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Brendan Burke, the Glossary

Brendan Gilmore Burke (December 8, 1988 – February 5, 2010) was an athlete and student manager at Miami University for the RedHawks men's ice hockey team.^[1]

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Activism

Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

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Anaheim Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California.

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Arizona Coyotes

The Arizona Coyotes were a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area, which competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (1996–1998, 2021–2024) and the Pacific Division (1998–2020) in the Western Conference, and the West Division (2020–2021).

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Battle of Ontario

The Battle of Ontario (Bataille de l'Ontario) is a National Hockey League (NHL) rivalry between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Bill Delahunt

William David Delahunt (July 18, 1941March 30, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brent Sopel

Brent Bernard Sopel (born January 7, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Brian Burke (ice hockey)

Brian P. Burke (born June 30, 1955) is an American-Canadian ice hockey executive, currently the Executive Director of the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association (PWHLPA).

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Canton, Massachusetts

Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in both Northeast D.C. and Southeast D.C..

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CBC Television

CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.

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Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago.

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Chicago Pride Parade

The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially (and formerly) called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade or PRIDE Chicago, is an annual pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.

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Defenceman

Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring.

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Dog tag

Dog tag is an informal but common term for a specific type of identification tag worn by military personnel.

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Economy, Indiana

Economy is a town in Perry Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Enrico Blasi

Enrico Blasi (born February 16, 1972) is an American hockey coach, former player and athletics administrator who currently serves as head coach at the University of St. Thomas.

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard

The February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, commonly referred to as Snowmageddon, was a blizzard that had major and widespread impact in the Northeastern United States.

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Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Jeep Grand Cherokee

The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a range of mid-size SUVs produced by the American manufacturer Jeep.

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John Amaechi

John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE (born 26 November 1970) is an English-American psychologist, consultant and former professional basketball player. Brendan Burke and John Amaechi are American gay sportsmen.

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John McDonough (sports executive)

John McDonough (born May 19, 1953) is an American sports executive who spent two decades with the Chicago Cubs.

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Lake Superior State University

Lake Superior State University (colloquially Lake State, Soo Tech, and LSSU) is a public college in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

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LGBT

is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".

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Machismo

Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity".

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey

The Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.

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Miami University

Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

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Moment of silence

A moment of silence (also referred to as a minute's silence or a one-minute silence) is a period of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection, or meditation.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The annual NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the top men's team in Division I. Like other Division I championships, it is the highest level of NCAA men's hockey competition.

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News magazine

A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Outsports

Outsports is a sports news website concerned with LGBT issues and personalities in amateur and professional sports.

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Oxford, Ohio

Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States.

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Paul Tagliabue

Paul John Tagliabue (born November 24, 1940) is an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL).

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PFLAG

PFLAG is the United States' largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people and those who love them.

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Pride Toronto

Pride Toronto is an annual event held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in June each year.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Sigma Phi Epsilon

Sigma Phi Epsilon (ΣΦΕ), commonly known as SigEp, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States.

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Sophomore

In the United States, a sophomore is a person in the second year at an educational institution; usually at a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.

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St. Louis Blues

The St.

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Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Fifth Estate (TV program)

The Fifth Estate is an English-language Canadian investigative documentary series that airs on the national CBC Television network.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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The Sports Network

The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by CTV Specialty Television, owned jointly by Bell Media (70%) and ESPN Inc. (30%), itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

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The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger is the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto.

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Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

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United States men's national ice hockey team

The United States men's national ice hockey team is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with its U18 and U17 development program in Plymouth, Michigan.

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USA Hockey

USA Hockey is the national ice hockey organization in the United States.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Varsity team

Varsity teams are sports teams that compete in university sports events.

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Westwood, Massachusetts

Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Xaverian Brothers High School

Xaverian Brothers High School (XBHS) was founded in 1963 by the Xaverian Brothers.

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Yahoo!

Yahoo! (styled yahoo! in its logo) is an American web services provider.

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Yahoo! Sports

Yahoo! Sports is a sports news website launched by Yahoo! on December 8, 1997.

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You Can Play

You Can Play is a social activism campaign that aims to eliminate homophobia in sports, based on the slogan, "If you can play, you can play." The campaign was launched on March 4, 2012, by three co-founders: Patrick Burke (a scout for the Philadelphia Flyers and son of Brian Burke), Brian Kitts, and Glenn Witman (both affiliated with GForce Sports).

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2009–10 NHL season

The 2009–10 NHL season was the 93rd season of operation (92nd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Burke

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See also

Canadian gay sportsmen

Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey

Xaverian Brothers High School alumni

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