Darril Fosty

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.[2] 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. [5]

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[6]

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)[7] and John G. Dennison Award in 2020 by the Black History Ottawa board for the promotion of Canadian Black history and culture.[8]

In July of 2021, it was announced that LeBron James, Drake (musician) and Maverick Carter are producing the film 'Black Ice' based on the Fosty brothers' historical research in a feature-length documentary discussing Black hockey history, racial justice, and diversity.[9][10][11]

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, NY, 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.[12][13]

Fosty is currently living in New York City and is the co-founder of the Society of North American Sports Historians and Researchers and founder and Editor-In-Chief of Boxscore World Sportswire.[14][15]