@kristiallain.bsky.social on the NHL's friendly association with the far-right. From our latest episode

Did McKenna go through Hockey Canada's @hockeycanada.bsky.social "enhanced screening process"? Did he pass? Top NHL Draft prospect Gavin McKenna charged with felony aggravated assault www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...

Heated Rivalry: Hockey Culture, Nationalism, and Queer Representation @drryanstorr.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social join @johannamellis.bsky.social and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the cultural significance of the show *Heated Rivalry.* open.spotify.com/episode/3Hd4...

Hey friends, I know this is a long shot but did anyone do a "#sticksoutforhumboldt" photo? If you did can you did and you don't mind it being published can you send it to me? It needs to be high quality and reproducible in a 5X8 photo.

22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal: Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US." journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

We're excited to share the cover for our book Protein: The Making of a Nutritional Superstar! Learn the untold story of protein’s rise to nutritional superstardom and how it made its way to the centre of your dinner plate. To access the pre-order link, click here: dukeupress.edu/protein

budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?

After positive peer reviews, 2 reads by UTP's lawyer, a few edits to appease the lawyer, and a new title, I finally have the green light on "the Don Cherry book." "Hockey Divides: White Working-Class Masculinity and a Canadian Icon" is coming to a bookstore near you in 2026.

Ep. 165: Canadian Hockey on Trial @nkalamb.bsky.social is joined by friend and eminent hockey scholar @kristiallain.bsky.social to break down how to understand the Hockey Canada trial and its implications for the sport and Canadian culture. open.spotify.com/episode/6Tj2...

Signatories include: @avilewis.bsky.social, @harshawalia.bsky.social, @marxinhell.bsky.social, @tedmccormick.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @floralashes.bsky.social, @veldoncoburn.bsky.social, @eidlin.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @iankennedyck.bsky.social @irinaceric.bsky.social

Signatories include: @kristiallain.bsky.social, @punchingprof.bsky.social, @derekcrim.bsky.social, @orarunswild.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, @celesteeorr.bsky.social, @kimtallbear.bsky.social, @hystericalblkns.bsky.social, @blacklikewho.bsky.social, @naomiaklein.bsky.social

You can read the letter, and see all the signatories, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur.

Signatories include 3 UN Special Rapporteurs, a 4-time Olympian runner, 2 members of the Palestinian women’s ⚽ team who compete at York, a former Canadian Olympic beach 🏐 coach, sports journos @shireenahmed.bsky.social + @iankennedyck.bsky.social, + @naomiaklein.bsky.social + @avilewis.bsky.social

“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.” - 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist

Trying to find ANY NHL player who has spoken publicly against Israel's genocide in Gaza, surprisingly/not surprisingly I can't find one.

This is actually incredible. Tennis Canada is willing to endorse genocide by hosting Israel in Davis Cup tennis for the low low low price of $2.2 million. That's the projected economic benefit. Not including the cost of policing protesters, which will of course be deducted from that.

If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state. We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.

Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel mondoweiss.net/2025/08/cana...

Hey Tennis Canada: this is how you do it. Much respect. www.palestinechronicle.com/honorable-st...

We also are going to ask FIFA: What WOULD Israel have to do in order to be sanctioned or even banned from international competition if targeting other teams' star players in the course of a genocide is not enough

The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

You absolutely LOVE to see it: Thanks to fan backlash, a German football club is cancelling the signing of an Israeli striker who shared posts after Oct 7 calling to "wipe Gaza off the map" and suggesting there were "no innocents" in the Gaza Strip. Praxis! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

If there was any doubt about the link between hockey and the right, we now see Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, and Matthew Tkachuk to be a part of Trump’s Fitness Council, which will play an important role in “keeping men out of women’s sports.” www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

This is an important read. Hockey is Canada's game - so PLEASE let it be one we can all be proud of in every aspect We routinely celebrate the winners and heroes, acknowledge their good works in the community - but we can do better, much better. My girls are playing.

