August 11, 2021
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
December 19, 2020
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
April 17, 2020
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
January 25, 2016
On the morning of January 12, Montreal paper La Presse published a report
[http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/201601/11/01-4938861-la-copine-dalex-galchenyuk-arretee-pour-violence-conjugale.php]
regarding an incident involving Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk and
the arrest of his girlfriend, Chanel Leszczynski, for instigating a physical
domestic dispute.
October 28, 2015
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
October 21, 2015
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