(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2017 Houston Texans had a very disappointing season. The team had only four wins compared to 12 losses after they made the playoffs in 2016. However, in 2017, the Texans apparently found their quarterback of the future after Deshaun Watson had an extremely productive rookie season prior to suffering ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The hardest position in sports is that of NFL quarterback. NFL defenses are as complex and complicated as ever before while the speed, size, and athleticism of NFL defenders is at an all-time high. NFL quarterbacks have to throw difficult passes to wide receivers and other targets while also trying ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lights, Camera, Action! Kudos to Giannis Antetokounmpo (pronounced an-tet-o-KOON-bo), his surname meaning: “The king/crown/royalty from a foreign land”. He is more affectionately known by his teammates as “The Greek Freak” although he might be the center of attention whenever he returns to his Native Greece, the Milwaukee Bucks forward prefers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament concluded with an exciting finish as Notre Dame won the championship on a last second shot by Arike Ogunbowale. Notre Dame was led by head coach Muffet McGraw and was the second straight women’s college basketball championship for a female head coach ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If I am being honest, I scoffed at the insinuation that America’s fascination with entertainment and titillation had aligned her destiny with a Roman Empire that many thought would never fall from its position of preeminence. Most scholars agree that the fall of Rome is attributable to internal problems, not a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve deliberately avoided watching March Madness recently because I’m very aware of the massive exploitation of black athletes who run March Madness every year while mostly white coaches, commentators, athletic directors, administrators, and universities make millions and billions off of March Madness each year. Also, if you watch one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The issue of gun violence is among the most prominent issues in America right now. Due to amount of mass shootings in America and the recent school shootings and school threats, gun violence and gun regulation has become even more highlighted in American society. Last weekend, a significant student-led peaceful ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am quite confident that if you were to ask any random member of the so-called “conscious community” to list the most fundamental reason that Black America so frequently finds itself in a marginalized position, the vast majority would summarize our miserable state with a single word, integration. If only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Regular line markings on sports pitches have been in existence since the 19th century! This coincided with the formation of the Rugby Football Union and the Football Association. Each governing body started to introduce their own rules and regulations, which led to different pitch markings for the different sports. Also, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It would appear that Toronto Raptors’ guard DeMar DeRozan is living a life that many people would envy. He is a professional athlete who has been selected as an NBA All-Star four times and he will make an eye-popping 27.7 million dollars over the course of this 2017-18 NBA season. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “March Madness” is upon us as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will be in full effect very soon. However, college basketball and college sports has been under a significant microscope lately. The NCAA is being viewed and critiqued in ways that have never happened before as an evaluation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Men grow up dreaming of being an NBA star of an NFL quarterback and it sticks with them for the rest of their lives. Sitting back on a Sunday afternoon, it’s impossible not to get caught up in the drama and excitement that is professional sports. Sadly, your opportunity is ...