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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There are few things more precious than the relationship between a boy and his mother.It appears that relationship between Shaquille O’Neal and his… -
Under the category of “It’s always nice to be wanted,” that was a really sweet civic kiss that Ted Leonsis threw at Charm City on the front of the local… -
Though we are both University of Maryland graduates, I don’t really know Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank. We’ve never met and we don’t travel in… -
Ever so quietly last week, the NCAA took a long, overdue baby step toward making things right for the chattel that keeps college sports in business,… -
The life of an NFL owner is an exclusive one. There are, after all, only 31 members, not including the Green Bay Packers, who are owned by that Wisconsin… -
The San Antonio Spurs scored a splashy win over the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers on the road Saturday night on national television. It was the kind of… -
Are you a glass half-full or half-empty person?If you’re an Orioles fan, your answer to that question based off the news of last week, may be determined… -
In the coming NFL offseason, talent evaluators from all 32 teams, including the Ravens, will spend hundreds of hours watching game tapes. They’ll try to… -
John Harbaugh deserves one more chance as the Ravens’ head coach.Admittedly, that was not the first thought that rolled through my mind in the immediate… -
Maybe it’s the spirit of the holiday, all that “peace on Earth, goodwill toward men” stuff that has gotten to me.Maybe it’s too much Southern Comfort…
