From a blog at Canoe in Canada, comes this chart from the Edmonton water utility that shows water use during the Olympic gold medal hockey game between the U.S. and Canada:
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Live chatting the U.S.-Canada hockey game
We’re trying out a new feature on Outsports today: Live chatting. During the U.S.-Canada gold medal hockey game, you can live chat with other readers and Outsporters about the game. Just head over to our Winter Olympics blog and you can find the chat there.
If this goes well, we’ll be introducing this feature for other [...]
Madison gay hockey classic this spring
The, Madison Gay Hockey Association, the 2009 Outsports Top Gay Sports Group, is pleased to announce their innaugural MGHA Classic Hockey Tournament April 30th through May 2nd, 2010 at the Capital Ice Arena. This coed tournament will have two division levels of play! All players from across the country, Canada and the World are invited [...]
Brian Burke, USA hockey GM, talks about son
A week after burying his son Brendan, USA hockey GM Brian Burke was in Vancouver talking about his temporary team and the loss of his son.
“Your kids are supposed to bury you,” Burke said. “You’re not supposed to bury them. … The saddest thing about it is his future was so bright. The sky was [...]
Brendan Burke laid to rest
Brendan Burke was laid to rest today in Canton, Mass., just four days after he died in a car crash.
[Brendan's father] Brian did not speak during the service, the family eulogy being delivered instead by Brendan’s sister Molly and brother Patrick.
Molly described her loving brother as “an invitation to the dance of life.”
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Outpouring of reaction to Brendan Burke’s death
Reaction to the death of Brendan Burke has been strong from many corners of North America. People in sports, the mass media, and from gay communities have shown an outpouring of emotion for the young gay son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke.
The Leafs observed a moment of silence and dedicated their 5-0 win [...]
Western Cup adds dodgeball, curling champs.
Western Cup is an annual gay multisport event in the cold of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This April 1-3, Apollo Calgary celebrates the 28th anniversary of Western Cup, making it the longest running annual LGBT multi-sport tournament in North America. Apollo was formed in 1981 after a small group of individuals came together with the idea [...]
Westboro Baptist Church targets hockey
Thanks to Brendan Burke, it seems the folks at Westboro Baptist Church now have the sport of hockey in their crosshairs. The “God Hates Fags” clan is infamous for protesting anything or anyone they believe has any connection to homosexuality. Now that the NHL has a general manager with a gay son, they have another [...]
Buy Levi Johnston’s equipment
Please forgive me for posting about Levi Johnston, but I saw this on Towleroad and thought some guys with sportswear fetishes on here might be interested. Apparently the guy whose hockey equipment Johnston wears in his Playgirl shoot is looking to make a buck, so he’s selling the equipment on Ebay. You can pick up [...]
Closeted teen hockey player’s terrific blog
One of the best things about the Internet for gay people is the ability to reach out and connect, especially for young people still in the closet. A new blog, a gay hockey kids life, fits this mold well and is my favorite new blog. I urge people to check it out.
Mikey, the blog’s creator, [...]
Don Cherry plays with a gay
With all the talk in Canada about Brendan Burke’s coming out, some old video has been dug up marrying hockey and the gays (well, not literally). This one, with hockey player, coach and broadcaster Don Cherry, caught my eye. Cherry’s always been “out there,” so it’s no big surprise he’d play along with out comedian [...]
Column calls for end to gay slurs in hockey
Yesterday’s USA Today featured a column from hockey columnist Justin Bourne titled, “It’s time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it feels like a blip on the radar the day after an entire state smacked us down.
There hasn’t been progress on this issue for years. When I [...]
Sports Tweet: Clueless Coach
I am not the biggest fan of Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Stevens. When the Flyers fired Ken Hitchcock and replaced him with Stevens after a terrible start to the 2006-07 season, I thought it was a panic move. Although Stevens won a championship in the minors, and the Flyers had a fine 2007-08 playoff [...]
N.Y. Rangers do Letterman’s Top 10 list
Members of the New York Rangers presented the “Top 10 Things Never Spoken Before by a Hockey Player.” They also carried Madonna into the studio on their shoulders. “Have you ever ridden hockey players before?” Letterman asked later. Videos:
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The NHL is back
As usual, the National Hockey League has its problems. The Phoenix Coyotes are bankrupt and a judge is trying to sort out a mess in which the league is trying to stop the only bidder willing to buy the team, because he wants to move it to Hamilton, Ontario. All of this led to the [...]