(ThyBlackMan.com) Often referred to as America’s pastime, baseball holds a special place in the hearts of so many citizens in this country. But, like many other professional sports leagues in America, baseball once conspired to keep the best African American players from participating on the main stage. America’s history of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over a week ago, sports history was made following the LSU Tigers’ victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes for the women’s basketball Division I championship. The game drew 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2, according to fast national numbers by Nielsen, which made it the most viewed women’s basketball ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Among the many celebrities and notable people in attendance of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards was WNBA star Brittney Griner. During the event, Griner made an appearance on stage with her wife, Cherelle, and addressed the audience saying, “I want to thank everyone”. Griner also made a plea to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although the 2023 NBA All-Star Game was a bit of a dud, the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game had its share of interesting moments and characters from Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf to Jimmy Kimmel Live correspondent Guillermo Rodriguez to musician/actress Janelle Monáe. One of the more interesting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no doubt that African/Black hair is very special and unique. The ability to wear African hair in an incredible number of ways from afros to fades to locs to cornrows to many other unique styles speaks to the beauty and diversity of African people in the U.S. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African American history was celebrated at this year’s Super Bowl. It was the first time that two Black quarterbacks faced off against each other. John Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes played a good game, and the Chiefs won narrowly. The NFL is more than 100 years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Right after winning his second Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes continued the happy times at the happiest place on earth on Monday. Mahomes is spending the day with his wife Brittany and his two children Sterling and Bronze at; You guessed it: Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The Chiefs quarterback was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shores, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest names in college football the past two seasons has been Deion Sanders. The Pro Football Hall of Famer brought a lot of attention and football success to storied HBCU, Jackson State University, as their head football coach. Although Sanders’s departure from Jackson State to become ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a good reason for the euphoria legions of Blacks feel and express about the historic first of two African American quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jason Hurts facing off in the Superbowl. It’s been a long, agonizing, painful road for them and the NFL to get to that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every life has value. Every life is important. These important sentiments are emphasized in the ideal of “equality” that nearly every human being is taught as children and throughout their lives. It is rare to hear instances where a person was raised to “hate” other people or view a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Staying in shape should be a top goal for everyone looking to be happy and healthy and live a long life. Although sports tend to be a young person’s game, especially high-contact sports such as football and rugby, there is a sport for anyone no matter what age. It ...