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Coaches, colleges explore new frontier

By Graham Watson
ESPN.com

Monday, July 6, 2009

Editor's note: This is the first story in a four-part series examining the impact of online social networks on college athletics. John Calipari remembers the first time he heard the word "Twitter." He was in Indianapolis a couple of months ago with Indiana coach Tom Crean, and Crean was showing him his Twitter page and some of his "tweets." "I thought he was crazy," Calipari said. Not surprising, considering Calipari is a bit of a technophobe. He said he owns a computer but barely knows ho ...

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