user avatar
Katie Strang
@KatieJStrang
Senior investigative writer, The Athletic; Mama Bear to two fierce little girls
Joined August 2009
Posts
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    For decades, rumors of sexual abuse followed one Chicago-area coach, yet he continued to get job after job. Now, former players are speaking out. "How many people in power or high-power positions chose to save their fucking career by not telling?” theathletic.com/1591547/2020/0…
  • user avatar
  • user avatar
    NEWS: Scottsdale Police Department has confirmed to The Athletic that Alex Galchenyuk was arrested on July 9 on a number of charges including private property hit and run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest, Threatening or Intimidating
  • user avatar
    If the Panthers/NHL feel like he’s fit to be behind the bench, why is he not required to face the media and answer questions?
    Joel Quenneville does not address media following #FlaPanthers win - instead GM Bill Zito does. Basically says “no comment” until after meeting with Gary Bettman which he says is tomorrow at 2
  • user avatar
    All of us in the hockey community talk a lot about character. Enough that it's become distorted, nebulous, hard to define. Tonight Kyle Beach showed us humanity, courage, empathy. He spoke up, even at potential great cost to himself, to help others. That's it. That's character
    Kyle Beach — John Doe — apologized. It's hard to fathom. It was gut-wrenching and agonizing and even infuriating to watch. It also showed more courage and humanity than any of the feckless men who failed him. New column: theathletic.com/2917792/2021/1…
  • user avatar
    NHL is aware of the allegations of grooming and sexual assault involving Ian Cole. According to deputy commissioner Bill Daly, the league is looking into them.
  • user avatar
    The next woman addressing the court as Victim 190. We are at 190 victims now. It's one thing to digest this as a sanitized number, and something entirely different to see each of these women stand up, speak, shake, cry, and relive their pain. It is nothing short of staggering.
  • user avatar
    NEWS: Coyotes may be locked out of Gila River Arena by City of Glendale for unpaid arena charges and delinquent tax bills
  • user avatar
    I love Dylan Larkin for this
    Larkin knows those arena beers are expensive 😂👏
    00:00
    Sportsnet
  • user avatar
    NEWS: Scotiabank is pausing its sponsorship with Hockey Canada until the organization takes certain steps "to improve the culture within the sport - both on and off the ice," according to letter to open letter from President CEO Brian J. Porter
  • user avatar
    The ‘secret everybody knows’: Drugs like cocaine and molly becoming more popular in NHL
  • user avatar
    Reached out to City of Glendale manager Kevin Phelps for comment on Gary Bettman's comments that Glendale has an agenda in dealing w/ Coyotes. His response: "If Mr. Bettman and others want to believe that not filing 17 monthly tax returns was due to human error, then so be it ..
  • user avatar
    To anyone who wonders why players don't report, why they don't speak up, why disclosures can be delayed by years and even decades, this is why. John Doe disclosed allegations of sexual abuse to people in positions of power & authority who he trusted. This was the response:
    For 3 weeks after this group was informed of allegations, no action was taken. During that period, Aldrich traveled & worked w/ the team. He celebrated with the team, in the presence of John Doe. He got his own day with the Cup. He got a ring. Then he was given option to resign.
  • user avatar
    The callousness of this response from Rocky Wirtz is stunning. It's an important question, and he seems aggrieved to even have to field it.
    Replying to @MarkLazerus
    Here’s the full segment/video. Just ridiculous from Rocky Wirtz.
    00:00