Boston Spirit Magazine talked with Boston Bruins left winger Shawn Thornton about a number of gay-related issues. He added his voice to the growing number of players who say they just don’t care if a teammate’s gay: Boston Spirit: What do you think would happen if one of your teammates announced he was gay? Shawn [...]
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Patrick Burke’s ‘You Can Play’ project launches on NBC featuring eight NHL players
Philadelphia Flyer scout Patrick Burke has unveiled a new non-profit organization created to lay out the welcome mat in sports for LGBT athletes. The “You Can Play” project focuses on producing videos of mostly professional athletes with a simple message: If you can play sports, you’re always invited to play with us. A 30-second video [...]
Stanley Cup, game 7: It doesn’t get any better
There are few moments in sports with the excitement of a game 7 in hockey. With hard hits and goals at such a premium, every pass, every check takes on such importance that tension in the arena is hard to match anywhere else. When you add in suspensions, illegal season-ending hits, biting, and six games [...]
NHL suspends Aaron Rome for the rest of Stanley Cup Finals for hit on Nathan Horton
The NHL needed to do something about the increasing violence in hockey, and they started with suspending Vancouver’s thug Aaron Rome (right) for the rest of the Stanley Cup Finals for his vicious hit on Boston’s Nathan Horton. The video is after the jump, but if you haven’t seen it, Rome illegally and violently sailed [...]
Looking for a date for NHL’s Winter Classic
What do you do if you have two tickets to the NHL’s Winter Classic and don’t have anyone to go with? Well hockey guru Peter Hay Halpert has two tickets to the Jan. 1 outdoor game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park. His straight buddies can’t go because their wives [...]
Quick hits: Boston, T.O., Phillies, Chris Benoit
Boston teams win big: Bruins extend series to game 7, Celtics take 3-2 lead. When Terrell Owens shows up for minicamp in Buffalo, VH-1 will be there to chronicle the whole thing. Yeah, he’s definitely leaving all his issues in Dallas. It’s a new T.O. Phillies’ Jayson Werth steals second, third and home against the [...]
Morning hits: UNC, Bruins, Quidditch, Millen
North Carolina Tar Heels going from the penthouse to the outhouse. Boston Bruins win first playoff series in 10 years by sweeping their Canadien rivals. Quidditch continues to grow, now being played at Univ. of Wisconsin. Further evidence that Matt Millen is the scum of the NFL. Hawks mascot delays game; Hawks players blow homecourt [...]
Dating rules for a hockey fan
I liked this commercial by the Boston Bruins, who start play this week in the NHL playoffs. Share on Facebook