The NHL’s players had an opportunity to stand on the right side of history Wednesday, but they blew it.
Protests and outrage have marked the past few days since a Black Wisconsin man, Jacob Blake, was shot in the back by police. In response, leagues like the NBA, WNBA, MLS, and MLB have had their players decide they won’t play games, leading to postponements and cancellations.
All this as we’re coming up on four years since former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to sit, then kneel, for the U.S. national anthem as a form of protest against police brutality toward Black people.