(ThyBlackMan.com) The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida told us, once again, what most of us already knew: Black Division I men’s basketball players are lagging behind white student athletes when it comes to graduation rates. Although the study cites a long-term increase ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As teenagers, Jalen Rose and his Fab Five teammates believed that African-American basketball players who played for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke were Uncle Toms. That sentiment was expressed during The Fab Five, ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary film about the University of Michigan basketball team of the early 1990s. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I lived through the Fab Five era within college basketball, literally breathing the same air and vicariously identifying with the brothers who brought power and style to the sport. I was approximately the same age as the five freshmen who took their team to the NCAA championship, and I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The pending lockout of NFL players is expected by some to be a matter of history repeating itself. Team owners, hungry to earn an even larger profit from their business ventures, are going to keep the players off the field until they get what they want. Some might naively ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII, I remember hearing Redskins radio commentator and Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff say that it was his hope that the stereotype of the black athlete not having the mental capacity to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As March Madness approaches, millions of people across America will be glued to their TV sets in order to witness the amazing athleticism of college athletes from a plethora of universities. Many, if not most of the leading athletes we see on the court will be African American, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) New York Congressman Peter King and Arizona Senator John McCain have re-introduced their resolution to pardon legendary black boxer Jack Johnson for a bogus crime that happened a century ago. King and McCain first introduced the resolution a few years ago. There was no opposition to the resolution in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nearly two weeks have passed since Super Bowl XLV, and although I no longer remember the score or Aaron Rodgers’ passing yardage or the number of advertisements that featured some sort of boneheaded lug and a potato chip, one figure refuses to escape my temporal lobe: $200. That’s the amount ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So, you want to know about Black Thanksgiving? That’s what sports writer Mike Wilbon calls NBA All-Star Weekend. First of all, what you need to know about Wilbon, whom I love, is that he has been known to exaggerate just a touch on occasion. But on this one, he’s on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The worlds of sports and politics are invariably intertwined in a multifaceted, complex and convoluted mixed that is in the words of jazz legend Miles Davis, a “Witches Brew.” On one hand, sports is entertainment, and an escape from the doldrums that permeate peoples’ everyday existence. Yet on the other ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tomlin is leading the Steelers to the Super Bowl for the second time since he was hired, but he’s still better known for his age and race than his coaching skills. Where’s the love? Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin got straight A’s at Denbigh High School in Newport News, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I saw the final score of last night’s NCAA championship game where Auburn University defeated the University of Oregon, I sent a tweet to my friends that said, “Congratulations. Your plantation was the strongest tonight.” As the southerners who love Auburn football celebrate their championship, they may want to ...