(ThyBlackMan.com) The world’s most talented and most popular track star finds that setting world records is easier than crashing the circle of top earners. Here’s what stands in his way to becoming a $10 million man. Usain Bolt may be the world’s fastest man, but so far he hasn’t sped to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Curt Flood and Oscar Robertson Must Be Proud… Amid much fanfare, pomp and circumstance, free agent superstar, LeBron James, made his decision. It was a little too much fanfare for some, but you can do that when you’re the game’s best player. And for his age, he is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To no one’s surprise, NBA star Lebron James has signed a new deal with Nike. The old deal, signed in 2003, was for $93 million dollars, and James seems to have delivered for the Nike Corporation. “LeBron James is one of the world’s best basketball players and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I curiously watched the press conference held last week to celebrate the New Jersey Nets (well, not quite New Jersey anymore) stadium set to be built in Brooklyn. A group of investors, led by Bruce Ratner, were joined by many prominent New York public figures to celebrate the ground-breaking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America’s only African-American brewer wants you to stop thinking of beer as just a “cold one.” Garrett Oliver wasn’t looking to start a revolution; he just wanted a good beer. Oliver’s interest is not so unusual by today’s standards, when high–caliber, micro-brewed beer can be found at convenience markets, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Obama Administration has been accused of not being responsive to the challenges of Black and Hispanic businesses. This criticism was bolstered by recent news that even though Latinos and Blacks own 6.8 and 5.2 percent of all businesses respectively, they are only getting 1.7 and 1.1 percent of ...