
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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When a birth announcement shakes up conventional wisdom.
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Curt Flood's fight for player freedom seems to be keeping him out of the baseball Hall of Fame.
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Like pre-pandemic clothing, former Maryland men's hoops coach Mark Turgeon doesn't fit anymore
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Social media fuels sexism and racism against female athletes
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Like Ferris Bueller, the NFL may win even when it loses.
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Angel and Julian Reese hope to keep Maryland basketball titles all in the family.
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The NFL quarterback who outsmarted himself over COVID vaccination. The answer: Who is Aaron Rodgers.
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The NAACP pleads with pro athletes to avoid Texas over voting and legislation issues.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has free speech issues with China. Again.
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The NFL is sitting on thousands of emails that could shine a light on league and team policies.
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Football builds men. Football builds strength. Football builds character.Those are mantras uttered as near gospel by virtually every coach, player and…
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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…
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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…
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For the nearly 150 years since college students have been playing organized sports, the deck has been decidedly stacked against the collegians.Well, the…