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Todays news that the NRL’s Penrith Panthers were electing to block the use of Facebook by its players came as a bit of a shock. Not only is society as a whole moving towards embracing social media platforms, sports team in particular have really started to embrace the potential benefits that social media can bring [...]

The news of the Melbourne Storm’s cheating ways has an impact across all aspects of sport. While the news is extremely relevant to Melbourne Storm fans, it is also major news to fans in New South Wales, Queensland and across the globe. How do they find out about such news? You guessed it…Melbourne Storm was [...]

One of the many events that brought Twitter to the fore was when, in 2008, a devastating earthquake hit rural China. With the world thirsting for news, the internet – or more accurately Twitter -  filled that void by beating traditional media outlets to the story and bringing ‘citizen journalists’ to public view. Yep, even [...]

What is the sad part about ending a year/decade? Double the amount of ‘that was the year that was’ articles and wrap-up pieces. Well lets look somewhere more positive, lets look to the future. The eight following athletes are who I see being one of, if not the most dominant Australian athletes in their respective [...]