(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think great winners in basketball some names automatically come to mind: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Larry Bird. How about Mario Chalmers, starting point guard for the 2011-’12 NBA champion Miami Heat? Not exactly who you had in mind huh? Last night Mr. Chalmers joined an ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been a Black man for quite a while now. It’s been a fun ride, with its ups and downs, but I have to say that in this journey, where half the world is working to secure your extinction, you realize that your ability to think and make critical ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By mid summer NBA fans from all over the world will have to find a new bad guy to jeer because Lebron James, like it or not, will be a league champion. The Miami Heat are up three games to one over the Oklahoma City Thunder and as every ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game in Chevez Ravine on April 18, 1958, nineteen years before I was born in Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn. That being said I have never actually had a “hometown team” to follow. Growing up in New York City I had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of things I have noticed about us as women is that we play the victim card like it’s the Big Joker in spade game. Some situations are we really the victim? Yes….but in ALL situations? Not so much. The following statement was made during a dialog on my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a true man of substance, you have to treat your own life like it’s a business. Treat it like a fortune 500 company. As CEO of your life, you determine which direction to go into. You set the agenda. You determine what your main life goals are, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know I am always posting a picture on facebook that sparks interesting dialog. Well last week was no different. I posted a picture of a young man, who looked to be no more than five years old, and he had on a t-shirt of who I presume to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While David Stern was being massaged by Michael Wilbon at halftime of game three of the NBA Finals on Sunday night I switched channels to watch the Cubs host the Boston Red Sox. Wrigley Field was packed as usual and despite both teams being under .500 and the game ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are currently doing battle in the NBA Finals and the entire world seems to have an opinion on who is going to win. Is Lebron James is going to close or not close? Is Russell Westbrook a true enough point guard to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So a friend of mine brought to my attention, cards designed for Mothers on Father’s Day and I was disgusted by the madness. If you are a female you are a MOTHER, not a FATHER. Even if you are a single mother, raising beautiful children, you are still a MOTHER. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is often said that the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting a different result! As we celebrate Father’s Day this month. I think it’s important to examine the impact of a rarely talked about disease. It doesn’t have a multi-million dollar prescription drug campaign ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After seeing what happened in Wisconsin’s recall election, it is apparent to me as well as anyone else who was paying attention, that Money Governs America. While many of us are complaining that President Obama has done nothing for the Black Community, we should be asking ourselves, what has ...