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The hype around the Mom-Gate first skyrocketed on the internet.
As a representative of the new era of social media, Twitter demonstrated for the first time its influence over public opinion in the sports world.
Suddenly, Delonte West and Gloria James became hot topics on Twitter.
Then, Kwame Brown, who joined Twitter last year and became the Twitter king of the SuperSonics, was at the forefront of the gossip.
This man, who proclaimed himself as the NBA's top power forward, tweeted, "I've heard an unbelievable rumor, Delonte, I hope it's not true!"
A day later, The Seattle Times reported on Mom-Gate.
This was the beginning of the mainstream media following suit.
From then on, Mom-Gate evolved from a rumor on an unsubstantiated gossip website into a scandal that swept across the world.