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"There are very few Black and brown fans in the stands," said Kristen Wallace, a fan of the game and the Colorado Avalanche. "We know that hockey is a majority white sport." ...
No, the real problem with the Devils' third jersey is that it relies too much on the color black to do the design's heavy lifting. Let's face it: the color black as a hockey jersey base rarely, if ...
White was the first and only black player in the World Hockey Association, a pro league that operated from 1972 to 1979, when the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes ...
President Trump’s subtle love affair with hockey makes sense. Protests in other sports are led primarily by black athletes, and in hockey there simply aren’t many non-white players.
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For decades, hockey has remained a sport predominantly dominated by white players, but in recent years, more black players are getting involved in the sport. Wilkes ...
As Black History Month wraps up, the hockey world has given praise to very deserving names from the past and present, including Angela James, Grant Fuhr, Jarome Iginla and many others.
WASHINGTON — When he broke the National Hockey League's color barrier with the Boston Bruins in 1958, Willie O'Ree heard all sorts of myths about why there were so few black hockey players.
Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree, left, waves to the crowd before dropping the ceremonial puck before an NHL hockey game between the Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers in Boston, Jan. 4, 2020.
Hockey has long had Black interest, especially in Canada, but on the pro level, the situation remains far from inclusive — and worse for the players who make the cut.
Try to picture white hockey player after white hockey player — and NHL team after NHL team — tweeting out messages of support for a black community in pain. You can’t. That’s not hockey.