President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Jan. 31, 2022, to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, who ...

Garry Michael Galley (born April 16, 1963) is a Canadian broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player. Galley played in the National Hockey League from 1984 to 2001. Galley was a former ...

Willie O’Ree joined the National Hockey League as a winger on January 18, 1958, making history as the first Black Player in the NHL. According to NBC Sports, his No. 22 jersey was retired by the ...

I am saddened to hear of the loss of another hockey legend from this province. My deepest condolences to the family of... That time we went to Bishop’s Falls to get Alex Faulkner’s rookie card signed ...

However, when his family moved to Canada, he quickly fell in love with hockey. His parents bought ... in the NHL and always have been. Willie O’Ree, the first black player in league history ...

St. Louis moved into a tie, in terms of standings points, with Minnesota (41-27-5, 87 points) – which occupies the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference ... AstraZeneca will donate $3,000 to ...

Duante' Abercrombie still vividly remembers being a young player attending the second-ever Willie O'Ree All-Star Game at ... bring together the diversity in hockey with boys and girls from varying ...

April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, in honour of the day in 1947 when the man who broke baseball’s colour barrier took the field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers for his Major League Baseball debut.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced their bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to ...