(ThyBlackMan.com) The University of Miami may see its storied football program go up in smoke after it was determined that a booster gave money, gifts and other sorts of lavish items to players in order to entice them to join the football program. So, it appears that the University of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NCAA athletics has become the new prohibition – the illogical construct that creates a destructive underground economy because leadership is being guided by an illusion of what should be, rather than confronting the NCAA for what it really is: a professional sports league. Some of our most highly educated ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Overshadowed and completely eclipsed by the news of a famous (infamous) recording artist is the news of the sudden passing of Ronald “Butch” Lewis. While discussions could be found all over the Twitterverse about Amy Winehouse passing away, there was not much to be found about Mr. Lewis and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Tiger Woods’ wife is not the only person who has a bone to pick with him. Tiger’s former caddy, Steve Williams, is planning to write a tell-all book about his life with Woods, and some expect that it’s not going to be pretty. After serving by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The sports industry is not just a signature aspect of the American way of life, but has also become a major component of the American economy. What distinguishes sports from other industries is the nature of its raw material: For the past fifty years, the prime raw resource in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My Uncle was big on talking about stupidity. He would always tell me two things: “the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits” and “the wise understand themselves and fools go on the reports of others.” I cannot tell you if they were passed down ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dallas Cowboys star Roy Williams got the world’s attention when he sent a $75,000 engagement ring and videotaped proposal to former Miss Texas, Brooke Daniels. Daniels had been Williams’ girlfriend for a year, but she turned down the player’s engagement request. She did, however, decide to keep the ring. A signed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am writing this not as an attack but rather to set the record straight. It is evident that the modern athlete, sports fan and sports talk radio pundit all contribute to what can be described as the selfish, self-centered, individualistic and money hungry mentality of grown men who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before there was LeBron, before there was M.J., even before Ali, Joe Louis was the greatest. As Langston Hughes so eloquently said of Louis, “No one else in the United States has ever had such an effect on Negro emotions—or on mine. I marched and cheered and yelled and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My mind is still unable to wrap itself around how LeBron James went from being considered to be a great athlete and team player to becoming one of the most hated athletes in all of sport. I hear people talk about LeBron like he’s the devil or a man ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In one of the most sickening displays of corporate exploitation, Red Bull has decided to create a basketball tournament that takes place at the infamous Alcatraz prison, dubbed “King of the Rock.” Bringing ballers from around the world, the ad presents imagery of black men dribbling basketballs and dunking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If your a basketball fan or just keep up with sports, such as myself, you remember the “big announcement” by Lebron James. His announcement made headlines; we all wanted to know the next NBA team that he was going to join. There was so much speculation about where he ...