(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 150-years of college athlete’s existence, college athletes have not been compensated, and lots of controversies surround this: If it is fair to force (NCAA) college-bound scholarship holding athletes to play for no pay? Keep in mind that they do not have a union to represent them. Unlike ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With over 2 billion downloads worldwide, the Chinese owned viral dance app, TikTok is seemingly a pervasive success. Thanks to President Trump, it’s also front-page news. On July 31, President Trump threatened to ban the TikTok app in the United States. After a declaration that Microsoft was in talks to purchase TikTok, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are not many sports fans who know who Garrett Temple is. The current Brooklyn Nets swingman is not a household name on his own team, let alone the National Basketball Association. With the NBA restarting its season last month, he hopes that his Nets team can make a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is very little new under the sun. The monument and statue destruction that we are witnessing has been witnessed in other times and other places. A tyrant’s first battlefield is to rewrite history. Most notable were the political purges of Joseph Stalin. The Soviet government erased figures from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the outset, I have to say that I’ve never been the biggest sports fan on the planet. So it isn’t a big sacrifice for me to say I’m not going to watch professional sports this year, or maybe ever again. I never actively shunned pro sports, and as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since social media has become such an important part of American life in the last decade, it plays a role in how people present their views and perspectives on numerous things. Depending on what a person shares on their social media, it is a brief glimpse into their mindset, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a rare day that some type of racial conflict does not land at my doorstep. Predictably, many of the alluded to racial discussions are with total strangers. Yet, they still leave an indelible imprint on my soul regarding the both the present and the future of this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Healthy competition doesn’t hurt anyone, right? Especially when it’s with your spouse. There are many benefits to working out with your partner. Motivation. Support. Accountability. Sharing a common activity with your spouse shows a strong bonding in a relationship. Working out with your partner is a great way to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You should be eternally grateful that the worst thing you can really say about Donald Trump is that he’s mean to knuckleheads on social media – and that literally is the worst thing you can say about Donald Trump without stepping into the territory of my new book, The 21 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Anyone possessing decent observation skills can attest to the volatile nature of Race and politics. It is a minefield that only a fool would rush into. In fact, one of the most reliable signs of an absence of wisdom is reckless entry into discussions of Race and politics. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Incredibly, the 2020 Major League Baseball season will start this week. COVID-19 has played havoc on the planet in many significant ways and has affected sports and sports leagues in a big way. This season will be a truncated 60-game MLB regular season with multiple differences than the average ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Coming off a successful series start with “Wilmington on Fire”, BLK Docs, an ongoing initiative from Speller Street Films and The Luminal Theater in partnership with Seed&Spark, continues its focus on publicly exhibiting documentary films specifically made by Black documentary filmmakers with its second monthly entry, a multi-layered story ...