*Tip provided by NoMaas visitor, Joe*
Joel Ward of the Washington Capitals was born in Toronto to parents who migrated from Barbados. He used to hear racist taunts playing in youth hockey tournaments, but told the Washington Post this season that “I’ve [heard] nothing in the NHL.”
On Wednesday night, Ward scored the series-winning goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime of Game 7.
The kind of racist language that Ward had avoided throughout his NHL career bubbled to the surface like sewage on social media.
“Hey Joel Ward!! You [expletive] spear chucking monkey, why don’t you actually DO SOMETHING. You’re totally irrelevant”
“How the [expletive] did Joel ward get out of my plantation? #WheresMyCotton”
“Warning to Joel Ward. Your one of three black guys in Canada. I will find you…and I will kill you.”
And so on. There was outrage across the hockey world about the language being used about Ward, and on Thursday morning Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis thanked those who called out the offending parties via his blog…
37 Comments
Josh Beckett April 26, 2012 22:03
Fuck the speak-chucking monkey. Fetch me some fried chicken and a Natti Light… or ten!
Darnell April 27, 2012 00:15
Can ya send some over to mah bullpen locka? And me an Carl need a fountain that spits out Natty Lite
Jon Lester April 26, 2012 22:05
Don’t fahget the bah-bah-que soss!
The Brown Mound Of Round April 26, 2012 22:22
Just turrible!
Ronan Tynan April 26, 2012 22:28
This is totally out of line. If he was a Jew on the other hand…
Delmon Young April 28, 2012 01:40
Touche
corey c April 26, 2012 22:32
FUN FACT: The Boston Bruins had a black player before the Boston Red Sox did. IRONY!
Buck Showalter April 26, 2012 22:38
Disrespectful to Flanny.
Carl Crawford April 26, 2012 22:38
They says its my elbow.
It’s actually a trip to “the fields”.
I should have signed in Anaheim.
Sully Fitzpatrick April 26, 2012 22:39
Wut da fawk duz dis halve to do wit fawking baseball you fawking black cawk sucking faggot fucks.
Moshe Mandel April 26, 2012 22:41
I avoid negroes in my neighborhood. They smell.
Sensitive RAB Guy April 30, 2012 18:41
surprise there are any Schvartzes in your neighborhood
TSJC April 26, 2012 22:59
We takin’ over Hockey too.
NoMaasistostatoriented April 26, 2012 23:14
shocking,,,there is racist bullying on the internet?
Ben Assfleck & Matt Demon April 27, 2012 00:05
They didn’t want us using the n-word in Good Will Hunting. How we supposed to be true to Southie?
Fever Pitch April 27, 2012 02:36
I am the worst movie ever made!
Celtic Pride April 27, 2012 09:29
Uh I challenge that statement.
Fever Pitch April 27, 2012 12:00
People who have seen me are very homosexual
Brokeback Mountain April 27, 2012 13:52
me too!!!!!
Come on now April 27, 2012 16:38
You really come on a thread ripping racists to be homophobic?
GOOFBALL April 27, 2012 19:25
YOU’RE A FAGGOT!
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Kuroda April 27, 2012 14:47
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Not Funny April 27, 2012 06:05
At least they didn’t shoot him, which is more than New York’s finest can say about Amadou Diallo.
feeling a little self-righteous today? April 27, 2012 09:05
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/03/30/williams_inspired_boston_not_to_hate/
This was deliberate. Good news is that one of the shooters ended up getting shot 9 years later.
Cash April 27, 2012 08:53
LETS GO RANGERS !!
The Truth April 27, 2012 09:30
According to Bill Simmons, those tweeters and bloggers do not represent Boston, but the internet. Honestly when is that asshole going to realize that his city has a reputation that it proudly lives up to whenever it can?
Joeybagonuts April 27, 2012 12:55
Except they just happen to be fans of a team from Boston. But we all know that fans of Boston teams don’t actually live in or around Boston. Yup. That makes sensed.
hi April 27, 2012 12:26
the REAL irony is, nomaas was recommended to me at a klan meeting.
Hitler April 27, 2012 16:03
Disgusting, how can they talk to black people like that? Now Jews on the other hand…
hi April 27, 2012 16:33
delmon young, is that you?
Your History Textbook April 30, 2012 12:44
uh, Hitler hated blacks, too.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino April 27, 2012 17:20
These twitters are an Alcatraz around my neck. As formal mayor John Collins, a man of great statue, once said “Boston is a city too busy hating to hate.” I simplify with this sediment. But this is a Yankees website. So much like a cookie, I predict the Yankee dynasty will crumble and the results will be delicious for Red Sox fans, as once again Varitek will split the uprights.
Sully April 27, 2012 19:31
I don’t get it? What’s the big deal?
Fitzy April 27, 2012 19:33
All I see is a bunch of people calling a spade a spade.