(ThyBlackMan.com) Bob Stoops, the well-paid coach of the University of Oklahoma football team, thinks that it’s OK for his players to be broke and hungry.   Stoops, who just signed a nice contract extension of nearly $40 million over eight years, expects that his players and their families should be ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Surely you’ve heard the saying, “Money Talks.” But, have you ever wondered what it says, especially Black money? Have you thought about the facts that point out, quite graphically, that when money raises its head, or is put on the table, or is taken off the table, the attention ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What are the most common causes of hair loss for black women? The idea that thinning hair is a guy problem is simply wrong. Forty percent of people who experience temporary or long term hair loss are women. Some have hair that is thinning all over, while others see ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) William Leonard Roberts II is a clown. He’s a clown who has made a very good living pretending to be a notorious international drug dealer surrounded by guns, henchmen, champagne and women. He is the prime example of just how unreal hip hop has become. The stories Roberts tells ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Director Antoine Fuqua is one of the most talented people in all of Hollywood.  His films, including “Training Day” and “Olympus Has Fallen” have done quite well at the box office, and he deserves tremendous credit for his accomplishments. Of all the roles that Antoine might have played in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” – W.E.B. DuBois.“The Souls of Black Folk,” 1903). From the day ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of Cape Verde Jose Maria Pereira Neves.  This was the White House’s way of rewarding these leaders for their examples of good governance.  Receiving an invitation to the White House ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sharon Tirabassi was living the dream.  She won the $10.5 million dollar lottery in her home country of Canada, earning her a consistent residence on cloud nine.  All the things that she’d always wanted were wide open to her:  Expensive cars, fancy houses, designer clothes and expensive vacations.  Her ...