(ThyBlackMan.com) Tomlin is leading the Steelers to the Super Bowl for the second time since he was hired, but he’s still better known for his age and race than his coaching skills. Where’s the love? Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin got straight A’s at Denbigh High School in Newport News, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For Black History Month this year, African descendants all over the world have something to celebrate—the actual making of history. An historic event many of us thought we’d never see has actually come to be. Barack Obama was sworn in as the forty-fourth President of the United States. The question ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We think (bad about ourselves), therefore, we are (bad to each other). African descendants in America may not be aware of salient political issues, but we sure do love to discuss relationship issues–purely from a position of blame. “What’s wrong with (insert Black men or Black women here)?” Open ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I saw the final score of last night’s NCAA championship game where Auburn University defeated the University of Oregon, I sent a tweet to my friends that said, “Congratulations. Your plantation was the strongest tonight.” As the southerners who love Auburn football celebrate their championship, they may want to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History has a wonderful way of righting its wrongs. A person in South Africa no longer lives with the oppression of apartheid, Americans have a black president and sports can no longer be compared to slavery as it has often been suggested. Never before have the atrocities of man been ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Michael Singletary’s coaching style clearly doomed him as head coach of the 49ers, and here’s why… Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary’s skills with the X’s and O’s — the nuts and bolts of coaching football teams — were suspect enough. But even if he was deemed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Barack Obama is doling out congrats to the Eagles for giving Michael Vick a second chance after prison. But what about “average felons” who don’t play sports? Where’s their second chance? There has been a loud outcry in the wake of President Obama’s recent comments about star Philadelphia Eagles ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A Message for Fathers About a year ago, I was watching a reality show based on prison life. Inmate after inmate interviewed admitted to growing up without a father and missing the experience of having a father. I’ve heard grown women admit that not having a father in their lives ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to the Sentencing Project, more than 60 percent of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. Of black males at least 20 years of age, 1 in every 8 is in prison or jail on any given day. Given the disproportionate number of black males incarcerated, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was driving out of Atlanta the other day, speaking to my baby sister. She listens to me ramble, and that’s why I love her. Our topic for the day was black men and sports. I mentioned how I turned on ESPN in my hotel room (all 10 million channels) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” — (John 1:1) “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” — (Genesis 1:3) “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Maybe if its ominous presence didn’t live in my own back yard infecting my neighbors, I would be oblivious to its existence. And maybe, just maybe, since no one in my family has been recently diagnosed with this disease, it would just go away and I’ll be asked to only ...