In 2004 North Americans a bizarre story began to unfold when police arrested NHL player Mike Danton after a play-off game on conspiracy to murder charges.

Knowledge bank: Radu Naum, a Speaker at Play the Game 2005, speaks about reshaping the news in televisions broadcasting in relation to sport.

Knowledge bank: In an assessment of women's role in hockey, Laura Robinson revisits some of the cases of sexual abuse from her book "Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport". She also adds some very disturbing new stories about hockey players abusing girls as young as nine.

The case of accused rapist Kobe Bryant reconfirms the pathology of jock culture, says Laura Robinson in this comment.

The rape culture of the hockey locker room is on trial in Canada. Police suspects that one coach in particular is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 100 assaults on young hockey players, reports Laura Robinson.

Writing the book "Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport" was a six year journey for journalist Laura Robinson. Here she recounts the story of how she exposed a rape culture in junior hockey and how she has been deeply affected by the story.