(ThyBlackMan.com) The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida told us, once again, what most of us already knew: Black Division I men’s basketball players are lagging behind white student athletes when it comes to graduation rates. Although the study cites a long-term increase ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As teenagers, Jalen Rose and his Fab Five teammates believed that African-American basketball players who played for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke were Uncle Toms. That sentiment was expressed during The Fab Five, ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary film about the University of Michigan basketball team of the early 1990s. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “You promised that you would come to my game! Where were you?” “You said you would pick me up at 9:30 – and it’s 10:30! Why do I always have to be the last one to get picked up? You’re always late!” “How could you tell your friends about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everyone knows that athletes must plan and time their meals and snacks very carefully to reach their performance goals. But what about the rest of us? You try to squeeze in 30-60 minutes of exercise most days of the week. Do you have to be careful about what you eat ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the African-American community is going to throw a Holy Ghost party because Dwyane Wade has decided to do what the overwhelming majority of black men refuse to do — take full responsibility and custody of his two sons — then I’m afraid the crisis of absentee fatherhood, perhaps ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This article will outline the basics steps a Chrisitian needs to take to pray effectively. 1. The very first thing that a believer must accept is the fact that he or she is righteous. This righteousness is not earned but received upon accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you having trouble remembering the little things? Like what you ate last week at that new restaurant (or even if you liked that new restaurant)? Experts say that such “senior moments” are normal even if it occurs decades before you can begin to think about tapping into your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I went to see “The Adjustment Bureau,” the new film starring Matt Damon and Anthony Mackie. Mackie has become one of my favorite actors as of late after taking some very bold and promising stands on how black Hollywood can address the racism they are constantly facing from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Their History The landmark Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas unanimous Supreme Court decision rendered on May 17, 1954 stated that “separate educational institutions were inherently unequal.” In 1955, the Supreme Court would hand down another landmark decision, in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I lived through the Fab Five era within college basketball, literally breathing the same air and vicariously identifying with the brothers who brought power and style to the sport. I was approximately the same age as the five freshmen who took their team to the NCAA championship, and I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama will call for an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law on Monday because of features the administration says actually lower educational standards. The speech is part of a push by Obama to encourage a bipartisan revision of the law that was a hallmark ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) True or false: you can burn calories while you sleep. True! The human body is funny…one minute, you’re eating cookies all the time and thinking it’s great if you actually managed to get in four hours of sleep – and still can fit all your clothes. The next minute, ...