NHL

Now hockey faces the dilemma of a White House visit

Washington Capitals owner struggles as two of team’s stars say they won’t go

Twenty years ago, the Chicago Blackhawks made Dirk Graham the NHL’s first black head coach

The former Blackhawk also was the first team captain of African descent

Willie O’Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL, tabbed for Hockey Hall of Fame

O’Ree will go in as a builder and join Grant Fuhr as only the second black NHL player to be inducted into the Hall

Black folks in D.C. brought the cookout, go-go and church to the Capitals’ Stanley Cup title parade

It was a party on the corner of Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue

#ALLCAPS: Fans from the D.C. area celebrate the Washington Capitals’ historic Stanley Cup win

The significance of a Stanley Cup champion named Devante

There’s no doubt that seeing a man who looks like that with a name like that – and his middle name is Malik – is an inspiration to black kids in D.C.

Devante Smith-Pelly helps Capitals win Stanley Cup with acrobatic equalizer, foreshadows not attending White House

Winger scores in three consecutive postseason games for the first time in his career as Washington, D.C., ends championship drought

Devante Smith-Pelly scores in back-to-back games for the first time since 2014

The right winger’s six postseason points also set a new personal best

Kitchener Rangers winger Givani Smith’s experience is the latest in a long list of racial incidents in hockey

Threats led to team needing a police escort to arena for playoff game