Rick Westhead is reporting a lawsuit against the NHL where two former off-ice officials who worked games in Tampa are alleging they were fired for calling out racist coworker, Pat DeLorenzo Jr. That racism was in the form of comments directed at Tampa Bay Lightning anthem singer Sonya Bryson-Kirksey, as well as racist slurs on Black hockey players. [TSN]
““DeLorenzo made negative racial comments about [NHL] employees, including but not limited to [NHL]’s African-American hockey players and the African-American veteran, Sonya Bryson-Kirksey, who sings the national anthem at Tampa Bay Lightning games at Amalie Arena,” the lawsuit alleges.