People are taking to social media to celebrate #WorldEmojiDay on Wednesday, and professional teams are recreating moments from games and events at stadiums using just emojis.
Some teams are creating mosaics of moments or players, while others are testing their followers to see if they can identify players and celebrities who have emojis over their faces.
The Chicago Bulls created an emoji mosaic of the GOAT, Michael Jordan.
#WorldEmojiDay with the world’s greatest. pic.twitter.com/X0RYcU7xxe
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) July 17, 2019
The St. Louis Blues recreated their greatest moment this season, beating the Boston Bruins and the hoisting of the Stanley Cup.
The Cup lift, emojified.#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/FG1OXS7fVH
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) July 17, 2019
Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic are now emoji-fied in the Utah Jazz latest post.
.@mconley11 & @44Bojan made from emojis#TakeNote | #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/55WgGatNSb
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) July 17, 2019
The Golden State Warriors gave their followers a test to see if they could guess which moment this emoji photo is from.
hint: 🔥🏀#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/j7ihJO0iSk
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) July 17, 2019
They revealed it was from the moment Klay Thompson made NBA history by making a record 14 three-pointers in a game.
#HeadbandKlay x #WorldEmojiDay
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) July 17, 2019
On October 29th, @KlayThompson made history by knocking down an @NBA record 14 3⃣'s in a single game❗️ pic.twitter.com/OnOCzangFY
Gillette Stadium, home of the defending Super Bowl Champion New England, also tested their followers to see if they could tell which performers had their face covered with an emoji.
Happy #WorldEmojiDay!
— Gillette Stadium (@GilletteStadium) July 17, 2019
Can you guess the famous faces who have graced the Gillette Stadium stage?😄 pic.twitter.com/mMyNthfnvj
The United States Womens' National Team resorted to emojis when words were not enough to celebrate their latest World Cup win.
when words fail...
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 17, 2019
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🏆🏆🏆🏆
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
👸👸👸👸#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/pENPmzGqaq
With only 50 days left until the NFL season returns, it was time to celebrate that countdown, emoji style.
5⃣0⃣ days until the @NFL 🏈 returns❗️ #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/bvHnBXCzLw
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 17, 2019