‘It poisons the soul’: Jason Whitlock blames 6-year-old shooting teacher on rap culture



A 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, and newly released bodycam footage captures him cursing at authorities — as if he were proud of what he’d done.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock doesn’t just blame the parents but also the pedestal that rappers are placed on in American culture.

“The bodycam footage is disturbing, of the police coming to the scene where a 6-year-old boy has shot his teacher. Just saying that is incredible and chilling,” Whitlock says.

“But when you hear the bodycam footage and the way the young boy, while sitting in his teacher or this teacher’s aide lap, the way that he’s talking, and it’s like holy cow. What is going on here,” he adds.


“I don’t care if you call back up, I don’t care if I go to jail, b***h,” the boy is captured saying.

“I stole that from my mom,” he said of the gun. “If you want a piece of me, come get it,” he added.

The boy continued yelling slurs at everyone around him.

“This is a 6-year-old child that just shot his teacher. He sounds like a rapper. He sounds like a criminal, a thug. He sounds like what we have allowed to be created. He sounds like Snoop Dogg,” Whitlock says.

He explains that figures like Snoop Dogg have become the “mascot for America.”

“That’s what Snoop Dogg is,” he says. “You turn on your television and nine times out of 10 you’re going to see Snoop Dogg in some type of commercial, some type of TV show. We’ve turned Snoop Dogg into Santa Claus. We’ve turned Snoop Dogg into one of the most recognizable and allegedly lovable characters in American culture.”

“And you wonder why a 6-year-old boy in Virginia, or anywhere in America, would take a gun to school, shoot a teacher, and then curse and talk to authority in such a disrespectful manner,” he continues.

“The music that we’ve bathed ourselves in, it warps the soul. It poisons the soul. It reframes the mind. It makes a reprobate mind,” he adds.

But it’s not just rap music’s fault.

Whitlock explains that we’re all responsible as “the parents of American culture.”

“We have allowed this culture to become demonic and nihilistic,” he says. “And our heroes, the people that we are comfortable celebrating, they’re nihilistic and demonic, and they don’t hide it. They put out rap albums promoting their demonic and nihilistic worldview, their disrespect, their distrust, their rebellion against any and all authority.”

“And you wonder why a 6-year-old child would bring a gun to an elementary school?” he adds.

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Mike Ditka, iconic Chicago Bears coach, passes away at 86: 'Chicago won't be the same'



The only person who could defeat a hurricane, Coach Mike Ditka, has sadly passed on.

Ditka was described by his family on Friday as their "heart," in words that will strike a chord with football families across the country.

'He was always there.'

Ditka passed away at 86 years old, with the news coming from Jarrett Payton — son of Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton — who delivered the tragic news on Chicago radio this morning.

Walter Payton was the star running back on the 1985 Chicago Bears team that won Super Bowl XX with Ditka as the head coach.

"It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka," a statement from the family said, per Payton.

"While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family. Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever," the statement continued.

The family's words concluded with "love and gratitude, The Ditka Family."

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While on 104.3 The Score in Chicago on Friday, Payton gave his thoughts on his father's coach.

"It saddens me to give this information to the city of Chicago," he painfully explained. "Everybody knows how much Coach means to me and to my family and to the city, to the Chicago Bears. He has been nothing but an amazing person for my entire family, but also somebody that always made sure that I was OK."

"He was always there," Payton emotionally added.

Ditka became a cultural mainstay in the city of Chicago following the Bears' domination in the 1980s, which turned into international stardom after the Super Bowl win attracted many fans and celebrities to the team.

Actor Bill Murray was often seen with the Bears at the height of his career, while the "Saturday Night Live" sketch called "Bill Swerski's Superfans" told iconic fictional stories about "Hurricane Ditka" and how the Bears could win a NASCAR race if Ditka was driving their bus.

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"Da Bears" is in the common North American vernacular because of Ditka's team, a team he also played on for six seasons in the 1960s.

Ditka spent 10 years coaching in Chicago before rounding out his career as head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 1997 to 1999.

He won Super Bowl VI and went to five Pro Bowls as a player and was named to the NFL 100th and 75th anniversary All-Time Teams. He was two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year as well.

His cause of death is unknown at the time of this writing.

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Patriots QB reveals he has taken classes in conspiracy theories — and there's one major US event he is skeptical about



The 24-year-old quarterback for the New England Patriots may be only a couple of years removed from college, but he has still had plenty of time to look into conspiracy theories.

In fact, his time in college actually academically contributed to his knowledge of mysterious events.

'I took a conspiracy class in college.'

Drake Maye spent 2021-2023 at North Carolina and revealed in a recent interview that he has been doing some heavy reading.