Sports scholars across Canada but especially in the maritimes need to resist this. @kristiallain.bsky.social @jimbrittain.bsky.social @dansailofsky.bsky.social @derekcrim.bsky.social

Remarkable, in the middle of a national sovereignty crisis to see @carleton.ca on.ca‬‬ cut their undergraduate Canadian Studies program. These programs are valuable, as we try to understand our present and our future.

What is Hockey Canada and the CHL's commitment to keeping players and public safe from sexual violence? What should that training look like? If the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial didn't raise enough questions about this, this certainly raises more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is the full abomination. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Israeli sport psychologists have published a paper comparing the trauma experienced by *ISRAELI* athletes during the genocide to the experience of Covid. The focus of their 'intervention' is to mitigate "the impact of the current conflict on sports and athletes" in *Israel.* I kid you not.

Book revisions in. Time for a walk.

This morning I'm reminded how lucky I am to have my sport sociology colleagues. I can't imagine a kinder and more generous bunch.

In a move that *should* be precedent-setting for other scholarly organizations, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) announces that this year’s conference will be held concurrently at sites in the US and Canada and online due to the dangerous US political climate.

Thrilled my book is out in the world! It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.

In Cartographies of Empire, Myka Tucker-Abramson draws from an archive of more than 140 global road novels from over twenty countries, challenging dominant conceptions of the road novel as primarily concerned with American experiences and subjectivities. #ReadUP www.sup.org/books/cartog...

Happy to hear that @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social's excellent new book "The End of College Football" was nominated for the @nasssbsky.bsky.social book award.

Speaking candidly about American imperialism and Canada's complacency over many generations and the reporters says, "You know we can't use everything you said on air" . . . sigh... yeah, I know...

Very proud of this co-publication with @matthewfhayes.bsky.social on the gender-aging nexus, addressing the ways that old age opens new ways of expressing femininity. ijal.se/article/view...

In case you were wondering about the efficacy of the Super Bowl protest. apnews.com/article/supe...

Fascinating to see what qualifies as an 'invasion'... and what doesn't. nypost.com/2025/02/09/s...

The quintessentially Liberal positioning of developer profits and the basic needs of working people as equivalent concerns to be "balanced" is a really perfect encapsulation of the fundamental worthlessness of centrism. #nspoli #nbpoli #cdnpoli

Dear @davidhickey.bsky.social & Premier Holt: Please note that we are in the midst of an affordability crisis NOT a developer crisis. It would serve you and the people of New Brunswick to act as such. #NBpoli warktimes.com/2025/01/20/n...

Mark Carney's talking hockey. An election must be near. Nothing says I'm not a member of the elite, I'm just like you, like "I'm a fan of the Oilers" Check of this excellent article by Schere and McDermott for some context www.erudit.org/en/journals/...

New Brunswick's Chief Medical Officer of Health is doing public health now? Like. Actually telling people how they can stay healthy, even if the Freedom Truckers don't want them to? Did not see this coming.

Hey D.C. friends, we’re coming to talk about our book!

The notion that hockey represents something quintessentially Canadian is perhaps true, but maybe hockey isn't displaying the values many think that it is. www.tsn.ca/hockey-canad...

“The higher you get, the more money that’s at stake. So knowing the difference between pain and injury is a moot point." For @chronicle.com, @derekcrim.bsky.social and I examine the relentless and coercive pressure to play through injury in college football. www.chronicle.com/article/coll...

Ep. 160: Boxing Debacle in Paris 2024 We present this panel discussion from UNB on the challenges to Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting's claims to womanhood, featuring talks by @kristiallain.bsky.social, @celesteeorr.bsky.social, and @nkalamb.bsky.social t.co/vBKnzbVxcn

I miss Mike! In solidarity with striking @cupwsttp.bsky.social workers.

Fantastic looking thread with a scholarly look at hockey. Happy to be finding a more great writing like this here on Bluesky, and looking forward to checking out this podcast and the articles!