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Grant Fuhr was once referred to by hockey great Wayne Gretzky as the best goalie to ever play in the National Hockey League. Fuhr achieved a series of firsts as a player and after his career ended, he embraced his role model status. Fuhr was born September 28, 1962 in Spruce Grove, Alberta in Canada. […]

The National Hockey League has seen a resurgence of Black players in recent times and Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman P.K. Subban is emerging as one of the…

  Filmmaker Damon Kwame Mason‘s documentary Soul On Ice, chronicles the little known black history facts of the NHL. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning…

You may have thought Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s public profile took a nosedive after “Jerry Maguire,” but you’d be only partly correct. See, it’s pretty typical…

Tom and the crew open the show talking about the Chicago Blackhawks’ win and the first day of the George Zimmerman trial.

Tom and the crew open the show talking about hockey….say what? Yes, Tom is on the Chicago Blackhawks bandwagon and last night they won in…

A fan taunted one of the National Hockey Leagues few Black players by throwing a banana peel at the player during a shootout attempt in a preseason game last week. The player, Philadelphia Flyers Wayne Simmonds, said he wasn’t shocked by the banana peel that came from the top level and landed right in front […]

On January 18, 1958 the first African American played for the NHL. Read the story of Willie O'Ree here.