(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to major college sports, the conference that gets most national affection is the Southeastern Conference, known by sports fans as the “SEC”. It is not unusual for college football, college basketball, or even non-revenue sports featuring SEC teams to have fans chanting “SEC! SEC!” if their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s not a secret to anyone, that professional athletes have to stick to a strict diet for ages, especially when they are professionally active. But it’s also not a secret that many of our fan favorites have their guilty pleasures in terms of food and indulge from time to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although a lot of focus was on the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery last month and likely number one pick Zion Williamson, it is also the 20th anniversary of 1999 NBA Draft. Among the interesting things about the 1999 NBA Draft was that it eventually had nine NBA players drafted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ken Carter (Samuel Jackson) takes over as the head coach of the basketball team at Richmond High School, the team he played for in high school. He notices that the athletes are disrespectful towards the coaches and each other. He starts off by handing the players contracts, which state ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is tough for men’s college basketball to make waves during the month of May. The NBA and NHL Playoffs take center stage as their respective championship series are about to commence. The University of Michigan’s hire of former Michigan basketball star Juwan Howard as their men’s basketball head ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Summer time is just about among us and that means finding the kids something to do. Activities about the neighborhood, summer reading programs, Vacation Bible School, summer school, family trips, apprenticeships, volunteering, and yes, sports. Sports: The Undefeated King of Summer I’m sure many of us have done a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Norman Vincent Peale, the Christian philosopher and author of the best-selling book “The Power of Positive Thinking,” is credited with having coined several axioms that have become fairly commonplace in the American lexicon. Among these is the phrase “We tend to get what we expect.” While this may seem ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his book “Discrimination and Disparities,” economist Thomas Sowell notes that a disproportionate percentage of first-born siblings become National Merit scholars compared to siblings born later, presumably because the first-born starts life with no sibling competition for parental attention. This, says Sowell, illustrates the absurdities of expecting equal results ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the more interesting storylines of the hit ABC sitcom, Black-ish, is that the Johnson family’s oldest son, Junior, is taking a gap year following his graduating high school to evaluate what he wants to do in life. His decision caused some tension between himself and his parents ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The challenge of being a racial numerical minority in a historically white profession or career comes with numerous difficulties. It can be emotionally and mentally draining to feel like you have to dispel negative racial stereotypes while at work constantly. The sport of NASCAR has not been the most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So, you want to play professional sports here in these great United States of America? I’d first like to ask you why? Is it because you want to make a lot of money? Because if that’s the case you can find a lot of other ways to make a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many years to come the question will be asked ‘where were you when Spurs played City away in the Champions League’? This game may not have been for a trophy directly but Tottenham have achieved something truly special here, vanquishing big spending City with Guardiola at the helm, ...