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(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Knicks did not just win Game 4. They survived it, stole it, dragged it out of the fire, and turned Madison Square Garden into a place that felt like old ghosts were finally being chased out of the building. A 107 to 106 win over the San Antonio Spurs sounds close on paper, but that final score does not fully explain what happened. This was not […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The thirst for Soccer (as it is known in the U.S.), futbol as it is known nearly everywhere else, has increased to a very high level as the FIFA World Cup 2026 has arrived. This version of the World Cup seems as wide scale as ever with 104 matches across 16 host cities and venues. Soccer is known as “the beautiful game” and it is still undisputedly the most […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party’s growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men leaving? The answer may be simpler than party strategists would like to admit. For many men, politics is not merely about policy preferences. It […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) June 27 is coming up, the date of the 2024 debate when America watched Joe Biden tank the election to Donald Trump. Remember? It would be hard to forget Democrats’ pain when we saw a ghostly Biden self-destruct and grope for words. Jill Biden tried to pretend otherwise, but the damage was done. America is still paying dearly for the June 27 debacle. The Trump demolition tour for his […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, I had the chance to attend my alma mater’s 45th reunion. Besides the reminder of how old I have gotten, or how stiff my knees are, it was an enjoyable and memorable trip down memory lane. As with most college reunions, the university did not miss the opportunity to solicit donations from its graduates — giving that helps maintain the “margin of excellence,” as its marketing materials […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a refrain which down through the years has been uttered by many. It underscored a belief, a hope, that the tough, unnerving, difficult  period that they were in would in time pass.  “This too shall pass.”  Usually in one form or another it did. Many Americans and others have been compelled especially over the last year and a half to utter in faith and hope that the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most serious injuries is almost four hours away in Fargo. Yet the elders in McIntosh County, with Ashley as its county seat, frequently live into their 90s, and sometimes beyond. It had the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have lived long enough to know when somebody is talking with us and when somebody is talking at us. That is part of what makes the Donald Trump conversation so tiring. It is not always about whether a person likes the man, dislikes him, voted for him, prayed against him, or turns the television when his face comes on. A lot of the frustration comes from how people […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The San Antonio Spurs are not dead yet, and that is the one thing the New York Knicks did not want to hear after Game 3. After dropping the first two games of the NBA Finals at home, the Spurs walked into Madison Square Garden with their season leaning over the edge. One more loss, and this series would have felt almost finished. Not officially, but everybody watching would […]