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. -
Curt Flood's fight for player freedom seems to be keeping him out of the baseball Hall of Fame. -
Like pre-pandemic clothing, former Maryland men's hoops coach Mark Turgeon doesn't fit anymore -
Social media fuels sexism and racism against female athletes -
Like Ferris Bueller, the NFL may win even when it loses. -
Angel and Julian Reese hope to keep Maryland basketball titles all in the family. -
The NFL quarterback who outsmarted himself over COVID vaccination. The answer: Who is Aaron Rodgers. -
The NAACP pleads with pro athletes to avoid Texas over voting and legislation issues. -
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has free speech issues with China. Again. -
The NFL is sitting on thousands of emails that could shine a light on league and team policies.
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For millions, the just concluded ESPN series “The Last Dance” has been an eye-opening experience, a pass into a locker room like you couldn’t imagine. The… -
It’s been said that you learn a lot about people when money’s on the line. If that’s true, we’re about to learn a lot about the integrity of the men and… -
Almost since Sports at Large premiered here 18 years ago, we’ve consistently hammered the NCAA for its clumsy handling of collegiate sports. And why not?… -
In football, players are taught to keep the activity going until the whistle blows. But when the echo of the whistle ceases, what’s supposed to happen… -
Don’t look now, but college athletics is immersed in yet another crisis that, depending on who you talk to, threatens its very existence.Of course, given… -
So, we know that we’re not supposed to venture out of our homes unnecessarily. But on those occasions when you have to find toilet paper, fill a… -
Times of crisis often give people who are otherwise known for cowardice a chance to be heroes. The onset of COVID-19 may provide an opportunity to some of… -
For as long as men and women have run, swam and jumped and balls have been thrown, there’s been a joy among many to cast scorn on the social significance… -
By any reckoning, the 2020 Orioles season is going to be a long, tough slog. The Birds enter the campaign staring down the barrel of another 100-loss year… -
"What if they had a sporting event and no one showed up?" sounds like the setup to a hackneyed joke.Yet, if the events of the past couple of weeks are an…
