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!

After a short period of beta testing, Twitter has unveiled its much talked about “lists” feature for all users this week.

What are Twitter lists?

Twitter lists are simply user created lists of other users. They work in much the same way as friend lists work on Facebook. I can create a list for fellow Indians and Bruins fans, a list of official team accounts, a list of college friends, etc. Users can opt to publish these lists right on Twitter, thereby allowing other users to follow everyone on the list with one click.

Sports fans are already creating hundreds of lists of different Twitter users everyday. We at Sportsin140.com made our first list on Friday of all 30 NHL teams on Twitter. Look for more lists coming soon.

So, what do lists mean for sports fans on Twitter? Well lists will make it easier to find fellow fans from your favorite teams. They will also make it easier to find athletes on Twitter as fans list players from their favorite teams. One thing that lists won’t do is they won’t make it easier to know which athlete Twitter accounts are legitimate. Count on Sportsin140.com to remain your source for confirming athlete Twitter accounts. For now enjoy Twitter’s new lists feature and please post any interesting lists you come across in the comments section here.

We were featured in The Tennessean in an article about Nashville-based athletes that use Twitter. Here’s a link to the complete story by John Glennon.

For those that don’t know, I also list confirmed fake Twitter accounts as part of my Sports on Twitter directory and this website.

What constitutes a confirmed fake account? If I’ve already identified a legitimate account for the athlete in question, I know all others are fake. If I contact the team or organization and they inform me that the athlete is not on Twitter, I know the account is a fake. If the account is clearly labeled as a parody, I know it is a fake.

Some notables from the confirmed fakes list include:

• Eli Manning
• Terry Francona
• Manny Ramirez
• Martin Brodeur
• Evan Longoria
• Kobe Bryant

None of these people have official Twitter accounts at this time!

How to access the complete list of fake athlete Twitter accounts:

1. Click the “Complete List” tab at the top of the screen
2. Scroll down until you see the different pages for each sport at the bottom of the embedded spreadsheet
3. Hold (do not click) your mouse over the little arrows in the bottom right hand corner
4. Scroll all the way to the right and you will see the fakes page

Please note that I will be moving the fakes page to its own page on this website as I transition all the pages from the current embedded spreadsheet over to their own individual pages.

You’ll notice that my current list of fakes isn’t very large. That’s because I try to identify the longstanding fakes, the accounts with the most followers, and the ones that “seem” legitimate. Admittedly I prefer to work identifying legitimate accounts and adding those to my directory rather than adding confirmed fakes but I know people benefit from both types of listings.

Here are some Twitter accounts to follow during the weekend’s NFL Draft.

Please click here to follow us on Twitter!

NFL
NFL – @NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell – @NFLCommish
Spokesman Greg Aiello – @GregAiello

NFL Teams
Atlanta Falcons – @Atlanta_Falcons
Baltimore Ravens – @1WinningDrive
Carolina Panthers – @PantherTalk
Cincinnati Bengals – @CinBengalsNFL
Houston Texans – @theTexans
Miami Dolphins – @MiamiDolphins
New England Patriots – @realpatriots
New York Jets – @NYJets
San Diego Chargers – @Chargers
Seattle Seahawks – @Seahawksdotcom
Tennessee Titans – @TennesseeTitans

Draft Eligible Players
Everette Brown, FSU – @EveretteBrown
Don Carey III, Norfolk State – @DonCarey
Kevin Grant, Akron State – @KGtheMachine
Jake Ingram, Hawaii – @Jake_Ingram_LS
Rashad Jennings, Liberty – @RashadJennings
Knowshon Moreno, Georgia – @KnowshonMoreno
Mark Sanchez, USC – @Mark_Sanchez
DeAngelo Smith, Cincinnati – @Deangelo6
Jason Williams, Western Illinois – @jwill6

ESPN
ESPN – @ESPN
SportsCenter – @SportsCenter
Chris Mortensen – @Mort2U
Merril Hoge – @MerrilHoge
Mike and Mike in the Morning: @GreenyandGolic

Sports Illustrated
Peter King – @SI_PeterKing

NFL Network
Rich Eisen – @RichEisen
Jamie Dukes – @JamieDukes

Los Angeles Times
Sam Farmer – @LATimesFarmer

Fox Sports
Ed Thompson – @Ed_Thompson

Beat Writers
Greg Bedard, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, @Greg_A_Bedard
Mark Bradley, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, @MarkBradleyAJC
Rich Hofmann, Philadelphia Daily News, @TheIdleRich
Stephen Holder, St. Petersburg Times, @HolderStephen
Matt Maiocco, Press Democrat, @mattmaiocco
Brendan Prunty, Star-Ledger, @BrendanPrunty
Joe Reedy, Cincinnati Enquirer, @JoeReedy