Not only did he graduate from college early, the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft earned All-ACC Academic Team honors in 2023 and graduated with a 3.2 GPA.

On Monday, the quarterback let the hosts at WEEI 93.7 FM in on his own secret: "I took a conspiracy class in college."

This meant that Maye was prepared when he was asked by a fan which "wild conspiracy theory" does he rather believe in.

Maye prefaced his answer by saying that he didn't want to get too controversial on the air, and after remarking on the thick New England accent of the caller, he replied: "I don't know about the moon [landing], you know?"

Maye's answer had one radio host elated, who felt he was now in lockstep with his local quarterback.

"I think it's —" Maye began as he pondered the theory. "I can see back in the day of why we would put on the mask if we went there, but I'm not really sure 200% if we went there or not. I wouldn't say I'm leaning one way or the other. I just know I'm a little bit skeptical."

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The Huntersville, North Carolina, native seemed fairly well versed in conspiracy theories overall. While Maye said he is "not 200% sure" of the validity of the lunar landing, he did have the opportunity to participate in other wild discussions in college, too.

"Hitler being alive" was another theory Maye recalled hearing in the classroom, and "are birds real?" was another.

Maye described those as "some of the classic ones that you hear about."

The host rejoiced in Maye's apparent revelations and said he believed director Stanley Kubrick was behind the camera for the moon-landing hoax.

But the radio personalities did have questions about Maye's knowledge on birds being fake. Maye answered with the following: "Just, like, the government has a say in some of the, you know, things, you know, birds flying around and whether they're videoing or listening or something along the lines of that."

Fair enough.

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Belief in the 1969 lunar landing depends heavily on time and geographical location.

While some outlets reported that Americans' doubt in the lunar landings exploded in the 1970s, those numbers cannot be substantiated and may connect public sentiment to the release of the 1978 film "Capricorn One," which focuses on a faked mission to Mars.

A 1999 Gallup poll showed that just 6% of Americans thought the moon landing was faked.

Across the Atlantic, 52% of more than a thousand British people polled in 2016 said the landing was faked.

As for the other side of the Cold War, in 2000, 28% of respondents in a Russian survey said they thought America never went to the moon. Interestingly, 16% said they had never heard of American astronauts landing on the moon in 1969.

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Flock of Ravens swarm President Trump in Baltimore: 'Do yall know this guy?'



A day at the docks started with an unexpected meeting with some birds — Ravens, to be exact.

When President Donald Trump arrived in Sparrows Point, Maryland, to announce a new shipyard, he was met by a group of professional athletes.

'He claims that he's a billionaire!'

Trump, who consistently flexes his football knowledge, was greeted by four Baltimore Ravens players before an event announcing a major government investment.

Ryan Eckley, Marlon Humphrey, Tyler Loop, and Nick Moore all met with the president at Tradepoint Atlantic on Tuesday, as Trump was set to unveil plans for a gigantic logistics center in the Baltimore area, about 30 minutes from where the Ravens play.

Humphrey is seemingly the most outspoken of the players, at least politically, and was the only one to post a video online about the interaction.

"Do yall know this guy? He claims that he's a billionaire!" Humphrey wrote as a video caption. The video showed the 30-year-old cornerback sitting behind the president inside a moving vehicle.

Humphrey spoke in defense of the president when New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart received criticism for introducing Trump before a rally.

"The fake Trump hate funny to me," Humphrey wrote in May. "Majority voted for him but everybody seem to hate him lol ... Somebody lying."

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The New York Post reported that Humphrey planned to meet with the president to discuss his charity work and the commander in chief's shared passion for football and golf.

"Marlon Humphrey is a great talent, player, and leader for the Ravens," Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz told the New York Post. "He is also widely respected in the locker room and the city of Baltimore."

The new shipyard is being built with Anduril Industries, founded by tech and defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey. It is expected to create 3,100 jobs and cost $6.6 billion. The money will come in part from the U.S. Navy ($2.9 billion) with the majority from private investment ($3.7 billion),

According to the Guardian, the shipyard will be called "Arsenal Two" and will build torpedo tubes and other parts for Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines.

Taxpayers will reportedly have a "40% stake" in the facility, the president said. However, it will not be operational until 2030.

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Humphrey has a history of remarks in support of the president. In February 2025, he wrote on X, "I'm confused how everyone appears to 'hate' Trump but he won the presidency ... Some of yall lying."

Following the assassination attempt against the president in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, Humphrey remarked: "Trump took a bullet for America."

