(ThyBlackMan.com) As we approach a new season of pro football, the league and its players have yet again proven incapable of coming up with an effective response that addresses the issue of the players engaging in various levels of protests when the national anthem is played before the game. In PR ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are on the doorstep of the beginning of the 2018 college football season. Over 120 teams will compete for bowl bids, conference championships, and to be among the four teams selected in the College Football Playoff to conclude the college football season. This year will be filled with talented ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Other than being an actual player in the NBA, the most high profile titles in the NBA (other than owner of a NBA team) are head coach and general manager/president. The NBA is now as talented as it has ever been before with a diversity of different talents from all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Colin Kaepernick, in 2016, in a preseason game in August against the Green Bay Packers, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California did not stand for the national anthem. Kaepernick commented, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, a big football scandal has rocked The University Of Maryland to its core when a white football coach named DJ Durkin was placed on paid administrative leave by the university after they found a black Maryland football player named Jordan McNair had died of a heatstroke he had sustained ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To some the NFL is something they can discard easily. For them its easy to protest if there are not any family or emotional ties to the game that transcend the gridiron. When I think about the NFL my mind reflects on my late father. I’m a Saints fan because ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony was arguably the highlight of the sports weekend last weekend. There were plenty of interesting and varied personalities that took the stage to describe their journeys towards being recognized as one of the best football players and contributors in pro football history. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As expected, a few National Football League (NFL) players have chosen to throw caution to the wind and continue their protests during the playing of the National Anthem despite stern warnings from NFL owners. In front of a nation of on-lookers, Miami Dolphin Wide Receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hitler had it all planned out. The Games of the XI Olympiad (the 1936 Summer Olympics) to be held in Berlin would showcase his theory of Aryan superiority. A new 100,000 seat stadium was built to house the track and field events. These would be the first Olympic Games to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Can you imagine how much President Donald Trump and NBA superstar LeBron James could accomplish together for the benefit of young black Americans if they set aside their egos and political differences to work together? So, what’s stopping this from happening? I doubt it’s what you think. As distasteful as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I tip my cap to LeBron James and his entire team for achieving what has proven extremely difficult, if not impossible for many others. Of course, I am referring to the I Promise School located in Lebron’s hometown of Akron, Ohio. Anyone involved in the administration, let alone the creation, ...