(ThyBlackMan.com) High School basketball star Tony Farmer stole his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment building where he beat and kicked the crap out of her. He took her belongings, berated her and attempted to drag her out of her building by her hair to do her further harm. This was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Condoleezza Rice has a book titled: No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington. The question is “how high an honor” does the former secretary of state consider her invitation for membership in the Augusta National Golf Club? Racism has always been a major issue in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Has Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, lost his mind? He is one of the few media-appointed leaders of Black folk that I actually have some level of respect for. But his recent attack on Nike and basketball player LeBron James has greatly diminished my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This Monday marks the start of the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament. Granted the ‘Open’ is one of the four majors along with The Australian, French and of course Wimbeldon, but it’s much bigger than that for me. It’s special. I, like millions of people the world over, love ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nike, being the marketing geniuses that they happen to be, are always testing the limits of our collective ignorance. The new LeBron X sneaker being released by Nike will take the company to the mountain top by charging a whopping $315 for a pair of plastic sneakers that probably ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tyrann Mathieu is arguably the nations bets cornerback and return man. There might not be an argument that he is the most exciting player in college football. There were a number of times last season Tyrann Mathieu was LSU Tiger’s best ‘offensive’ option. Ask the Georgia Bulldogs and their fans, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t so sure what to make of the latest release of the reality minstrel show known as the marriage of Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Evelyn Lozada. Evelyn is one of the many women on that hit TV show “Basketball Baby’s Mamas.” (Wait, it might be “Basketball Wives,” but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The debate about Olympic Champion Gabby Douglas and her father Timothy continues. A recent article in Newsone questions whether or not Douglas was there for his daughter or not, and there are other reports stating that Timothy Douglas was not the doting father that he appeared to be when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you have not been keeping up with track & field, one of the more popular Olympic sports, then you missed the much publicized American track star Lolo Jones’s failure to obtain an Olympic medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in her second try. However, Olympic athletes like Lolo ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been four years since the Southern California Trojans, from an offensive and team standpoint, have been one of the alpha dogs of the college football landscape. Amidst scandal and a couple of down seasons, the USC Trojans took a backseat as Oklahoma State, Oregon and Alabama became mainstays ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) THE United States men’s basketball team defeated Lithuania 99-94 on August 3 to move to 4-0 with one game remaining in the group phase of Olympic competition. During the tightly contested matchup (it should be ‘tightly’ contested, every man on the floor is a highly respected professional) ll the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret that there are lack of star-studded centers that currently reside in the NBA. Detroit Pistons center Greg Monroe could possibly rise in the ranks as one of the big men and talents in the NBA in the near future. Greg Monore at 6’11” and 250 pounds, ...