Alex Len’s trade to Kings has been ‘pleasant surprise’ this season – NBC Sports
Len will play a big role in the Kings' playoff chase, assuming the NBA season resumes with Sacramento still in contention. That...
Bill Mosienko scored fastest hat trick in NHL history 23 March, 1952
Bill Mosienko (1921-1994) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for...
Ukrainian sabre fencer Olga Kharlan becomes a new Barbie
"In celebration of our 60th anniversary and International Women’s Day, we proudly honor #MoreRoleModels than ever from around the globe in...
Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994
Known as the “Swan of Odessa,” Baiul was one of the most graceful and artistically accomplished skaters in the history...
Enterpreneur: Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion Dr. Wladimir Klitschko On Achieving (And Maintaining) Peak...
According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his...
Camille Ewald, Mike Tyson’s Ukrainian adoptive mother
Camille Ewald was born March 10, 1905, in Staromishchana, Ukraine, and was the daughter of the late Hnat and Anastasia Pershyn...
Boxing star Vasyl Lomachenko took traditional Ukrainian Cossacks’ Hopak dance classes for 4 years
Even as he boxed, Vasyl also played soccer and hockey and wrestled. At 10, he began traditional Ukrainian folk dance. It wasn't...
Dynamo Kyiv vs Barcelona among the greatest Champions League games
20. Barcelona 0-4 Dynamo Kiev Group stage, 1997/98 In 1986, a nine-year-old child had to be evacuated from his home in Kiev’s suburbs...
Ukrainians in NHL
Did you know that the greatest Wayne Gretzky is half-Ukrainian (on his father's side) and grew up in Ukrainian environment? His father Walter says that...
