Our Men’s Hockey Team’s Historic Win Was Just Too Much for Sports Writers to Bear

Our Men’s Hockey Team’s Historic Win Was Just Too Much for Sports Writers to Bear

After Team USA’s historic gold, sports writers fixated on Trump and “jingoism” instead of simply celebrating an American victory.

Lefty Nation Mag Can’t Stand US Hockey Winners: Players Are Pro-Trump ‘Lickspittles’

Dave Zirin, who is allegedly the sports editor for the hard-left political magazine The Nation when he’s not issuing nasty, virulently anti-Israel takes, co-wrote “The Ugly Underbelly of the US Hockey Victory” with political science professor Jules Boykoff. After the U.S. hockey team’s thrilling, gold-medal winning overtime win over arch-rivals Canada, the president of the United States called to congratulate them and they had a friendly, jokey …