(ThyBlackMan.com) What do these four people all have in common: Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry, II, better known as Steph Curry, Ayesha Alexander Curry, Carvin Haggins and BriaMarie? Yes, they are all involved in entertainment at the highest levels. Yes, they all have achieved some measure of success within the industry. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was a kid back in the day, I didn’t watch very much sports on cable TV (and still don’t to this day) because I actually played PE sports like kickball (my favorite sport), flag football, tug of war, played sports video games, and I even played baseball ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Throughout this communique, I invite all of you to co-explore some of the issues profiled within and come to your own conclusions. In January, 2016, The Buffalo Bills hired Ed Reed the former Baltimore Ravens safety who during his playing career was an All-Universe, All-Pro, oh, what the heck; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) very March, people in The US create brackets, place bets on winning teams, picking teams, and winning money while watching March Madness. But The NCAA on the other hand is making millions and billions from ad revenue for a 30 second ads and in fact, they extract over a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret when a young black boy these days is asked what he wants to do or who he wants to be when he grows up, many of them would say things like I wanna be “The Next Lebron James or Calvin Johnson” or “I always dreamed of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For NFL fans, the Super Bowl is a bittersweet moment. Yes, it’s the biggest game in the sport you love, but it also signals something. It signals the end of the current season, and months until things start up again. Many men spend this time in tears curled up ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the past two decades, the role of black undergraduate competitors in university sports has changed dramatically. Ordinarily, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) promotes school athletic ventures as open doors for underprivileged minorities and inner city youth to complete a college degree when they might not have previously ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Cameron Newton has won the NFC Championship. He is the MVP of the National Football League. He, and the Carolina Panthers, are headed to the BIG GAME…the Super Bowl; what makes it all the more special is its Super Bowl 50. Everything seems to be going great for Mr. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Numerous recent articles have attacked LeBron James for his failure to engage in protests in support of Tamir Rice, a youth murdered by police officers who was acquitted of any charges. These responsibilities are unfair, due to Mr. James’ profession as athlete, entertainer, and coon. Commentators on such articles ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This season’s national college football championship has been decided, but no one knows how much longer we must continue to wait until the head coaching ranks are no longer largely reserved for White males, even those who have been failures at other schools. Although Blacks were 53.4 percent of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the University of Alabama football team prepares to line up against Clemson University Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz. to decide the national collegiate championship, it’s worth noting that the Crimson Tide wouldn’t be “rolling” in success and the money that accompanies it without its Black players, led by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After Stephen Curry dethroned King James in the NBA finals, a cross country discussion began about Steph replacing Lebron as the best player on the planet. In a news conference, directly after the game, Lebron, in his usual cavalier persona, informed every viewer that he, and he alone, is the ...