Canadian Scott Heggart, a 21-year-old from Ottawa, is getting a lot of attention for the Ottawa Citizen story about his coming out process as a gay hockey player. It’s a nicely detailed piece that delves into Scott’s journey from being totally in the closet, to coming out to his parents and siblings and eventually his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hockey’
In new film “Goon,” hockey player gets beaten up after using gay slur
“Goon” is a new movie about a hockey brawler, played by Seann William Scott. There is a decided gay angle, with Scott having a younger brother who is gay. Scott evens gets goaded by his friend into wearing 69 as his uniform number because “it’s hilarious.” Then there’s the angle that starts the plot: “Goon” [...]
Gay teenage hockey player fears for his safety if he is found out
Note: Bumped to the top of the blog since it has gotten an interesting dialogue going. We have written a lot celebrating how it has gotten better for many gay teenage athletes, profiling several this year with their heartwarming stories of acceptance. But this story out of Northumberland County in Ontario, Canada, reminds us that [...]
Canadian sportscaster Damian Goddard fired after supporting anti-gay marriage tweets
Damian Goddard, an anchor with Rogers Sportsnet in Toronto, decided to weigh into the gay marriage debate prompted by Sean Avery’s support for same-sex couples and his tweet got him fired. The tweet: “I completely and whole-heartedly support Todd Reynolds and his support for the traditional and TRUE meaning of marriage,” Goddard wrote in a [...]
Hockey coach suspended for striptease
The Central Hockey League has suspended Colorado Eagles assistant coach Greg Pankewicz for 14 games after he did a partial striptease in anger over officiating. Pankewicz took off his tie, jacket, shirt and shoes, but left on his pants. The stripping begins at the 1:15 mark (thanks to a reader for the tip): Share on [...]
An 18-year-old reflects on the Mikey hoax
After I wrote yesterday about hockey blogger Mikey likely being a fraud, I received a request from Jackson to run an article he was writing. I verified his identity (including his photos) and agreed to not use his last name. As someone in the same peer group that Mikey was targeting in his blog, Jackson [...]
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 [...]
Canada’s hockey fans learn to hold it in
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: Share on Facebook
The Rematch….Wings vs Pens
This is what I’m talking about. The Detroit Red Wings against the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Stanley Cup Finals. It doesn’t get better than this. The Penguins Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are on fire with 28 points a piece in the playoffs so far. But don’t ever count out the Red Wings, even if [...]
Hockey and sex mix onstage in Canada
Attention Canadians, and anyone else planning visits to the Great White North: does the phrase “He shoots, he scores!” excite you a little more than usual? Does the thought of making it with a hockey player turn you on? Or maybe you just have a fetish for goalie pads? If any of this applies, this [...]
Hockey night in Los Angeles
I love hockey. I always have. When I was a kid I used to lie on my parents bed watching hockey on the ‘second’ television while the rest of the family watched the ‘Big’ TV in the den. I grew up a New York Ranger fan in the eighties, so basically continually disappointed come playoff [...]
NHL: Running Wild in Minnesota
Great goaltending, strong steady defense and a potent offense have let the Minnesota Wild jump to a 7-2-1 start. All this without their star winger Marian Gaborik who’s been sidelined for the last five games with what’s been called a “lower body” injury. No matter because the line of Mikko Koivu and Andrew Burnette has [...]