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...NHL is hoping, once and for all, to change that perception. During the first intermission of Sunday's NHL All-Star game in Atlanta, the league is honoring Willie O'Ree, who broke hockey's color barrier 50 years ago. But half a century later, with hockey in desperate need of new fans to restore its fading relevance in the U.S., the game still holds very little appeal among blacks...
...monster, every day is Halloween.” (From “Upgrade”) PPCE: The Youtube video of the Roots watching “2 Girls 1 Cup.” Because watching ?uestlove scream like a girl is almost as funny as a rapper referencing the NHL. 3. “Make a scary movie, they ‘Scream’-in when I rhyme / I’m a King, you can ask Stephen if I’m lyin’ / I’m a Prince, too demandin’ like...
...American Hall of Fame. He coached part of the game in a tuxedo…One of the linesmen for the Harvard-Cornell game was named Mark Messier. Although the official wasn’t the Hockey Hall of Famer who won six Stanley Cups in a 25-year NHL career, he kept the game running smoothly on the ice...Harvard outshot the Big Red, 35-23. —Staff writer Courtney D. Skinner can be reached at cskinner@fas.harvard.edu...
...larger bloc comprises Europeans attracted to American sports. Some, he says, have lived in the U.S., while others have such a passion for all sports that their horizons have expanded. For other Europeans, the National Hockey League, say, offers the best opportunity to see their hometown skaters. "In the NHL, 217 players--30% of the total--come from Europe," Wolff notes. "In countries like the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and others where hockey is the big sport, being able to watch their countrymen in NHL games is huge...
...MacDonald is no exception. Selected in the seventh round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he has developed a dual reputation as a mentor to be respected by his teammates and a physical force to be feared by his opponents...