(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The University of Miami may see its storied football program go up in smoke after it was determined that a booster gave money, gifts and other sorts of lavish items to players in order to entice them to join the football program. So, it appears that the University of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NCAA athletics has become the new prohibition – the illogical construct that creates a destructive underground economy because leadership is being guided by an illusion of what should be, rather than confronting the NCAA for what it really is: a professional sports league. Some of our most highly educated ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Overshadowed and completely eclipsed by the news of a famous (infamous) recording artist is the news of the sudden passing of Ronald “Butch” Lewis. While discussions could be found all over the Twitterverse about Amy Winehouse passing away, there was not much to be found about Mr. Lewis and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Tiger Woods’ wife is not the only person who has a bone to pick with him. Tiger’s former caddy, Steve Williams, is planning to write a tell-all book about his life with Woods, and some expect that it’s not going to be pretty. After serving by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The sports industry is not just a signature aspect of the American way of life, but has also become a major component of the American economy. What distinguishes sports from other industries is the nature of its raw material: For the past fifty years, the prime raw resource in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My Uncle was big on talking about stupidity. He would always tell me two things: “the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits” and “the wise understand themselves and fools go on the reports of others.” I cannot tell you if they were passed down ...