Sports at Large
"Sports at Large" airs Mondays at 2:34 P.M.
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
Latest Episodes
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Welcome to Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent.It didn’t take long after news of Maryland athletic director Damon Evans’ departure for Southern Methodist broke for one of the local newspapers to trot out a list of potential replacements. -
Welcome to Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent.Because American election campaigns are so lengthy and so fraught with drama, one can be forgiven for wanting nothing to do with anything relating to the balloting process, especially since we’re just done with one of the most traumatic votes in the nation’s history. -
This is Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent.If you check baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s preseason to-do list, you’ll see there are the predictable items. They include getting a tan during spring training, practicing his signature to go on all the balls and greasing the wheels for the Dodgers and Yankees to get back to the World Series. -
I’m Milton Kent and this is Sports at Large.That was some wind that blew through over the weekend, one that augurs profound change for years to come. Oh, you thought we were speaking of the gusts that brought on chilly conditions late Saturday and Sunday? -
We’ve learned a lot about ourselves as a society in the last 15 or so years, and most of it isn’t good.Differences that were presumably negotiated and resolved are anything but. Wounds that had been considered bandaged are now open and festering. -
In the dead of winter, with snow and ice in the forecast and bitter winds swirling, there are four words that ought to warm even the frostiest heart.They are “Pitchers and catchers report.” -
Ten people.The number of players on a basketball court at one time. The number of players on a baseball lineup card with a designated hitter added. The number of players on either side of a football line of scrimmage minus one. -
Michael Strahan faced criticism on Fox’s NFL Sunday for not placing his hand over his heart during the national anthem, reigniting debates about patriotism and personal choice. Strahan, from a military family, defended his stance, underscoring cultural tensions around public displays of national pride. -
The Orioles are bringing Camden Yards' left field wall closer, aiming to boost offense and attract right-handed sluggers. While hitters welcome the change, questions remain about its impact on free agency and pitching strategy. -
If you’ve spent any time around toddlers, you know how much of a challenge it can be to get them to eat. Sometimes, they can spend as much time playing with their food, as they do actually eating it. With all due respect, watching the Baltimore Ravens play football this year can be a lot like watching a four-year-old at the dinner table. Sometimes, the spaghetti feels as likely to end up on the wall as it might in Tommy’s tummy.
Sports at Large
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While it’s true that the family stands at the core of every success story, in order to truly make a mark, you need someone outside your circle of life to… -
When I was a kid, I remember spending Sundays on the front porch of a friend of my older sisters, listening to old school R&B on their 45s and LPs. That… -
A good parent keeps an eye on what other parents do, but doesn’t let their decision-making impact on the choices they must make for their own kids. That’s… -
By all rights, Dak Prescott is the kind of guy that, in a sports context, I should hate.For openers, he’s the starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys,… -
Imagine you’re preparing to impress a first date at the best restaurant in town. Or, better yet, the dates have gone so well over a period of time that… -
The shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin police officers last week reopened deep wounds that had barely begun to close, much less heal, among… -
When the bard posited so many years ago that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, he couldn’t have imagined the idea of 21st century sports.In… -
It’s hard to think of this miserable time that we’ve all been forced to endure as yielding a winner, as it feels as though in some ways we’ve all… -
It’s been nearly 20 years since Sean Frazier was a linebacker at Alabama that he’s done anything heroic on a football field. But when the history of how… -
The phrase “speaking truth to power” has been said so frequently of late that it’s bordering on triteness, if not outright cliche.But when a group of more…
