(ThyBlackMan.com) Major League Baseball’s home run king, Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron has just knocked another one out of the park. But this time, Aaron wasn’t on a baseball diamond. Aaron stood up boldly on the national stage and blasted a political homerun against Republicans who have made a sport of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always loved Stephen A. Smith. His energy, intellect and instinct as a sports analyst is second-to-none. I also appreciate the fact that every time I was on Stephen’s Show (“Quite Frankly, which ESPN should never have taken off the air), he always treated me with decency and respect. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t go out of my way to meet very many people. I’m not sure if this makes me anti-social or not, but it’s just a fact. In the course of my work, I’ve been blessed with the chance to bump into some extraordinary souls, and brilliant individuals who’ve ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am good friends with former NBA player Etan Thomas. I consider Etan to be one of the great athletes of our generation not just because he was an outstanding performer on the court, but also because he excels just as much off the court. His promotion of fatherhood and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like the rest of the world, I was stunned to hear Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant argue that it was somehow an unecessary burden for a black man to stand in support of the late Trayvon Martin. If anything, the Trayvon Martin case brought black people together in ways ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Leave it to comedian Bill Maher to inject humor into the truth in such a way that it accelerates the bite on those who are trying to find the opposite side of the argument. Bill Maher goes over the top at times and there are cases where he’s even ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) March Madness is a wonderful time of the year for sports fans. The excitement of young players fighting hard to advance their schools in the tournament can be intoxicating to the viewer. The game of basketball is like a religion to some, especially in my home state of Kentucky, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Danny Manning knows a thing or two about the NCAA Basketball Tournament (aka “The Big Dance”). In 1988 as a senior at Kansas University, Manning and an upstart team coached by Larry Brown danced all the way to the Division I title. That squad was often referred to as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of us saw the ESPN 30-for-30 episode called “Broke.” This was a tragic and borderline comedic display of professional athletes who’ve gone from riches to rags in no time flat. These stories make me sad because, despite the lessons we’ve learned from the past, we will continue to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) March is a wild and magical time for college basketball fans and 20 years ago this time of year belonged to Nolan Richardson, when his Arkansas Razorbacks won the 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division I title. In capturing the crown with a 76-72, triumph over fabled ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wanted to share a very quick thought about a conversation I had this morning. Someone got mad at me for saying this, but I stand by it till the end: Men who have lots of kids with lots of women damage the black community as much or more than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last season, Washington Redskins’ tackle Trent Williams was accused of directing use of the N-word toward a referee during a nationally-televised game. His action is just one of the many instances that the term tends to be thrown around freely in the face of self-respecting Black/African-American sports fans and ...