(ThyBlackMan.com) Over this past year, many people in this country have been very interested in a guy named Lavar Ball that has said some of the most outlandish, ignorant, and very arrogant things in colonial media that has him liked and reviled by many people across the country. When I look ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the legendary basketball players of all time. He had an excellent college basketball career that included playing for a coaching legend at UCLA in John Wooden. His professional career in the NBA is full of NBA records and significant accomplishments including being a six-time NBA ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Professional athletes hold a special place in America. They are among the most visible figures in the country. They promote various products through endorsements in television, print, or radio. Being a professional athlete in a sports league like the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball seems like the perfect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a sports fan is a fantastic thing. There is love for a game, a drive for success, and admiration for the players. However, on occasion, folks can take things way too far. The important rule of thumb is to keep things in perspective. Watching the game on DirecTV’s Sunday ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Businesses have a right to impose rules regarding their employees, and protest, to protect their brand. Many of us can understand that concept. When a company chooses this right ALL their employees will be made aware of the policy, and are expected to comply. It is not a new practice ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) May 1, 2017, another chapter was added to the book of “White People Are Racist” – which, according to the perspective of many blacks, makes the book “Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus” by Madeleine de Scudéry, which is 13,095 pages spanning 10 volumes, pale in comparison. Baltimore Orioles center fielder ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2017 NFL Draft has officially concluded. The lives of the 253 young men who were selected during last weekend’s draft have changed forever as they are now professional football players after being collegiate athletes. While many of the former college football players who were selected during the 2017 NFL ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Jackie Robinson Museum is one step closer to becoming a reality, as the Jackie Robinson Foundation hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for donors on April 27, 2017. The ceremony will begin with special remarks made by President and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation Della Britton Baeza, Major League Baseball ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is important for black community to refrain from accepting the labels of others. When we accept negativity and false information it is very easy to turn on each other. It seems that some athletes and entertainers don’t seem to understand that black people are not an exception when it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Virtually every parent on the planet wants the best for their children but the problem of “helicopter parenting” is always a concern with raising children. Psychotherapist and parent educator Dr. Haim Ginott coined the phrase “helicopter parenting” in his 1969 book “Between Parent and Teenager”. The phrase became so prominent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the more important historical milestones in American history has reached his 70th anniversary as it has been 70 years since former Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line when he made his Major League Baseball debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A groundbreaker in the world of fashion, an all-star point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and recently anointed triple-crown king, Russell Westbrook has established himself as an electrifying presence on and off the court. Although he is known as a man of a few words, he discusses in a ...