(ThyBlackMan.com) With the NBA lockout reaching a new low (or a return low) with David Stern’s announcement of the cancellation of the first two weeks, the class of pundits have taken to the airwaves to lament the developments, to asses blame, and offer suggestions of where to go from here. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Corporate men have made a nice run of fatherhood but their time is waning. There is a new breed of father on the scene that deserves respect due. I don’t mean to discredit the contribution of the former type of father whose head of household status was reinforced by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of us read with interest the blow up between NBA superstar Dwyane Wade and commissioner David Stern. In a heated discussion taking place during the pending NBA lockout, Wade told Stern that he “isn’t his child,” and then stormed out of the meeting. I read about the interaction with curiosity, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s nothing shy about Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr., one of boxing’s greatest champions. He doesn’t care if you like him. Just help make him get richer. The undefeated pugilist made about $40 million for beating Victor Ortiz recently. But Mayweather’s real talent is controlling his financial affairs. The New ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My brothers: I’ve wanted to write this open letter to all of you for a long time. That is because I am not only a huge admirer of what you do as sportsmen but also because I care, and I am deeply concerned about the state of Black male ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At what point did a college education become completely worthless to the collegiate athletes walking around on college campuses throughout the country? A few weeks have already passed in the 2011 football season and it still seems like more and more college football scandals are revealed and investigations seem ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I did not watch the fight. After a week in attendance at a conference, I was seeking to relax quietly at home. Then social media went abuzz. An on-line debate concerning sportsmanship began to blaze across my screen; an intense, polarizing debate. Curious as to the impetus for such ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The boxing ring has been home to many of sports history’s more controversial moments, some simply bad and others downright scandalous. Probably the most infamous occurrence in recent memory was Mike Tyson’s biting off of Evander Holyfield’s ear. Maybe some remember the shooting of Tupac Shakur after a Tyson ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last December, I wrote a column titled, “Michael Vick–From Vick-tim to Vick-tory.” The premise of that piece was that Vick made poor decisions which ultimately caused him to serve time in a federal prison. After leaving prison, his lifestyle suggested that he had truly turned his life around. This ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read about a report released this week showing that NCAA athletes are worth six figures, the only thought I could muster was, “that’s all?” Perhaps because I’m a Finance Professor, I’ve been hearing the “cha-chings” in college athletics since I first learned how business models work. Any activity ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Arizona, a state that is regularly accused of having a serious issue with people of color, received another stain to its reputation. This week, four white female students at Arizona State University showed up to a football gamewearing black face. The school asked students to wear all-black attire to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in the autumn of 2003, when the Rush Limbaugh experiment was hitting its vapid apex at ESPN, the king of the right-wing ad-hominem attack suggested, on air, that black quarterbacks were the beneficiaries of a clandestine, league-wide affirmative action gambit. This empty claim ultimately lead to Limbaugh’s ignominious ...