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 begin today’s program with a question that is part existential, part practical. Are you the type that largely ignores the check engine light when it… -
At this time last week, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred had few worries beyond where to get good stone crabs during the All-Star break in Miami in… -
The word hero might be inappropriate for anyone whose name is associated with the idea of reducing the incidents of violence against women.But Fred Glass,… -
Some things in life, and in sports, for that matter, make so much sense you wonder why no one thought of it before.The reported move of Coppin State… -
One of the most intriguing questions of the NFL offseason has been is Colin Kaepernick being blackballed?For most of the first six years of his career,… -
There’s an old trick among sports executives and marketers that if your team is devoid of talent or hope for the coming season, you instead play up… -
If you’re a woman and you can handle a hockey stick, don’t wander far from your phone. You just might be getting a call to play for your country.The… -
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, known in some circles as March Madness, officially launched last week to run through early April.But,… -
One of the more attractive aspects of sports for many is the idea that in athletics, it’s actions that carry the day over words.Every so often, however,… -
For three years now, the Ravens have been model citizens on the subject of domestic violence, assiduously avoiding any player who had a direct connection…
