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This offseason has been dominated by off-ice issues for the NHL. At the draft in July, the Montreal Canadiens provoked the ire of many across the sport by selecting a player, Logan Mailloux, who was convicted in Sweden of distributing an explicit photo of a
2020 will probably long be remembered as a year of reckoning in North American professional sports, but it will leave behind a question of what that reckoning was actually about, or if anything came of it. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the true cost of
The chorus of voices asking when pro sports will return is growing louder. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a consistent dialogue about how to bring men's professional sports back as soon as possible. The excuses for this foolhardy endeavor are many. If pro
On the morning of January 12, Montreal paper La Presse published a report regarding an incident involving Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk and the arrest of his girlfriend, Chanel Leszczynski, for instigating a physical domestic dispute. Montreal police reported that a 911 call was placed
There are times when, as a woman, it’s tough to be an NHL fan. There are so many signals that you don’t quite fit the mold; that you’re not the preferred demographic; that you are, by definition, an anomaly to those who
Welcome to Victory Press Essays, where we share thoughts and opinions about social issues in sports. Today's essay, by staff writer Angelica Rodriguez, focuses on masculinity and respectability politics in professional sports. When Washington Nationals reliever Jonathan Papelbon lunged for his teammate Bryce Harper’s