Sports at Large is a weekly exploration of the issues and people who play and watch sports. SaL goes behind the headlines and stats to find the how and why, and the ways in which sports intersect with and influence our daily lives. SaL features interviews and commentaries from professionals and fans a like to tell a more complete story. One person described it as "a thinking fan’s guide to sports."
Milton Kent is a veteran of Baltimore sports media, having covered the World Series, the Final Four, NFL conference championship games and high schools over a career that spans over four decades. He currently teaches journalism at Morgan State University, where he is an advisor to the school newspaper, The MSU Spokesman. He and his wife live in Baltimore County.
Contact Milton at [email protected] and on Twitter: @SportsAtLarge
Archive prior to December 2016.
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In a season where the no-hitter is humdrum, John Means threw a classic. -
Baltimore needs to take advantage of a once in a generation opportunity to correct a mistake. Here's how. -
University of Maryland's Cole Field House is poised to honor two pioneers. But is it the right move? -
Don't look now, but the NCAA's stance supporting transgender athletes is surprisingly the right one. -
To no one's surprise, Masters' officials kept quiet about Georgia's new voting laws. -
Looking for beacons of hope with the Orioles? Trey Mancini and Matt Harvey are just the guys to watch. -
NCAA president Mark Emmert is bad at his job, but he still gets a vote of confidence. -
In an NCAA tournament filled with surprise, one constant is sexism. -
At the end of a trying year, Brenda Frese hopes for a title.
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College athletes are on the verge of receiving the freedom to make money from their sports. -
Baseball pitchers bring a new substance to an old problem: cheating. -
Player skepticism about COVID vaccines could derail the NFL's return this fall. -
What do the Orioles' rebuilding and a church's building fund have in common? -
Naomi Osaka's French Open silence could be dangerous for tennis. -
Is Joe Flacco's number up with the Ravens? The NFL's new jersey policy may make it so. -
The WNBA starts its 25th season as an unlikely survivor in the busy, male-dominated sports market. -
When the games finally end for LeBron James – and there is no sign that that end is anywhere in sight – he will leave as one of the true titans of his… -
There’s a saying at the end of a relationship that goes, don’t be sad that it’s ending, be glad that it happened. If we are, in fact, watching the end of… -
Did you hear the one about the major sports franchise that refused to play the Star-Spangled Banner before games and the furor that ensued? Chances are,… -
For most of the 20th century, the Sporting News was the bible of baseball, the publication where fans went to get player and manager quotes, box scores… -
For the last few years now, the political right in this country has reveled in the slogans “shut up and dribble” or “stick to sports” with those terms…
