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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Think the new baseball labor deal has settled matters? Think again. -
Mo Creek's escape from Ukraine is a page out of a spy novel. -
The traditional postgame handshake might be going the way of the dinosaur -
Imagine a better Olympics. It's easy if you try. -
Adding the designated hitter brings the National League into the modern era of sports. -
One viewer is skipping the big football game for puppies. Here's why. -
Keeping Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens out of the Hall of Fame is the right call. -
Antonio Brown's sideline meltdown has some wondering if his mental state is in play. -
Forty-five minutes with John Madden leaves a lifetime of memories. -
COVID concerns dominate the 2021 sports calendar, just as they did in 2020.
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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,…
