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Wizards Lose in OT, RIP Brendan Burke

in Hockey

Before I get into last night’s hockey I need to give condolences to the family of Brendan Burke. I wrote about Burke at Thanksgiving last year. He’d just come out publicly and was doing interviews with his father, the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was an impressive and inspiring coming out story. [...]

A Hockey Coming Out Story…

in Hockey, LGBT Issues

“I hope the day comes, and soon, when this is not a story.” — Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke That’s the opening sentence to a story I read on ESPN.com yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to write about until now. Written by columnist John Buccigross, the story titled “‘We love you, this [...]