ToughJ.Riggins
Hall of Famer
I get satelite TV so I can get ESPN and NFL coverage here in Canada. Sports Center did a report this past Saturday about a new book called "Black Ice" which details how escaped slaves and other blacks that had moved to Nova Scotia were the real innovators of early hockey. The report stated that a BHL (Black Hockey League) existed in the late 1800's and died out before WWI. The report was the usual glorification of blacks in sports. It stated that the black teams "often beat white teams" but would never get a chance to play them again because the whites feared humiliation supposedly. It also stated that blacks in the BHL invented the slap shot 50 years before the NHL used it in the BHL. The historical Nova Scotia paper articles reffered to it as players swinging the hockey stick like a baseball bat.
Now the writers of the book, and it appears Sports Center, are claiming that the NHL is doing an injustice by not recognizing the BHL in Nova Scotia. It's quite ridiculus the NHL has already opened discussions with the writers on this new book (I believe their name is Faury, they are brothers), but apparently they want the NHL to immediatly act without any time for discussion of this new research. It's quite ridiculous. The next day on Sunday I also watched Sports Center and in their report of the NFL combine they mentioned numerous RB performances without even mentioning Brian Leonard. It shows how much the American sports elites are in love with the "black power" mentality in sports. I can assure you it is much less so in Canada. If Canada is refered to as "America Jr." by Homer in the Simpsons it could also be refered to as "Black Power Jr." when it comes to sports. There is a caste system in Canada, but it is much weaker! I think that's why you are seeing some Canucks on this site. Maybe Canadians can see an institution of American society that is so ingrained in the minds of white Americans, that the vast majority of white Americans themselves don't see it!Edited by: ToughJ.Riggins
Now the writers of the book, and it appears Sports Center, are claiming that the NHL is doing an injustice by not recognizing the BHL in Nova Scotia. It's quite ridiculus the NHL has already opened discussions with the writers on this new book (I believe their name is Faury, they are brothers), but apparently they want the NHL to immediatly act without any time for discussion of this new research. It's quite ridiculous. The next day on Sunday I also watched Sports Center and in their report of the NFL combine they mentioned numerous RB performances without even mentioning Brian Leonard. It shows how much the American sports elites are in love with the "black power" mentality in sports. I can assure you it is much less so in Canada. If Canada is refered to as "America Jr." by Homer in the Simpsons it could also be refered to as "Black Power Jr." when it comes to sports. There is a caste system in Canada, but it is much weaker! I think that's why you are seeing some Canucks on this site. Maybe Canadians can see an institution of American society that is so ingrained in the minds of white Americans, that the vast majority of white Americans themselves don't see it!Edited by: ToughJ.Riggins