During the 2025 PWHL expansion draft, I remember seeing my favorite team didn’t protect my two favorite players and waiting with bated breath to see if they would remain Sceptres for the 2025-2026 season. I was heartbroken when I saw the Sceptres didn’t protect Sarah Nurse, but I was relieved when their fourth protected player... Continue Reading →
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to “fix” the ever-changing landscape college athletics. More specifically, it attempts to rein-in the current name, image, and likeness (NIL) landscape through changes to eligibility and transfer rules. This is, depending on who you ask, either long overdue compensation for athletes, or the complete unraveling... Continue Reading →
Last week, the International Olympic Committee announced a new policy essentially banning trans women from competing in women’s events in future Olympic games, beginning with the LA28 games. This new policy was adopted to solve an issue that seemingly does not exist, as only one openly transgender woman has ever competed in the Olympic Games.... Continue Reading →
The World Cup of Hockey is an international best-on-best tournament featuring eight countries from around the world. Put on by the NHL and the NHLPA, the World Cup began in 1996 and later returned in 2004 and 2016 with the next rendition set for the 2028 mid-season break. The NHL recently announced that the preliminary... Continue Reading →
To the surprise of many, I am not a professional men’s hockey player. As such, I’ve only ever played with a full cage on my helmet. Even when I’m just on the ice with friends, I’ve never had the desire to play without my face fully covered. Maybe because as a woman, I’ve been conditioned... Continue Reading →
If this is the first you’re hearing of FBI Director Kash Patel’s visit to the USA men’s hockey locker room, I strongly encourage you to read this post by Director of the UB Center for the Advancement of Sport, Nellie Drew. Professor Drew discusses the since-deleted Instagram video Dylan Larkin shared which showed the deeply... Continue Reading →
We often see claims in media that transgender women, people assigned male at birth who socially and medically transition to female, have an inherent and unfair athletic advantage over cisgender women. However, a new meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine comparing physical fitness and body composition of transgender and cisgender individuals suggests... Continue Reading →