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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There’s another week before the cauldron is extinguished and time for magic to be made. Let’s just hope the magic of the Olympic rings hasn’t already gone too stale. -
NFL players may pay from their wallets for COVID-forfeited games this year. -
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Orioles centerfielder Cedric Mullins has traveled a special route to the All-Star Game. -
A US sprinter's suspension may force a conversation over cannabis use. -
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.
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By week’s end, the full complement of Ravens will have reported to Owings Mills for training camp and the commencing of the 2019 season.As the players and… -
There are victory tours and then there’s the whirlwind that the United States national women’s soccer team is on.There was a parade down the Canyon of… -
There’s nothing about what we’ve seen so far this season from Camden Yards that should come as a surprise.Anyone who watched the 2018 Orioles devolve into…
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It turns out that Albert Einstein may not have been the first person to say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and… -
Now that the dust has settled and the NBA Finals are over, the Toronto Raptors can set out about the most important decision of the postseason.The…
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It’s been a little over a year since Jordan McNair collapsed on a University of Maryland football practice field and died.In most respects, it appears… -
Just in time for the rest of us to settle into the 21st century, a piece to settle in, one branch of college athletics has finally advanced to the 20th… -
So, the Ravens completed their exhibition season with no blemishes on their record, a 5-0 mark, making them the only NFL team to win all their preseason… -
Never having met John McCain, my guess is the former Arizona senator, who died Saturday night, would find much of what has been said about him since his… -
Let’s face it: From a sports standpoint, the calendar year 2018 has been nothing but lousy around these parts.We certainly could use a glimmer of hope,…
