The Hockey World Is An Integral Field Of Sports Journalism

The hockey world is, and, remains an integral field of sports journalism. This essay will focus on the complexity of the National Hockey League, or the NHL, for short, is both a league and a corporate enterprise. This piece will examine the enduring practice of traditional journalistic representations of hockey and demonstrate the obstacles many journalists face when writing a comprehensive article. The task becomes difficult especially when candidates wholly adhere to a type of hockey lingo-rhetoric to circumvent speaking to the underlying issues in the NHL. This paper will express personal opinions and, correspondingly will explore a few of the social and political controversies. Also, a personal interview and commentary will ground the†¦show more content†¦A league he commends for his â€Å"great lifestyle† and the ongoing support of the NHL, such as trademark advertisements for his personal car wash and KIA dealership in Bolton, Ontario (Coffey, 2017). 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