Brent Sopel said the Chicago Gay Pride Parade was “awesome, amazing.” The Stanley Cup champion from the Chicago Blackhawks, who actually was traded to Atlanta earlier this week, rode on the Chicago Gay Hockey Association (CGHA) float for the parade on Sunday. Sopel brought the Stanley Cup and raised it over his head no less [...]
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Huge media attention for Blackhawks at Pride
What started with a simple idea has catapulted into a monster mainstream media story. Within hours of the Chicago Gay Hockey Association inviting the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to the Gay Pride Parade, the story got attention from Outsports, Yahoo, ESPN.com and other outlets. “We were shocked how the story of our invite to [...]
Burke family issues Chicago Pride statement
Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke, brother of Brendan Burke and son of Brian Burke, who earlier this week wrote a fantastic column on the state of homophobia in hockey, sent us this statement after the announcement that the Stanley Cup and the Chicago Blackhawks would be represented at the Chicago Gay Pride parade: The Burke [...]
Stanley Cup, Blackhawks to march in gay Pride
A member of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks will march in the Chicago Pride Parade with the Stanley Cup on Sunday. This is the first time an NHL Champion or the Stanley Cup has appeared in a Pride Parade. Blackhawk Brent Sopel said he will march with his family in honor of Brendan Burke. [...]
Cubs and Blackhawks join Chicago Gay Pride
Although many in Chicago are curious whether the Chicago Blackhawks – and the Stanley Cup – will accept the invitation to participate in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade on June 27, one Chicago pro team has already said Yes to the event. And now the Blackhawks are set to join them as well. The Cubs [...]
Patrick Burke remembers his brother, Brendan
I first heard from Patrick Burke shortly after the death of his brother, Brendan, in response to a column I wrote. In Patrick’s note to me, he said, “We will continue to fight for a day when Brendan’s story would be unremarkable and commonplace.” He takes another step in that direction with a thoughtful piece [...]
Chicago Blackhawks: Chris Pronger is gay
The Chicago Tribune thinks Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger is a 5-foot-2 female figure skater. Now we find out the Chicago Blackhawks think Pronger is gay. They wrote as much on a whiteboard in their locker room, and that has come through in at least one photo of their Stanley Cup championship celebration. Chances are [...]
Blackhawks win first Stanley Cup since ’61
Patrick Kane scored on a bizarre goal four minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers and the team’s first Stanley Cup title since 1961. The Blackhawks won the thrilling series, 4-2, in which there were two overtime games. Kane’s goal was strange because he seemed to be [...]
Who’s offended by Chrissy Pronger?
In some fun city v. city jabbing, the Chicago Tribune printed a poster yesterday featuring Philadelphia Flyer Chris Pronger in a figure skating skirt and labeled “Chrissy Pronger.” Ha ha. So funny. When was this poster created, 1982? It’s dumb for sure, something I’d expect to hear in my fraternity house. But count me among [...]
Flyers, Blackhawks in Stanley Cup finals
Here’s a Stanley Cup final that no one saw at the start of the playoffs — the Philadelphia Flyers vs. the Chicago Blackhawks. But it’s a reality after the Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens in five games, a day after the Blackhawks swept the San Jose Sharks. This is an intriguing final from a historical [...]
Brian Burke fights homophobia in schools
Keeping to his promise to fight against homophobia, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke was the featured guest yesterday at Egale Canada’s launch of their new Web site, MyGSA.ca. Burke apparently asked cameras to be shut off as he tried to speak about his son, Brendan, so they did not capture his tears. From all [...]
NHL’s Paul Bissonnette: I’m not gay
Paul Bissonnette of the Phoenix Coyotes is debunking an Internet rumor that he is gay, telling a Canadian gossip site, “I’m 100 percent straight… I enjoy banging broads haha!” The site had posted an e-mail from an anonymous source saying Bissonnette made the gay claim at a party in Las Vegas as a way to [...]
Hockey playoff beards — Ugh!
The NHL playoffs are in the conference semifinals, and along with them comes the worst hockey tradition — the playoff beard. I mean real beards, not some woman used for cover. It’s a tradition to start growing a beard at the start of the playoffs and not shave until the season is over. Normally hot-looking [...]
Is hockey kid Mikey a hoax?
May 20, 2010 update: Mikey found to be a deception Original article: This will be a short post and I will follow up, but there is something weird going on with “Mikey,” the teen-age hockey player-blogger I first wrote about in December. On the front of his site is a post by “Jimmy,” a Canadian [...]
Canucks can have as much sex as they want
Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, whose team plays the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL playoffs, has no problem with his players having as much pre-game sex as they wish. While the coach said the team can control the diet, workout and even sleep regimen of the players, sex was something out of his control. [...]
Mikey and Jimmy’s NHL preview
Editor’s note: Mikey writes the awesome blog HockeyKidMn and lives in Minnesota. Jimmy did an amazing job blogging during the Olympics from the Frozen North. Both also play hockey, and they have teamed up to write an NHL preview. It’s a great complement to Joe’s NHL guide, which is not written like he’s texting. All [...]
Joe’s Stanley Cup Playoffs Guide
The National Hockey League once again gears up for the Stanley Cup playoffs. A major factor in the greatness of the NHL postseason is sudden-death overtime. Now that the NFL has done away with it for their playoffs (and perhaps for the regular season as well) by giving a team that gives up a field [...]
NHL jerseys big sellers in tropical Liberia
Liberia is a West African country that has a tropical climate, no electricity grid and where half of the people live on less than $1 a day. It also a place where the concept of ice hockey is totally foreign. Which is why it’s strange that among the most coveted items are NHL jerseys. Bonnie [...]
NHL players say they have gay teammates
Outsports reader Kevin tipped us off to this interesting nugget in a poll of 50 NHL players for ESPN the Magazine. Via the Puck Daddy website: “Do you think you have any gay teammates?” Forty-two percent said yes, they believe there’s a gay player in their locker room. Share on Facebook
Museum gets Sidney Crosby’s used pants
The folks who run the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto are excited — they are getting the pants Sidney Crosby used to help Canada win the gold medal. And they’re not washing them. “It’s going to be beautiful,” [Kelly] Masse [of the Hall] said of the display. The sweat-soaked pants, of course, will not [...]