Pats and Red Sox gear.Robert McCloskey's "Make Way For Ducklings" was first published in 1941. Mrs. Mallard and her brood are honoring Boston Bruins pioneer Willie O'Ree in the Public Garden.

“Blue Bloods” star Donnie Wahlberg sitting next to the dugout at the Red Sox–White Sox game at ... scored in the fifth … Former Bruin Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the NHL ...

BOSTON (AP) — Hockey pioneer Willie O'Ree was honored in Boston on Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the Bruins forward breaking the NHL's color barrier. At a news conference at the TD Garden ...

Willie O’Ree is kind of ... the next three home games in Boston. The celebration didn’t just take place inside the packed TD Garden, either. The Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park, the New England ...

The Boston Bruins will wait to retire ... but still before the crosstown Red Sox fielded their first Black player. O'Ree played two games for the Bruins that season and 43 more in 1960-'61 before ...

Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to appear in an NHL game will have his Boston Bruins No. 22 retired next month. O’Ree, who broke the sport’s color barrier in 1958, will be honored ...

The league’s statement read: “The National Hockey League celebrates the historic decision by the Boston Bruins organization to retire Willie O’Ree’s number 22 among those of some of the ...

It’s been 67 years since Willie O’Ree became the first black player in the NHL when he made his debut with the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958. He has made significant contributions to the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree was honored in Boston on Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the Bruins forward breaking the NHL’s color barrier. At a news conference at the TD ...