Times staff
Thursday, February 10, 2011
City of the day
Quebec City on Thursday announced plans for a new arena in hopes of attracting a new NHL team. Government officials expect the arena to be completed in four years. The NHL has not committed to placing a team in Quebec City, which was home to the Nordiques from 1979-95 before moving to Denver and becoming the Colorado Avalanche.
Ain't that tweet
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Super Bowl XLV on Sunday was the most tweeted sporting event of all time. The tweet-per-second record was set at 10:07 and 16 seconds Eastern time when 4,064 went out about the game. The previous record had been last summer's World Cup group stage game between Japan and Denmark. It's believed that record was broken at least six times during the Super Bowl.