The Ravens are currently 3-1 and will play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Jason Whitlock: Nikole Hannah-Jones sacrificed her daughter to racial idolatry



Nikole Hannah-Jones had a choice: send her daughter to one of New York's best schools or enroll her in a struggling school that aligned with her beliefs about race.

According to BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock, the decision she made says everything.

Despite having the means to give her daughter the best education, the "1619 Project" creator chose to send her daughter to a low-performing Brooklyn public school.

“Nikole Hannah-Jones had the money to send her daughter to one of the best schools in New York. She chose a failing one on purpose, and her daughter paid the price. That is the whole story,” Whitlock says.


“And her own long explanation in the New York Times Magazine only makes it clearer and worse. Nikole Hannah-Jones’ own parents made the opposite choice for her. They lived in Iowa. They put her on a bus in second grade out of a segregated neighborhood into a school where learning was expected,” he continues.

“That bus ride carried her to Notre Dame, to North Carolina, to the New York Times. They chose the best experience for their child. Nikole Hannah-Jones chose the black experience for hers,” he adds.

Her daughter, Najya, was enrolled at PS307 in Brooklyn, which Whitlock describes as a “low-income segregated school that matched her mother’s beliefs about justice.”

Her decision, he argues, reveals that Jones chose racial idolatry over her daughter.

“She turned her daughter into a sacrifice to a race war she built in her own mind. Send my child into dysfunction to prove integration can work if good families just believe. Help lift the collective even if my own child sinks,” he explains.

“Scripture never asks that of a parent. A parent protects the child in front of him, not the idea in his head,” he says. “She even admits she thought family privilege would protect Najya from what she calls dysfunction and malpractice. That is an admission she knew what the building was.”

“You do not send a child you love into malpractice and dysfunction and hope status saves her,” he continues. “Love picks a better room.”

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Replacement complete? After 74 years, Canada's state broadcaster replaces hockey with cricket



Every Saturday for three quarters of a century, Canadians could walk through neighborhoods and see "Hockey Night in Canada" on living room TVs.

For the NHL's 2026-2027 season, that tradition is finally over, replaced with a sport popular in South Asia.

'A strong option for us to consider in our schedule.'

On Saturday, Canada's public broadcaster — the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — wasn't showing the rivalry game between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs, nor did it pick up the historic Montreal Canadiens game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Instead, it showed cricket.

Although, it turns out it didn't really have to.

As first reported by Juno News, CBC said it is experimenting with a strategy of showing a wider range of sports, specifically Olympic sports, during the time slot traditionally held by men's hockey. The CBC didn't have to go with cricket for the first Saturday of the NHL season; it chose to and ran with the top cricket league in Canada called Super60.

"As a new Olympic sport, with a major event being held in Canada, the Super60 was a strong option for us to consider in our schedule as we bridge from summer to winter sports," CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson told Juno News.

"The Canada Super60 was a unique and rare opportunity for us to offer live, world-class cricket, played in Canada on the public broadcaster," Thompson added.

The cricket matches aired at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET, the two time slots typically assigned to a game airing from the East Coast and the Mountain or Pacific time zones, respectively.

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"Hockey Night in Canada" began in 1952 and soon became an institution in Canadian television, especially when it featured former NHL coach Don Cherry and his "Coach's Corner" segment starting in 1986.

Cherry was fired in 2019, however, after suggesting immigrants to Canada do not respect the country enough to wear a poppy on Remembrance Day to honor war veterans.

At the same time, CBC had already lost national broadcasting rights to the NHL in 2014, but it continued to sublicense games on Saturday nights from Rogers, one of Canada's big-two comms giants.

This allowed "Hockey Night in Canada" to remain on the air — that is until this year when a new contract could not be reached.

"Despite best efforts, CBC and (Rogers) Sportsnet could not reach an agreement that worked for both parties," Thompson said.

This comes as the CBC boasted a $1.38 billion budget in 2024-25, up from $1.29 billion in 2023-24.

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Instead, Rogers has reached a 12-year sublicensing agreement with Prime Video, which will air "Wednesday Night Hockey in Canada" and some playoff games.

CBC, on the other hand, has become the official broadcast and streaming partner of the cricket league and will air select matches on television while the rest will go to CBC Gem, the network's streaming app.

"As the public broadcaster and Canada's Olympic broadcaster, we want to provide the biggest and brightest stage possible for Canadian athletes and major events held in Canada," Thompson said.

"We will be live on CBC Sports Prime Time as much as possible," he added.

The "Hockey Night in Canada" name, which belongs to the CBC, will now be applied to the Professional Women's Hockey League when the PWHL season starts in December.

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Fans accuse Chicago Bears player of performing Muslim prayer during national anthem: 'Is this respectful?'



