Bio

Darril Fosty is the Editor, President and Co-Founder of Boxscore World Sportswire. Darril can be reached by e-mail. His job role also includes Reporting, Management, IT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darril_Fosty Darril Fosty Editor, President of Boxscore World Sportswire History Born in Terrace, British Columbia on December 21, 1968, Fosty's family moved to Kamloops, British Columbia, where he started grade one. After high school, Fosty moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he attended Western Washington University majoring in history and journalism and graduating in 1992. In 1994, Fosty wrote press releases for the Seattle Sounders FC sports information department. After leaving the Sounders, he worked for the Internet security start-up Zendit, now Authora. In 2003, Fosty released his first book with his brother George, Splendid is the Sun: The 5,000 Year History of Hockey. In 2004, he released the book Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League, 1895-1925 which was featured in a short documentary on ESPN[3] and featured on Oprah.com "Books That Made A Difference".[4] The book is credited with the revival of the history of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes. A documentary short written, produced, and directed by Fosty in conjunction with the National Hockey League Diversity Program called Black Ice was the winner of Best Documentary Short at the 2008 Roxbury Film Festival in Boston. Darril and his brother George were honored by the Shaka Franklin Foundation of Denver, Colorado, for the creation of "The Black Ice Project" and their ongoing efforts to preserve Black history (2008), teaching awards from George Washington University for the book Black Ice (2011) and John G. Dennison Award in 2020 by the Black History Ottawa board for the promotion of Canadian Black history and culture. In 2013, the Fosty brothers' book Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe and the Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939-1942 pointed a damning finger at American and British news organizations, including Time and Life, accusing the publications of leaking the Battle of Dieppe pre-raid information to the Germans resulting in the deaths, woundings, and capture of over 4,300 American, British and Canadian soldiers. In July 2021, it was announced that LeBron James, Drake and Maverick Carter are producing Hubert Davis's documentary film Black Ice, based on the Fosty brothers' historical research discussing Black hockey history, racial justice, and diversity. In 2022, Fosty released the book Nais-Myth: Basketball's Stolen Legacy which credits the invention of basketball to a 16-year-old volunteer director at the Herkimer, New York, Y.M.C.A. named Lambert Will who invented the game of basketball in 1891 only to have his idea taken and credited to James Naismith. He is the Vice President and Co-Founder of the Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers. www.sonahrsports.com as well as a Founder of the Black Ice Hockey And Sports Hall of Fame Conference. He also serves on the SONAHHR Executive Board as well as on the Advisory Board of the Black Ice Project for the purposes of identifying and preserving Black Hockey History. He has co-produced four hockey documentaries and pilots including: "All Or Nothing" (1998), and "Ice Wars: A Hockey History" (1999). In 2008, he Directed and co-wrote the documentary "Black Ice: The Documentary", winner of the Best Short Film Award at the 10th Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2007, he gained international recognition and acclaim for his historical work in the sport of ice hockey after being featured in the ESPN documentary "Frozen Out".