Tag Archive | NHL
Not Liking Sports is Gender-Neutral, Okay Already?!
With the start of the NFL hockey season post-lockout, the hockey blogs finally have something to write about other than “hey, the commissioner was sighted on 6th Avenue this morning!” (I assume…as I don’t actually read any hockey blogs except occasionally The Bakeshop because Katie Baker is super funny.) The NY Rangers recently made a [...]
ESPN The Magazine’s Political Survey
In its most recent issue, ESPN The Magazine conducted an anonymous survey of players across the four big sports about various political issues. At the outset, I don’t think sports and politics should mix, but obviously athletes have lives beyond their jobs, and I don’t fault them for using their fame to advance their beliefs and values. [...]
CBC Panders to Gender Stereotypes
Friend of Bloomer Girls Blog Genevieve sent this story over last night, which plays right into Things We Hate: assuming that women don’t like sports. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), which airs NHL (National Hockey League) games in Canada (popularly known as “Hockey Night in Canada”), announced that it would be broadcasting “While the Men [...]
Junior Seau’s Death is a Feminist Issue
In news that deeply saddened the football and sports communities last week, linebacker Junior Seau killed himself by gunshot wound to the chest. He was just 43 years-old and had an illustrious 20-season career. The significance of the decision to shoot himself in the chest is not lost on those privy to a devastating problem across all contact sports: players [...]
Hockey is Getting Something Right
PR-wise, professional hockey (the National Hockey League, or “NHL”) has had a pretty up-and-down year. First, in September, we had the story of Lexi Peters, who singlehandedly convinced the NHL to add female avatars into the NHL ’12 EA Sports videogame (which we covered here on the blog.) Next, in December, there was a series [...]
