Some great news this week as my eldest was selected for the Great Britain u18 ice hockey team. He works hard everyday towards his dream of playing professionally and this is a wonderful reward for that. At just 15 the chance to play at a World Championships is amazing. Congrats to all selected.

Belated Merry Christmas everyone. If you are looking for some live sports today or tomorrow there is the England Scotland ice hockey series at Ice Sheffield. Free entry

Seems like a huge step for Sheffield United. With all takeovers there is part of my which feels cautious, it always sounds so good, but history tells me that often that good feeling fizzles out. The timing is however important and with injuries stacked January is v important for the Blades. #sufc

It has been a little while but always good to go and see the @GiveBloodNHS in Sheffield city centre. It takes a short amount of time. If you have never done it before - find out if you can. It is painless and is a massive help when there is a shortage. 🩸🅰️➕

Great performances from the two Sheffield sides last night. Are both clubs doing slightly better than anticipated so far this season? Chris Wilder and Alan Knill have reenergised that squad, which is a massive task after the punishment they took last year. It’s impressive. #sheffieldunited

Great open day at Sheffield Hallam Uni. Lots of future sports journalists came to have a look around. Enjoyed listening to John Acres commentating on 5 live sport driving home yesterday, was good value. Who are your favourite commentators at the moment?

Today at Sheffield Hallam Uni our Sports Journalists are looking at sports pr crisis management. It is challenging as begin to look at the conflicts both personally and for the club/company. It is rarely as cut and dried as it appears from the outside.

Another really strong performance from Sheffield Steelers in the CHL. Beaten in Berlin, but they made enough chances to win it. Love the way Aaron Fox went after the game. #steelers #chl #berlin #icehockey

Good luck to all our students graduating Sheffield Hallam University today from the Sports Journalism course.

Interesting piece on why people have joined Bluesky on Newsnight.

Probably time to move over.