Twitter Wins Rights to Stream Thursday NFL Games

While Facebook may have bowed out of the bidding to stream National Football League games, one of its biggest competitors is ready for some football.

While Facebook may have bowed out of the bidding to stream National Football League games, one of its biggest competitors is ready for some football.

The NFL announced Tuesday morning that Thursday Night Football games will be digitally streamed on Twitter.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell elaborated in a statement, published on ESPN:

Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football. There

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