Altidore fined for Twitter posts

Published : 26 Oct 2009 06:31:00

Hull City striker Jozy Altidore is the latest sportsman to come under fire for writing inappropriate Twitter posts.Manager Phil Brown fined the 19-year-old for revealing that he was dropped against Portsmouth for being late. Altidore's tweet read: "Apologize to all of you. I showed up late. Made a big mistake I'm very very sorry." That led to a reprimand from Brown, who said: "That for me is information that stays in house. The reason he wasn't on the bench was our business." Brown said th.... read more