The Boston Bruins will retire Willie O’Ree’s No. 22 jersey on Feb. 18 ... Steve Buckley, Boston senior writer: At a time when the Boston Red Sox were still holding out on promoting a Black ...

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.

Mr. WILLIE O'REE (Former Ice Hockey Player, Boston Bruins): Well, it certainly is a pleasure to be here. SIMON: What was it like 50 years ago when you took the ice for a black player in the NHL ...

which happened to be the 63rd anniversary of the day Willie O’Ree became the first Black man to play in the National Hockey League. While the Red Sox will forever wear the shame of being the ...

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 NHL’s first Black player capped the Willie O’Ree Skills Weekend here by watching the Los Angeles Angels play the Boston Red Sox with the more than 26 youth hockey players who traveled from ...

Willie O’Ree’s 29-day road trip began on June 22 in Toronto with the annual NHL awards. And then it was off to Boston for the draft ... for a roast of referee Red Story, a Canadian Airlines ...

The wonderful story that is Willie O’Ree, the ex-Bruin winger who became ... A basketball-sized red dot is marked on the linoleum floor of Aisle 25, where customers can choose from a vast ...

The Boston Red Sox have the “Killer ... left-handed pitcher named Billy O’Dell, who was not pleased with attempts to circumvent Billy by making it Willie. In 1962 the Giants lost to the ...

They'll skate again Saturday before visiting Angel Stadium to see the Los Angeles Angels play the Boston Red Sox. The players ... States recipient of the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award.