The last thing the NFL needs is another national anthem controversy.

One online video, however, has the Chicago Bears in the spotlight for a player's actions during "The Star-Spangled Banner," and one online video may be all it takes.

'Don't pray to Allah during OUR national anthem!'

Before the Bears' game against the New York Jets on Sunday, wide receiver Kalif Raymond was spotted alone on the edge of the end zone grass at Soldier Field in Chicago during the national anthem, seemingly praying on his hands and knees.

Raymond rose to his feet for what appeared to be the final 20 seconds of the anthem performance, standing still.

Raymond was spotted performing similar actions before Week 3's game against the Philadelphia Eagles, also at Soldier Field in Chicago

Some fans immediately took Raymond's actions as a sign he is a Muslim.

"Don't pray to Allah during OUR national anthem!" wrote radio host Grant Stinchfield on an X post.

However, other fans quickly pointed to Raymond attending both a private Christian high school in Georgia and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, a private Jesuit college.

In fact, last Thursday the Bears posted a YouTube video with Raymond wearing a microphone on the field, where he is seen saying, "I'm going to thank Lord Jesus first."

Further evidence of his Christian faith comes from 2022, when Raymond said he was "just thankful that the Lord blessed me" after winning a game ball for his performance.

Still, some fans found the display disrespectful to the anthem.

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"Is this respectful during the National Anthem?" a post asked.

A reply stated, "Anyone disrespecting the national anthem like this (or kneeling) should be fined and suspended."

The NFL's most infamous controversy came when quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem in 2016. The former San Francisco 49ers player's performance was a vague protest about injustice and police brutality:

"I am not going to stand to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said at the time.

Many other players protested similarly in subsequent weeks, including retired player Ray Lewis, who joined the Baltimore Ravens' protest but decided to get down on both knees instead.

Other famous prayers in the NFL include former quarterback Tim Tebow, who made his name into a verb by "Tebowing," which meant to take a knee in the end zone to pray after scoring a touchdown.

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The NFL rulebook does not specifically mention conduct during the national anthem.

At the height of the kneeling controversy though, outlets referred to a league Game Operations Manual that encouraged players to stand for the anthem but didn't required them to. The NFL vice president of corporate communications confirmed this to FactCheck.org in 2017.

The previously listed operations manual no longer appears online, and the current operations manual mentions the national anthem only with regard to its maximum length.

The Bears organization did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Jason Whitlock: Cornell 7 case exposes feminism's sexual freedom lie



The explosive allegations against seven members of Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity have reignited a national debate over campus culture, consent, and accountability.

But BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes the story has taken over the news cycle for a deeper reason.

“Why did this all of a sudden become national news? ... I guess it’s intriguing or interesting, but ... see, it’s like they want us talking about this or it wouldn’t be getting the attention that it’s getting,” Whitlock says.

“The Cornell 7 wouldn’t be all over ... social media. Rape allegations go on all the time. Rape allegations on college campuses go on all the time. But clearly there seems to be something,” he continues.


“Maybe it’s conservatives. Maybe we’re pushing for this conversation. Maybe we want to expose the wrongs of feminism because the Lindsay Clancy case and this case seem to be putting those things in clear focus,” he adds.

“I think conservatives do want to show how wrong it is or how hurtful feminism has been,” Shemeka Michelle agrees, though she notes that “on the other side,” that’s not their motive.

“I think they believe they can show us just how terrible patriarchy is,” she says.

Meanwhile, Michelle points out that since the Clancy trial, she keeps seeing news stories about women harming their children.

“So it’s crazy because we’re seeing these cases, and so many people are just thinking, ‘Oh my God, women have to be protected. Look at what they’re going through. Look at what’s happening,’” she says.

“Conservatives are saying, ‘Hey wait a minute. This is not OK.’ But we keep seeing these stories because so many left-leaning lunatics want to actually prop up women like Barack Obama thinking that they can actually run the world and do it better,” she adds.

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NBA team hires and fires announcer on same day over teenage tweets: 'Asian people p*** me off!'



Everything on the internet lasts forever.

This sage advice was everywhere at the turn of the millennium, but play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell may have been too young to hear it.

'Girls these nights ... Smh.'

On Thursday, Bell was introduced as the new announcer for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, with the organization praising him for being "authentic" and a "great fit" for the team, local outlet KGW8 reported.

However, Bell's tenure would last only mere hours as that same local outlet dug up some old X posts (then tweets) from Bell — when he was only 15 years old — and contacted the Trail Blazers for comment about them.

Bell was promptly fired for his old jokes, which were later described by the basketball team as "racist, sexist" and "harmful."

