The Associated PressApr 7, 2018
"An entire country is in shock and mourning," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says after a semi-trailer slams into a bus carrying a hockey squad in Saskatchewan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Laura Robinson / TruthdigJun 30, 2016
As sure as autumn brings cool days, so does each year’s junior hockey season bring new sexual allegations. That few cases make it to court and even fewer to conviction speaks to the emphasis the judicial system puts on the “credibility” of the plaintiff and the extraordinary support local heroes receive from town power brokers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 12, 2013
There's a ripple of movement in Congress to strip nonprofit status from pro sports businesses such as the NFL and PGA, raising fresh questions about why taxpayers should support billion-dollar entertainment industries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigApr 12, 2013
The National Hockey League and its players union have announced a partnership with the You Can Play Project, because, in the words of Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Assn., "it's the right thing to do." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 13, 2008
Philadelphia hockey fans were less than thrilled to meet "the best-known hockey mom in the United States" over the weekend. With the arena music coming to her aid, Sarah Palin endured a full 90 seconds of booing at the Wachovia Center. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 11, 2008
Thespian and concerned citizen Matt Damon would like some answers about this Sarah Palin person we keep hearing about whose unlikely career arc might just catapult the bouffant-wearing hockey mom from the snowy wilds of Wasilla, Alaska, into an international staring match with tiger-slaying Russian judo master Vladimir Putin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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