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 sportsatlarge@gmail.com and on Twitter: @SportsAtLarge
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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. -
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.
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If you’re the type that makes a wager on such things, and you bet that one of the major team sports wouldn’t be able to make it through its first week… -
Like a steak tied at the end of a rope and thrust just out of reach of a hungry dog, the reappearance of live sports is being laid before us ever so… -
Fans of professional basketball have become accustomed to seeing a studious man named Adrian Wojnarowski present the news, good or bad, about the… -
The United States marked the anniversary of its independence Saturday, but Jonathan Irons got a three-day jump on celebrating his own liberty, a… -
If there is a positive to be taken from this heretofore miserable year, it may be that 2020 is when we learned how powerful images and symbols can… -
As seemingly every part of the American landscape has been touched in some way by the culture wars, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that sports have… -
All around the sports landscape, signs of a return are sprouting up like spring greenery.The NHL and NBA have announced their plans to resume their… -
Smilin’ Roger Goodell had the chance to do the right thing, to say what everyone already knew, to finally come clean after four years of obfuscation.And… -
In the wake of the horrifying death of George Floyd, social media timelines have been flooded this past week with amazing words and images.Some of the… -
In most respects, our attitudes about women’s athletics have evolved with the times. As more and more girls and women run, jump and throw with the boys…