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
-
It takes a special quality to thumb your nose at a city, a state and a culture to hold out for just what you want just the way you want it. Call it persistence. Call it self-confidence. Call it arrogance. Whatever it is, Orioles CEO John Angelos has it in abundance. -
Greed, duplicity, betrayal and treachery.Sounds like the plot of a summer blockbuster movie or a Robert B. Parker mystery novel. That and the latest chapter of “As College Sports Turns.” -
We’re six weeks away from the start of a new NFL campaign, but we may already have identified the big winners of the pending professional football season. -
So, what does $260 million get you?We’re about to find out, now that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has signed a new contract to remain arguably the most beloved figure in Charm City for at least the next five years. -
Lamar Jackson is betting big on himself. Will he roll sevens or snake eyes?
-
Serena Williams exits the stage in Grand Slam fashion.
-
St. Frances' program doesn't look like any high school program you've ever seen. -
Ravens GM Eric DeCosta has a big money decision to make over Lamar Jackson
-
Now that the NFL has scrapped race norming, Black players may finally get their due. -
Orioles' GM Elias chose the future over trying to win now in dealing Trey Mancini.
-
We’re just a few days away from the launch of a new baseball season.Across the area, from Woodbine in the west, to Whiteford in the east, from the… -
There are those who will liken the UMBC men’s basketball team’s weekend in the NCAA tournament to an afternoon thunderstorm on a blistering hot July day.… -
With the start of spring rapidly approaching, the thoughts of many young people will turn, not lightly to love, but rather to the prospects of getting a… -
We begin today with a fairy tale and it goes something like this:Once upon a time, athletes in the United States competed for nothing more than the human… -
Suppose you were on the verge of throwing the year’s biggest party, but you weren’t sure how many guests could stay?That’s the dilemma before NCAA…
-
Here are four things we know: One is that Donald Trump is President of the United States.Two is that, barring some unforeseen occurrence, Donald Trump… -
Football builds men. Football builds strength. Football builds character.Those are mantras uttered as near gospel by virtually every coach, player and… -
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has shared the grand plan for the franchise going forward, or at least, he’s disclosed who will be at the helm.General… -
Now that the great evil known as Larry Nassar has been purged from the national consciousness, we move on to the next phase of the Great Gymnastics… -
For the nearly 150 years since college students have been playing organized sports, the deck has been decidedly stacked against the collegians.Well, the…
