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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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…
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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…
