Note: This story was published in October 2020 and is being republished with minor updates for Black History Month.Willie ...

Mike Stobe / NHL / Getty Images O'Ree wrote a memoir, "Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player," in 2020 with author Michael McKinley. The book recounts his ascent to ...

A commemorative game will be played Monday in Ottawa honoring the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes' inaugural year of 1895.

Willie O'Ree was the first Black player in the National ... Toronto native Josh Liendo is swimming his way into the Canadian history books. He is the first Black Canadian swimmer to win an ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins honored the legacy of the organization’s Black players and veteran Black hockey player Willie O’Ree with a portrait by Pittsburgh visual artist Ashanté Josey after the ...

Adeniye is a protege of Willie O'Ree, the NHL's first Black player, and is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in hockey. Adeniye is determined to make it to the NHL and believes he ...

In fact, before the late 1950s, there were no Black hockey players in the NHL. Willie O'Ree was the first to skate in an NHL game when he suited up for the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958 ...

The Academy Award-nominated actor is under fire for a series of tweets that resurfaced Thursday, expressing her views on topics such as race and religion. Read our review of The Brutalist, which ...