“In the US, only 16 per cent of citizens follow science,” says Allen Hershkowitz, president of the Green Sports Alliance (GSA), the biggest environmental association in sports, consisting of 320 teams and venues in 20 leagues across 14 countries. “But 71 per cent of people follow sports. If you want to reach a lot of…
Seth Berkman looks at the growing problem of concussions in women’s hockey. [New York Times] Melissa Martin catches up with hockey legend Cassie Campbell-Pascall, as she continues her successful post-playing career in hockey. [Winnipeg Free Press] The University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services has created a new stick tape, called Pride…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The featured photo isn’t an article but it is worth sharing. Big props to the Columbus Cottonmouths, of the SPHL, for putting Shannon Szabados on a billboard! In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a hockey mom is fighting for her daughter’s…
*Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole. I have noticed that the new National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) has been showing a lot of military appreciation on its Twitter feed recently. If you like women’s hockey and supporting the troops, it seems they have a jersey for you: I wrote a piece in 2012 about the increasing…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! If you haven’t read Patrick O’Sullivan’s piece for [The Player’s Tribune] about his experiences as a victim of child abuse, stop what you are doing and read it RIGHT NOW. It is extremely poignant, reflective, and a necessary conversation.…
Co-Authored by: Cheryl MacDonald & Courtney Szto One need not look far for stereotypical portrayals of women in society. Consider this video recently posted on Buzzfeed titled “Crazy Things People Used to Believe About Women in the 1800s” (wandering wombs and bicycle face? Really?!). What’s striking about the video is its portrayal of lesbians, because…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! A member of the ongoing concussions lawsuit against the NHL, ex-NHLer Rudy Poeschek, speaks about the league and his experiences with head trauma in hockey. [Huffington Post] Meanwhile, investigative journalists and former players are trying to get the NHL’s email…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 