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
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The COVID vaccine has forced some in sports to put their beliefs where their money is -
The Orioles had another season for the ages. This one challenged the faith of 12-year-olds. -
Guess who's unbeaten? The Maryland football team through four games. Who'd have thunk it? -
There may be much more unreported sexual abuse in college sports than we've previously thought. -
The Ravens open the season with questions about their running backs and Lamar Jackson. -
It's only September, but there's already a scandal in high school football. -
What the story of the scorpion and the frog can teach us about college football. -
MLB ended 70 years of tradition by breaking off a deal with its trading card partner. -
Chris Davis' departure from the Orioles inspires cheers and regrets. -
Lamar Jackson and other NFL quarterbacks are sprinting away from COVID vaccines.
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In Washington, a handful of legislators are preparing to say goodbye to public life in the lame duck session of Congress.Some will make farewell speeches.… -
In my bachelor days, I would occasionally come upon a carton of milk in the refrigerator that was just about to reach its expiration date. I’d give it the… -
What a mess!No, not the Afghan puppy that’s the subject of a series of children’s books, but rather the situation the Ravens and the NFL find themselves… -
If your household was like mine around this time of the year, the life of the turkey we dined on on Thanksgiving Day extended long past the meal of the… -
All around the sports landscape, champagne corks are being popped and backs are being patted with the news that a woman has been welcomed into the ranks… -
The diamond of a baseball stadium is a remarkably competitive place, even in the cold of winter, when there are only echoes of games gone by.And it’s not… -
Over a 12 year career, Bobby Orr provided a platform for defenseman play that is the gold standard in hockey. The photo of Orr flying through the air in… -
If we’ve learned nothing over the past seven months, it’s that there truly is no shame in college sports. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March,… -
In recent weeks, baseball fans have seen some of the greatest names in the game’s great history go on to their eternal reward with such notables as Tom… -
In the midst of the pandemic, Americans have been forced to find forms of entertainment that don’t involve getting in a car and leaving home. In the…
