(ThyBlackMan.com) It should tell you something that Tiger Woods has picked the grandest venue in all of golf on which to stage his long anticipated comeback. No link, no hole or, opponent will be safe from Tiger’s force of freakish nature when it comes time for the Masters early next month, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled, and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protesters. This wasn’t a march against Jim Crow in Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Mississippi, or Cicero, The year wasn’t 1963. The charged racial confrontation happened on March 14, 2010 in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I curiously watched the press conference held last week to celebrate the New Jersey Nets (well, not quite New Jersey anymore) stadium set to be built in Brooklyn. A group of investors, led by Bruce Ratner, were joined by many prominent New York public figures to celebrate the ground-breaking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tom Burrell understands the power of the media. The marketing communications and advertising pioneer revolutionized the images of African-Americans in television and print ads. He knows the difference between a campaign that prompts brand loyalty based on an appeal to a group’s values and one that plays to their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost 80 percent of National Football League players are flirting with bankruptcy two years after they retire, according to Sports Illustrated. NBA players aren’t faring much better. 60 percent of former National Basketball Association players end up broke within five years of retirement. Athletes squander millions of dollars due ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For all of those who questioned why President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, (me included) there’s a bright side. Several very worthwhile charities will benefit from the $1.4 million award that comes with the prize, including six groups that help kids get to college, Haitian relief efforts and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “This be jail, n***a,” the young man intones, jokingly. “Not no a spiritual retreat or your recording studio.” Such was the assessment of one my African-American Georgetown students, Derek Bowen, age 20, before he moved on to something more important to him: celebrating the the Georgetown Hoyas’ Big East Tournament ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2006, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Bill Thomas, sent a letter to NCAA President, Myles Brand. In this letter, Thomas had this to say: “The annual return also states that one of the NCAA’s purposes is to ‘retain a clear line of demarcation between intercollegiate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How the War on Drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste. Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its 44th president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If The Mo’Kelly Report has been anything over the years, it has been both consistent and fair. For every story Mo’Kelly has written in derision of a John Mayer, Michael Richards or even Dog the Bounty Hunter, you will also find one equally critical of Gilbert Arenas/Plaxico Burress, the Duke ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) PROSTATE cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Each year, men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, and it will claim lives. About 198 100 new cases will be diagnosed this year and about 31 500 men will die of the disease this year. Research ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2010 Census is coming! Will you stand up and be counted? Every missing black person translates to a loss of roughly $13,000 in federal dollars for his community until the next census in 2020. This is a lot of money. On the 2010 Census you only need to ...