(ThyBlackMan.com) Charles Barkley in drag? Say it ain’t so. To many Charles Barkley, the iconic former basketball player for the NBA will soon be donning a dress and wig across America’s airwaves. Why you might ask? Has he gone and lost his mind like another fellow NBA baller. “Sir Charles” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The media attention that surrounded Super Bowl XLVI proved once again that while baseball may be “America’s Favorite Pastime”, the sport of football is undisputedly America’s national religion. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported the February 5 game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots drew a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a young Big Ten basketball fan in the late 1970s, one of my favorite players was a silky-smooth swingman for Indiana named Mike Woodson. Whenever an Indiana game was shown in the Detroit market, number 42 was my guy. Woodson had a great collegiate career, en route to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve learned over time, that the hype machines seemingly created by the media have never intended to last long. The initial hype behind Ryan Leaf, Daisuke Matsuzaka, JaMarcus Russell, etc. can make a lot of fans and critics alike become skeptical of the next media monster alas Tim Tebow. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Move over, LeBron James, there’s a new NBA villain on the rise. With Thursday’s NBA trade deadline finally upon us, Dwight Howard’s season-long indecisiveness about his future with the Orlando Magic finally reached the tipping point, with the league’s best center possibly committing brand suicide in the process. It’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember Linsanity? That was sooooooo one month ago. One month ago the name Jeremy Lin was on everybody’s lips as the New York Knicks clobbered teams night after night on the basketball court to lead them to an 18 – 18 record. But that was then. The reality now ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With all due respect, to, Black History month, the month of March, shall establish the first Black Future Month, but not by lip service. By action, we can establish and inspire betterment for struggling blacks everywhere. WE CAN DO THIS! The San Francisco 49ers announcement of, the $1 Billion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first time I heard racism injected into the Jeremy Lin story was from a Charlotte based sports radio station where on-air personality Frank Garcia said he thought more people were into the Jeremy Lin story over Tim Tebow’s media hype due to racism. It is impossible for me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NBA and all its fans are happily captivated by “Linsanity.” The Jeremy Lin phenomenon has been the biggest story of the month, as the undrafted Harvard grad is the type of underdog story we all tend to cheer for. Add in the fact that in his short time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently got attention for stating that New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin is getting additional attention and adulation because he is Asian. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known for making comments that leave people shaking their heads, and that’s what makes him money. When I was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I receive a phone call from a friend of mine who teaches elementary school. She told me that she’d spent the week excited about the fact that some college basketball players were coming to her school to eat lunch with the kids. She thought that her inner city students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Three things we learned from Kobe Bryant’s divorce that we can take with us. Recently, it has been announced that Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant have filed for divorce and just scored a mega deal that even athletes and entertainers wish they could achieve. Vanessa now will take 75 ...