Friday, March 29, 2024

African American Community: Is Colin Kaepernick’s NFL Plea Betrayal Or Brilliance?

October 2, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Being a lover of sports since I was a toddler and later becoming a professional basketball player in the NBA, it is safe to say I’ve had my share of disappointing moments in sports over the years. I remember missing the final shot at the buzzer of the Edison Boys Basketball League in New Jersey when I was in sixth grade. ... [Read more...]

Black Community: The disgusting tolerance for “talented” athletes that commit domestic violence.

September 29, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Health, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) In 1999, the National Football League renamed its “NFL Man of the Year” award after legendary Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. Payton was a former 1977 recipient of the award and the NFL renamed the award after him following his passing in 1999. Today, each of the 32 teams has a nominee for the Walter Payton NFL... [Read more...]

Black Community: Two different HOF speeches emphasize African/Black fatherhood.

September 20, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Fatherhood, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley experienced one of the biggest adversities of his life last month when his father, Robert Matthews Farley, was accidentally killed in an explosion that was linked to a gas leak. In a TV news interview at the scene of the incident, Caleb Farley emotionally reflected on his father, and said,... [Read more...]

Black Community: NBA Jaylen Brown’s well-meaning but impossible method to “attack the wealth disparity”.

September 8, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Business, Money, News, Opinion, Politics, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Tuesday, July 25, 2023 was a major day for sports news across a variety of different sports and in different ways. USC Trojan freshman basketball player Bronny James, son of LeBron, collapsed during a workout when he suddenly suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to ICU and both Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert... [Read more...]

Black Community: The loss of Tori Bowie and the fragility of African maternal mortality.

August 28, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Health, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) On May 2, 2023, former three-time Olympic medalist and sprinter Tori Bowie was sadly found deceased in her Florida home. Bowie was estimated to be eight months pregnant and in active labor at the time of her death, according to a report from the Orange County (Fla.) Medical Examiner Office. She was only 32 years old. The loss... [Read more...]

Black Community: College football head coaches despise NIL and transfer portal as it gives players more power than ever.

August 18, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Business, Money, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The landscape of college sports continues to change in a major way. It seems that every week several colleges and universities are leaving long-time conferences they have been part of for decades to join “mega” conferences. All of those big moves and decisions are motivated by money as most things are. Things are very different... [Read more...]

Black Americans: (Georgia Bulldogs Football) What will it take to slow down speeding among young people?

August 3, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Health, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) It’s hard to believe that the 2023 college football season is about a month away now. Week Zero starts the 2023 college football season on Saturday, August 26. One of the major headlines of the entire season will be the pursuit by the Georgia Bulldogs of their third consecutive National Championship, which would put them further... [Read more...]

Black Americans and White Americans: Affirmative Action – We’ll Keep our Scholars & Athletes.

July 24, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, Education, News, Opinion, Politics, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had this gut wrenching feeling that Affirmative Action was on life support. When speaking of it, far too often black people are put in the position to explain why measures such as Affirmative Action is needed. While we are being told others understand our plight in this country, they understand the racism we face,... [Read more...]

Black Community: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville’s Defense Of White Nationalists Gaslights Americans On Racism.

July 18, 2023 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) “Tuberville’s attempt to downplay and erase the racism of actual racists echoes attempts to downplay the violence of the largely White mob on January 6. More broadly, it’s part of the attempt to erase and downplay the role of race, racism and racists in American history and culture … While Tuberville might not be a student... [Read more...]

Black Community: Is Kevin Durant’s “Call of Duty” video game appearance another military recruitment tool?

July 13, 2023 by  
Filed under BM, News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) “If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in... [Read more...]

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