Death threats and a football game

Posted at 12:45 PM on January 23, 2012 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Sports

Maybe it's time to step back from the TV and take a deep breath.

Kyle Williams, the kid who botched San Francisco's chance to go to the Super Bowl yesterday, had a Twitter account full of death threats after the game, Mashable reports:

After the game, Williams's Twitter mentions were a list of posts denigrating his value as a person and player. Fans wished for him to "burn in hell" and kill himself. The worst came from user @javpasquel, who posted this on Sunday night:

@javpasquel

@KyleWilliams_10. I hope you, youre wife, kids and family die, you deserve it
22 Jan 12

The tweet went viral on the network, with scores of fans retweeting it along with incredulous comments; many directed their vitriol back at Pasquel. One user looked through Pasquel's timeline to find a likely reference to his personal email account, then posted it for other fans to see.

The person behind that particular tweet claims his Twitter account was "hacked." As of this afternoon, however, it's disappeared.

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Comments (3)

Looks like javpasquel was the recipient of some instant digital karma.

Posted by Jim Shapiro | January 23, 2012 1:28 PM

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Football fans always seem to get angry at the players... I wish these people could just be like that guy in Wisconsin who, after getting angry at the outcome of an American Idol (I think) episode, decided to shoot his TV with a shotgun.

Posted by BenCh | January 23, 2012 1:48 PM

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On a related note, Ray Lewis has a pretty good outlook on these types of things... (h/t The Daily What)

Posted by BenCh | January 23, 2012 2:00 PM

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