Sports

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Encyclopedia Britannica Online Dictionary defines the word “blackball” as “to prevent (someone) from joining a group, club, etc., by voting against him or her”. Playing in a major professional sports league is a significant achievement that only the best athletes in the world are able to achieve but ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Celebrity worship has been a part of the human condition for as long as we have been a part of the landscape.  I think we sometimes discount the depth of our involvement in the social elevation of those we think of as being heroes, talented, or special.  Celebrity worship – of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mental health is critical for all human beings. There are several ways to maintain quality mental health that are different in effectiveness based on one’s circumstance. There challenges to mental health daily for all human beings as we face life and societal challenges that can weigh heavily depending on ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson, the character Doaker issues the following quip about time and how there is no way to stop it. According to Doaker, “Time go long, time go long.” For each of us, “time is the only thing that God ain’t making no more of.” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest storylines of the upcoming 2022 NFL season is that some notable and accomplished quarterbacks are playing for new teams this year. Indianapolis’s Matt Ryan and Denver’s Russell Wilson are playing for new teams this season despite rewriting the passing record books for their previous franchises ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When pro-fighter and content creator Andrew Tate envisioned how 2022 would expand his social media presence, it’s highly likely that he thought it would be a winning year much like his 43-9 kickboxing record. But instead, he is finding himself in an online fight to stay relevant battling against ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been debating the pros and cons of the impact of sports on the Black community with my good friend, and political commentator, Playthell Benjamin for several years now. Playthell is a huge sports fan and is of the belief that sports have been invaluable in their impact on ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It has been quite a month of August for major news for some accomplished Black professional athletes. On August 4th, WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison after being detained for months in Russia after the Russian Federal Customs Service found vape cartridges containing ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) He’s the boisterous voice in sports news with a large following. Jason Lee Whitlock is considered as a well-known sports journalist, columnist, and podcaster, at least according to Wikipedia. After a stint at ESPN and a series of Fox sports jobs, the Indianapolis, Indiana native found a home at ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a freelance journalist; this writer has come to realize that it doesn’t matter what sport you play; in order to compete at the highest level as a professional athlete, you need to be at the top of your game. The ultimate consequence was that more women were given ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) College sports in 2022 is nothing like college sports in 1992 or even 2012. As the college football season begins, the transfer portal has given collegiate athletes more power over their careers than ever before but even more than the transfer portal has been the impact of NIL. It ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Racism cannot just be shaken out of the fabric of society because, like dust from a rug, it dissipates into the air for a bit and then settles right back where it was, growing thicker with time. Police reform is a start, but it is not enough. We need ...