Bell wrote in 2012, "I'm not racist at all.. But not gonna lie.. Asian people piss me off! Hahaha #Honest," according to images shared by KGW8.

"Gotta give a shoutout to all the big girls out there and those closet whores. #BigUps," read another post.

Other posts featured by the local outlet from 2013 included "We got a slut alert on aisle 10," and "Girls these nights ... Smh. #ThirstyForTheD."

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The Trail Blazers did not take these past remarks lightly and wrote in a statement that the team has zero tolerance for comments that are "in clear violation of team and league policies, as well as our values and expectations."

"Therefore, we will not be moving forward with this broadcaster."

The team went on to boast about the standard it holds for its play-by-play role, before apologizing to the city and fans.

"Everyone ... should feel welcome and safe," the organization added.

Interestingly enough, Portland as a city and the NBA franchise were once known for embracing misfits on the court. So much so that the team was referred to as the "Jail Blazers" due to how many players on the squad had criminal records.

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Critics of Thursday's firing pointed out that Oregon state law dictates that juveniles can have their records expunged for serious crimes, while Bell was losing his job over immature commentary.

Clay Travis, founder of OutKick, wrote on X, "We have to stop firing people for tweets sent when they were minors."

Travis added, "If this guy had robbed a store as a minor, his juvenile record would be sealed forever. If we don't hold people accountable for crimes as minors, holding people accountable for Tweets is beyond absurd."

Blaze News reached out to Bell and his agency for comment. Neither provided an immediate response.

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NHL launches 'Hot for Hockey' campaign to tap into 'hockey romance' culture — and the results are bizarre



The NHL says it has reached peak fandom and is looking for new ways to bring in additional viewers.

One way the league thinks it can attract new fans is by capitalizing on hockey-themed romance novels and TV shows, and the ideas are somewhat queer, to say the least.

'The popularity of hockey romance in not only this country ... it's unmistakable.'

The NHL is hoping to reach a "younger" and untapped market with a series of audio-only ads promoting players as if they are the center of a romance novel.

The "Hot for Hockey" campaign currently features five 30-second ads themed around NHL players, featuring titles like "The Summer I Turned Gritty with Trevor Zegras" and "The Storm Between Us."

"Hot for Hockey brings together the NHL's biggest stars and fiercest matchups, told in a way you've never heard before," the description reads. "Because off the ice, just like in love, it's all part of the game."

The clips have an average rating on Spotify of 2.84/5.

The campaign follows the success of the gay hockey-drama TV series "Heated Rivalry" and other hockey romances like "Off Campus," which has a second season premiering next year.

NHL CMO Sean Eggert even said that the league has contracted popular hockey romance authors to write and narrate the clips in hopes that it will direct listeners to check out upcoming games.

"The popularity of hockey romance in not only this country, but North America at large, even parts of Europe, it's unmistakable," Eggert said, per the Sports Business Journal. "You can't hide from it. And so it's a great opportunity for us to extend and reflect that culture back in our storytelling."

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Eggert confidently said that "younger" fans of the genre will pick up on the tonality and "lean in and start to share and hopefully take action."

The Philadelphia Inquirer spoke to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who corroborated that "the hockey romance genre is extraordinarily popular."

"The data is overwhelming," Bettman reportedly claimed.

The commissioner admitted that the content of the genre is not suitable for every audience or age group, but said hockey-drama fans are now connecting with the sport.

Bettman went on to say that while the NHL isn't exactly hurting for fans, they are looking to encourage those "not focused on hockey to take a look."

"I don't think we’ve ever had more fans. Our buildings are sold out. We set another record last season. Our ratings were up dramatically," Bettman boasted.

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The NHL is no stranger to controversial campaigns and promotional content.

When the league canceled its themed jersey nights after backlash over gay Pride jerseys, it launched its Player Inclusion Coalition just days later.

The coalition is explicitly focused on promoting race and sexuality, including with its race-centric "Color of Hockey" series.

In 2025, the coalition announced Hockey's Beauty Club, encouraging people (including children) to wear rainbow tags on their hockey bags to indicate that they support homosexuality.

"To have the bag tag on your bag, to walk into the rink, I think it shows somebody on your team that person's a beauty. That person's got my back," said former Minnesota Wild defenseman Jon Merrill. "He, she, or they are going to stand up for me."

Merrill was described by the league as an "active member in LGBQT+ communities" who has officiated hockey games "in a tutu" or dressed in "full drag" at other events.

The "Heated Rivalry" series has also been celebrated at NHL Pride nights, specifically noted at a Florida Panthers game in March.

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