheAthletic 🎤 Play-by-Play XFL-2020 @OfficialAFL. | 121,509 |
McCannSportsLaw | Michael McCann | Legal Expert @Sportico. Attorney. Law Professor, Sports & Entertainment Law Director @UNHLaw. @SInow 2007-20. @Ed_Obannon Author. @OxUniPress Sports Law Editor. | 71,402 |
1067theFan | 106.7 The Fan | The home of the Sports Junkies & DC sports talk all day. The flagship of the @nationals, @capitals, the Hokies, and the NFL. Always live on the free @Audacy app | 61,052 |
kevinsheehanDC | Kevin Sheehan | TheTeam980 M-Fri 6-9am (https://t.co/TIfzIxjklA) The Kevin Sheehan Show Podcast (Apple, Spotify, & more incl. https://t.co/ly1maSpuCC) | 42,091 |
team980 | The Team 980 | Every team, every sport, every day! Full coverage of the Commanders, Wizards, Nationals, Capitals, Terps, Hoyas, and more! Always live on the @Audacy app. | 36,090 |
Sportico | Sportico | Sportico is a high quality digital content company providing sports industry breaking news, data, information, strategies, leadership and insight. | 35,175 |
BenStandig | Ben Standig | Sr. Writer @theathletic (Commanders/NFL). Pod: Standig Room Only. @team980 & @1067thefan talker. 3x NFL mock draft champ. Rockin' & Rollin' & whatnot. DMs open. | 34,865 |
WaltHickey | Walter Hickey | https://t.co/P6t8KuP235 writer. Deputy Editor Data @thisisinsider. Formerly @FiveThirtyEight. Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting 2022. Links https://t.co/Evs3j4pzaY | 23,669 |
MattBrownEP | Matt Brown | Publisher of Extra Points, Part of the @D1Ticker family. I help make D1.classroom too. Send tips to Compliance@ExtrapointsMB.com. 🇺🇸🇧🇷. | 23,440 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
BonnieBernstein | Bonnie Bernstein | Founder/CEO, Walk Swiftly Productions • ESPN/CBS alum • Health/Fitness Nut • Ex #Terps gymnast 🐢 • Instagram👉@bonniebernstein | 19,531 |
rudedogreyes | Rudy R. Reyes🎙🎤 | Host @ https://t.co/JZnbqmmJoK | PXP for the @BFDMajestics | KGWN | IHeart 970ESPN https://t.co/M6qDzy3Tje | https://t.co/x2H3trRVyJ | 6,490 |
AmarGokhale1 | Amar Gokhale | - | 5,016 |
KeithKhorton | Keith Horton | - | 4,995 |
dcbigoso | Anthony YAH | Consultant,Producer/Co-Host/Child of the most high). Half Nigerian and Half Native American #RedskinsTweetTeam,comicbook geek(Marvel),Snapchat: $dcbigoso3 | 4,994 |
redevil2011 | christopher leighton | Am just me | 4,992 |
JustUrAvgFlyGuy | Just your Avg Fly Guy | I became a fan of the artist formally known as The Redskins in 82’ Born & raised in #Socal Lived in the CLE for 22 yrs! I Moved to PA to be closer my Fam #HTTC | 4,976 |
Kris24Catch | Kris Catch | ASU Alum | DB4L | SUNS & Nuggs (Don't ask lol) | 🔥MTB🔥 | It's perfectly fine to disagree | Beard Life | Viking | Live Our Best Lives! | | 4,955 |
Boomskie | Barry M. Bloom | Senior writer, Sportico. Forbes, MLB, Bloomberg, San Diego U-T. 2014, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20 Awards SD Press Club. Prez, SABR AZ Chapter. MLB HOF voter, 1992. | 4,578 |
SportsLookJP | SportsLook | Shining the spotlight on Japanese sports stories. Sign up for our newsletters https://t.co/FBgm5n1qb1 | 4,564 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
carsonmcd | Official. This is my ideal self. Terp. | 23 |
AmarGokhale1 | - | 11 |
soshnick | Editor-in-chief @Sportico. Dad to 13-year-old monkey. Opinions mine and mine only. | 10 |
DanielLibit | (Un)covering stories for @Sportico | Will sue for public records | Hitherto: @theintercollege, @nmfishbowlcom, others | dlibit@sportico.com | 9 |
reshmanuel | Insights @TEGNA. @LockedOnPods @WatchTrueCrime Formerly programming, digital strategy & insights @espn. Began the journey @wusa9 #AmericanUAlum 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇳 | 7 |
TJMeier31 | - | 6 |
GanjaTchalla | Chargers⚡️TrojansFB✌🏿BruinBB🐻 | 6 |
LevAkabas | #SportsBiz and NBA 🏀 data viz 📊. Data Reporter at @Sportico, previously @nytimes and @SLAMonline, all opinions are my own | 5 |
johnwalters_sd | Pro-democracy. Anti-Insurrectionist. @johnwalters post | 5 |
sportsPR | 🏆 PR used by champion athletes, executives and publicly-traded companies 💰 Investor in women's sports teams 📭 DM if you need publicity help! | 4 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1639327302902333440 | two of chicago's wealthiest sports families are interested in buying the #NWSL 's @chicagoredstars: the ricketts family (owners of the mlb's cubs) and the family of longtime bears minority owner pat ryan, @novy_williams and i learned. still early stages. https://t.co/9W5a29r3FT | 14 |
1638877534774337536 | Excellent info leading into the owners meeting as we get all up in the Commanders' business with @novy_williams and @Ourand_SBJ. https://t.co/tdOjcgsPX1 | 5 |
