(ThyBlackMan.com) The beginning of 2020 got off to an emotional start with the passing of longtime former NBA commissioner David Stern. Stern died at age 77 on January 1, 2020 from a brain hemorrhage. He was the NBA commissioner for 30 years, which was the longest term by an NBA ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is hard to believe that the 2010s are nearly over but we are entering a new decade. America entered 2010 under the first U.S. presidential term of a former Illinois senator named Barack Obama and ends the decade under a businessman and former “reality star” named Donald Trump ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The world of ride ons is filled with exciting designs; from tractors to fire engines – you have it all. However, nothing quite beats the Classic F1 Cars. The world of Formula 1 has really taken off over the past few years. With Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen making ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you missed out on following sports in the year 2019, you missed a lot. The environment of professional and collegiate sports looks to be changing significantly and athletes are continuing to be vocal about social and human rights issues. There has been and will always be teams and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s not just time to learn where college football’s best teams will spend their postseasons with bowl games and the College Football Playoff, it’s also time for college football head coaches to be hired and fired throughout the country. At the highest level of college football at the Football ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two decades isn’t the longest time in the world but 20 years is significant in professional sports. The Women’s National Basketball Association concluded its 23rd season during the summer of 2019 and there have been some well-chronicled struggles for exposure, finances, and treatment of its athletes. Those struggles should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am sure that no one is surprised that ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith has once again become ensnared in a seemingly made for TV controversy. This time around it deals with the on-going saga of colluded against Quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Let’s be honest about Stephen A. Smith, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Lamar Jackson was drafted with the last pick of the first round in 2018, I initially thought very low of his ceiling. The Baltimore Ravens couldn’t pass on a talent like Jackson, so I sort of equated him to the Denver Broncos drafting Tim Tebow: a great utility ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Stephen Curry began to break out as an NBA star in the early 2010’s decade, the shots that he took and made were something the NBA hadn’t seen before. Shots that coaches in high school would typically cringe at; Curry would make at a routine rate. When Curry ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The last year of the 2010s as been full of nostalgia and history, even in sports. It is notably the 150th year of college football and 100th NFL season but there have been basketball retrospectives as well. There have been articles written that rank the best NBA players of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few years back, Ty Willingham, Head Coach for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, was interviewed about a tough, upcoming game. The TV interviewer seemed more nervous about the game than the coach, as they asked Willingham about his strategy to deal with a very potent opponent’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are over halfway done with the NFL’s regular season as most NFL teams have played 10 games. It is hard to believe that the most significant news that the National Football League would be consumed with last week would be two off-field matters, the brutal fight between the ...