This morning ESPN.com golf writer Bob Harig reported that PGA Tour pro John Daly twice tweeted the personal cell phone number of a Florida sportswriter and encouraged his followers to complain to the sportswriter about an article he wrote on Daly’s “lengthy PGA Tour disciplinary file.”

Florida Times-Union sportswriter Garry Smits told ESPN he received several voicemails from Daly supporters over the last few days but added that none of the messages were threatening in nature.

While the tweets with Smits’ phone number have since been deleted, the question remains as to whether this invasion of privacy was the first of its kind on Twitter. Will athletes now do this sort of thing whenever the media publishes a story critical of them or do you believe this is an isolated incident? Have your say in the comments section below.

Are you looking for 2010 Winter Olympians on Twitter?

Click here for our full directory of verified summer and winter Olympians on Twitter. NBC has also posted a useful timeline of tweets from Twitter verified Olympians. (Please note that we verify athletes separately from Twitter as Twitter has had some discrepancies in the past)

Enjoy the games!

This Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIV pits the Indianapolis Colts against the New Orleans Saints in Miami. Here, for your convenience, is a list of all currently verified Colts and Saints players on Twitter as well as local media for both teams.

Tag your Super Bowl related tweets with #SB44 to ensure they appear in live streams. Read what other fans are saying on the NFL’s new #SB44 homepage.

Indianapolis Colts

WR Pierre Garcon
LB Cody Glenn
CB Jerraud Powers
FS Travis Key

Eric Hartz, Editor of ColtPower.com
John Oehser, Editor of IndyFootballReport.com

New Orleans Saints – @NoScom

QB Drew Brees
RB Reggie Bush
RB Pierre Thomas
WR Courtney Roby
FS Darren Sharper

Jeff Duncan, Saints beat writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune

These are the only confirmed player and media accounts that I have listed in the directory on this site. If you know of other confirmed accounts, please post a link to them in the comments.

Everyday sports teams find new ways to engage their fans on Twitter. For many smaller teams, especially those in the minor leagues, Twitter is an easy way to grow your brand beyond your immediate geographic area. To that end, many Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams and personnel have taken to using Twitter to reach fans.

Our “Teams & Leagues” directory already contains over 100 MiLB teams on Twitter. One thing I’ve heard consistently from people working in baseball is that they’d like to have a way to reach others in their industry via Twitter.

Today we’re launching the MiLB on Twitter directory here at Sportsin140.com. Our goal is to make it easy for all MiLB personnel on Twitter to find each other. Think about it: if your team is doing well in ticket sales but struggling in sponsorship sales, sometimes you can turn things around just by implementing a suggestion from a colleague from another team.

Twitter is all about sharing information. Professionals that work in the minors already exchange information. This directory is designed to help facilitate that exchange of information in a new way, via Twitter. If you’re already using Twitter, why not let it “work for you?”

This directory is opt-in only. If you work in the industry and would like to be added, please do so by leaving a comment here or by @ replying to @Sportsin140.com on Twitter. Thank you!

2010 Minor League Baseball Personnel on Twitter

Onalee Carson – Director of Media Relations, Eugene Emeralds
Eric Edelstein – General Manager, Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Josh Feinberg – Regional Sales Manager, Lakewood BlueClaws
Jeff Holtke – Director of Media Relations & Client Services, Akron Aeros
Kenny Houser – Director of Group Sales, Iowa Cubs
Jamie Jarrett – Assistant GM, Daytona Cubs
Kelly Kerkvliet – Creative Services & Brand Manager, Boise Hawks
Patrick McMaster – Assistant GM, Charlotte Stone Crabs
Gregg Miller – VP of Business Development, Round Rock Express
Jason Mott – Ticket Sales Manager, Memphis Redbirds
Chris Rufle – Account Executive, Long Island Ducks (Ind.)
Patrick Spence – Box Office Manager, Asheville Tourists
Nathan Steinmetz – Manager of Online Marketing & Ticket Sales, Toledo Mud Hens
Janelle Stevens – Stadium Operations, Iowa Cubs
Marty Teller – Manager of Corporate Partnerships, Trenton Thunder

If you’re a tweeting college hoops fan, Conference USA has a contest for you.

The Irving, Texas based college athletic conference launched its “Tweetest Fan” contest this week and fans can enter to win instant prizes and be entered in a drawing for the grand prize, an all expenses paid trip to the 2010 C-USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments in Tulsa, Oklahoma in March.

C-USA staffers will tweet trivia questions and other interactive challenges during the contest, which lasts for “several weeks.” Fans will tweet their answers to win prizes and enter the drawing for the grand prize. C-USA says fans can enter multiple times for a greater chance at the grand prize.

Follow @ConferenceUSA1 on Twitter to get started! Good luck everyone!