1638894009128038400 | ICYMI, a new development in a story @novy_williams and I have been following for the last two years…the militarization of college sports (or, the sportsification of the military)… https://t.co/I58EjdtU5e | 3 |
1638180337472659457 | SCOOP: Shaq, Durant, Dwyane Wade Invest in Tiger’s TMRW Sports https://t.co/Cxppk1xyvb via @sportico @novy_williams @SHAQ @KDTrey5 @DwyaneWade #SportsBiz | 3 |
1638254310591983642 | Joined now by @Novy_Williams to discuss his report that Magic Johnson has joined the Harris/Rales group trying to buy the Commanders. Listen live: https://t.co/WqJ1XNO6zY. https://t.co/l6MkW5qnjJ | 3 |
1638142488404807680 | Up next on @team980, @novy_williams on @MagicJohnson joining the Josh Harris bid to buy the #Commanders. | 3 |
1640682764063129603 | Check out this morning's Numlock, which features stories by @cdoering @decka227 @malenacarollo @TimFernholz @ben_tanen @Preetika_Rana @LevAkabas @jordynjournals @novy_williams @heatherhaddon https://t.co/zt8SLWqIL3 | 3 |
1640661423247310848 | As we await the Final Four what better time to fiddle with the @Sportico NCAA athletic departments financial database. Check it out 👇 https://t.co/tsGFwhSAga @novy_williams @_emcaron @DanielLibit @LevAkabas #MarchMadness | 2 |
1641095631602065408 | In the U.S. the First Amendment makes data public, but the laws are different in Europe. As @novy_williams and I explain, there's a new data privacy lawsuit in UK over alleged "data scout spying"--people who go to games to get data for betting purposes: https://t.co/DKdAdAynYk | 2 |
1638366877020717056 | 🎙️The business of football edition: 🏟️ @novy_williams on a realistic sale timeline, how Magic Johnson can assist Josh Harris's bid, lurking Jeff Bezos 📺 @Ourand_SBJ on Commanders-NBCSW breakup, league biz opportunities (host a draft?) with a new owner. https://t.co/ggLyJKWhFB | 2 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1640409004764708866 | @novy_williams @chargers @NFL @soshnick Give it to Herbert as part of his contract | 62 |
1639327302902333440 | two of chicago's wealthiest sports families are interested in buying the #NWSL 's @chicagoredstars: the ricketts family (owners of the mlb's cubs) and the family of longtime bears minority owner pat ryan, @novy_williams and i learned. still early stages. https://t.co/9W5a29r3FT | 48 |
1640378419480526849 | @novy_williams @SEC @NCAA @Sportico @LevAkabas Big 12 gets $3.2 million per school. SEC gets $2.4 million per school | 37 |
1640429334296158214 | @novy_williams @chargers @NFL @soshnick Let a San Diego billionaire buy her interest and eventually move the team back to San Diego. | 24 |
1638366877020717056 | 🎙️The business of football edition: 🏟️ @novy_williams on a realistic sale timeline, how Magic Johnson can assist Josh Harris's bid, lurking Jeff Bezos 📺 @Ourand_SBJ on Commanders-NBCSW breakup, league biz opportunities (host a draft?) with a new owner. https://t.co/ggLyJKWhFB | 16 |
1640411465634164736 | @novy_williams @chargers @NFL @soshnick I can offer them $100 for 24%. | 16 |
1638142488404807680 | Up next on @team980, @novy_williams on @MagicJohnson joining the Josh Harris bid to buy the #Commanders. | 15 |
1638877534774337536 | Excellent info leading into the owners meeting as we get all up in the Commanders' business with @novy_williams and @Ourand_SBJ. https://t.co/tdOjcgsPX1 | 14 |
1640422736202792960 | @novy_williams @SEC @NCAA @Sportico @LevAkabas The real winner is the conference that pays the most money per school, lets not kid ourselves that the SEC is the winner when the respective BXII schools get the most money. | 13 |
1638254310591983642 | Joined now by @Novy_Williams to discuss his report that Magic Johnson has joined the Harris/Rales group trying to buy the Commanders. Listen live: https://t.co/WqJ1XNO6zY. https://t.co/l6MkW5qnjJ | 12 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#marchmadness | 7 |
#sportsbiz | 6 |
#commanders | 4 |
#sportstech | 2 |
#sportslaw | 2 |
#nwsl | 2 |
#1 | 2 |
#womenshistorymonth | 2 |
#shegotgame | 2 |
#lordelon | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@novy_williams | 355 |
@nfl | 120 |
@soshnick | 100 |
@sportico | 84 |
@chargers | 81 |
@levakabas | 60 |
@ncaa | 55 |
@sec | 51 |
@commanders | 47 |
@dt3 | 25 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
20
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
👇 | 17 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
⚡ | 14 | high_voltage |
⬆️ | 8 | up_arrow |
😂 | 7 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🙏 | 4 | folded_hands |
🧵 | 2 | thread |
🎙️ | 2 | studio_microphone |
🏟️ | 2 | stadium |
📺 | 2 | television |
📻 | 2 | radio |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
People & Body | 24 |
Travel & Places | 17 |
Smileys & Emotion | 10 |
Symbols | 10 |
Objects | 8 |
Activities | 3 |