(ThyBlackMan.com) Perhaps we should start becoming players and to stop finding creative ways to get played… My head cocked to the side just a bit when I heard the news about Olympic Champion Tommie Smith deciding to auction off his gold medal from the 1968 Olympics. Tommie, of “black fist” fame, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The biggest sports story of the week has been Sports Illustrated‘s piece on Josh Luchs, the agent who admitted to paying more than 30 NCAA football players money from 1990-1996. Every reporter, analyst, talking head and person with a forum has weighed in. Paying players is a major recruiting violation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ralph Jones Jr., a brilliant 16-year-old who had his pick of colleges and chose Florida A&M University, chatted with The Root about why he went with a historically black school over an Ivy League, and the negative attention he’s getting for his decision…. When a boy enters first grade ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been working on a project with MSN called “The Invested Life” over the past several months. One of the things that came up on a regular basis was dealing with the passing of a loved one, and how this might affect us all financially. The person I worked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently read a very interesting story about how so many black athletes are being hammered by the financial devastation of child support. Their paychecks are getting zapped to nothing, only to buy Coach purses and hair weaves for the women who’ve had their children. Perhaps the sex was good ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Asking a woman for her phone number can sometimes be a difficult, even scary thing. After all, just being in the presence of a woman you are attracted to can be enough to get the old ticker pounding. Add to that her well intentioned, but thorough, grilling of you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t think it will surprise anyone to hear me say that I’m a mad Black man right about now. I’m angry that the image of Black men in America is once again, under attack. There has been one new stereotype added to the paradigm over the past few decades-the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just recently God told me to create a vision chart. The chart contained pictures, scriptures, words, and phrases that represented my desired life’s direction. It encompassed core areas including my career, social life, health, recreation, spirituality, education, relationships, and self care. To create my vision chart I perused favorite ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Aren’t all Christians spiritual? That seems like an odd question. Most would equate spirituality with Christianity, yet it’s possible to possess one and not the other. So what are the differences and what characteristics follow the spiritual Christian? To be a spiritual Christian means to be lead and to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Parents can often be frustrated by their kids’ unwillingness to share their lives with them. Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, there will be times when it’s difficult to “break through” and find out what‘s really going on. Here are ten ideas on how to create opportunities for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some phrases fall too quickly off of the lips of the masses. Take “Deadbeat Dad,” for example. How many of us even bother to think about other people who could be found “Deadbeat,” aside from fathers? For example, our very own society is a Deadbeat. First, because the overwhelming majority ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reconnect with your partner – make your relationship better… 1. STEP ONE: Reconnect You are with your partner because you connected with him or her about important and exciting things. Often, we let jobs, kids, and life run us. We get swept into the things we have to do ...