Bob Hohler

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Bob Hohler

Former Harvard women’s ice hockey coach Katey Stone cleared a key hurdle Wednesday in her $20 million federal lawsuit against the university as a magistrate judge recommended that all but one small element of her case proceed toward a trial. Stone’s complaints of gender discrimination and retaliation are sufficiently plausible to go forward, Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal stated in a 17-page report two days after hearing oral arguments in US District Court.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Bob Hohler

Former Harvard women’s ice hockey coach Katey Stone made her first appearance in federal court Monday in her $20 million lawsuit against the university for alleged gender discrimination, failure to pay equal wages, and retaliation. She filed the case last summer after Harvard gave her the choice to resign or be fired on the heels of abuse complaints from former players.

Jan 9, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Bob Hohler

“Let’s get vulnerable,” the coach said. It was late February, and the young women of the University of Rhode Island softball team were midway through a distressing start to the 2024 season: 15 defeats in their first 16 games. They had just lost their first game of the day on a trip to Florida and were soon to play another.

Nov 18, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Bob Hohler

Former Harvard women’s ice hockey coach Katey Stone asked a federal court Monday to keep alive her gender discrimination case, arguing that Harvard damaged her by refusing to defend her against “malicious and false allegations of misconduct,” many of which were reported first by the Boston Globe, then The Athletic.

Oct 30, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Bob Hohler

Defeated in court Wednesday, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released its state field hockey and girls’ volleyball tournament schedules after a judge upheld her temporary restraining order barring the governing body from penalizing Minnechaug Regional High School for failing to submit its full season schedules on time. The state tournament schedules were initially due to be released Tuesday.