(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a lover of sports since I was a toddler and later becoming a professional basketball player in the NBA, it is safe to say I’ve had my share of disappointing moments in sports over the years. I remember missing the final shot at the buzzer of the Edison ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1999, the National Football League renamed its “NFL Man of the Year” award after legendary Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. Payton was a former 1977 recipient of the award and the NFL renamed the award after him following his passing in 1999. Today, each of the 32 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley experienced one of the biggest adversities of his life last month when his father, Robert Matthews Farley, was accidentally killed in an explosion that was linked to a gas leak. In a TV news interview at the scene of the incident, Caleb Farley emotionally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tuesday, July 25, 2023 was a major day for sports news across a variety of different sports and in different ways. USC Trojan freshman basketball player Bronny James, son of LeBron, collapsed during a workout when he suddenly suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to ICU and both Los ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On May 2, 2023, former three-time Olympic medalist and sprinter Tori Bowie was sadly found deceased in her Florida home. Bowie was estimated to be eight months pregnant and in active labor at the time of her death, according to a report from the Orange County (Fla.) Medical Examiner ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The landscape of college sports continues to change in a major way. It seems that every week several colleges and universities are leaving long-time conferences they have been part of for decades to join “mega” conferences. All of those big moves and decisions are motivated by money as most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s hard to believe that the 2023 college football season is about a month away now. Week Zero starts the 2023 college football season on Saturday, August 26. One of the major headlines of the entire season will be the pursuit by the Georgia Bulldogs of their third consecutive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had this gut wrenching feeling that Affirmative Action was on life support. When speaking of it, far too often black people are put in the position to explain why measures such as Affirmative Action is needed. While we are being told others understand our plight in this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Tuberville’s attempt to downplay and erase the racism of actual racists echoes attempts to downplay the violence of the largely White mob on January 6. More broadly, it’s part of the attempt to erase and downplay the role of race, racism and racists in American history and culture … ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last year Sports Illustrated magazine compiled a ranking system that acknowledged the most valuable and desirable programs throughout college football’s five most powerful leagues. Out of 69 Power 5 schools, the University of Wisconsin Badgers ranked seventh overall. The impressive ranking doesn’t hurt when it comes to recruiting. With the recent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life throws a lot of unexpected challenges towards your path along the way. During the course of life, academic challenges are part of that experience whether it is in elementary, middle, or high school. For many people after high school graduation, the next academic step is pursuing higher education ...