The Latest Breaking News from Pride Night

The Hawks have three players born or with family in Russia, where a law was passed in December banning “gay propaganda.” Conversations with security officials prompted an organizational decision to scrap the jersey plans, per sources.

He also plans to boycott the warmup skate.

Minnesota Wild players chose not to wear a rainbow-themed jersey during warm-up for the team’s second annual Pride Night on Tuesday, despite a previous announcement by the team.

The incident comes on the heels of a similar controversy involving the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 17.

PHILADELPHIA — Coach John Tortorella said on Thursday that he had spoken to defenseman Ivan Provorov “probably a week before the game” regarding his decision to not take part in warmups on Tuesday night to avoid wearing a Pride Night-themed jersey.

Ivan Provorov skipped Flyers pregame warmups, which featured Pride Night jerseys.

Philadelphia’s Ivan Provorov: “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.”

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not participate in pregame warmups when the team wore Pride-themed jerseys and used warmup sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape

The Courage defender made the decision to not wear the team’s Pride jersey for Friday’s game.

When is advocacy not really advocacy? When someone is forced to support a cause they would otherwise not support. With that in mind, the Tampa Bay Rays made the right call in allowing players to decide for themselves whether to display LGBTQ+ logos and colors on their uniforms for recent…

A number of Tampa Bay players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday during a game against the White Sox.