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.
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Contact Milton at [email protected] and on Twitter: @SportsAtLarge
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"The WNBAs on its biggest roll ever, but that might soon end” -
Why the Orioles may break things up after the All-Star Break -
"Why John Harbaugh's visit to the White House could be problematical” -
"Why the new Maryland Director of Athletics needs to come up big despite modest name.” -
"How the Ravens may pay more for Lamar Jackson's next deal." -
"Will the U.S. welcome World Cup, Olympic visitors? -
Though the calendar says that spring begins in late March, everyone knows that the true marker of the season is baseball’s Opening Day. -
Generally speaking, it’s difficult to find athletes who are willing to give up parts of their careers to make a principled stance, and that’s understandable. -
Welcome to Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent.One of former President Ronald Reagan’s favorite asides was that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are I’m from the government and I’m here to help.As the academic year comes to an end, we may have a new disturbing phrase, shorter, but no less scary: Donald Trump wants to save college sports. -
Caitlin Clark is bringing the culture war and basketball to Baltimore.
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In Washington, a handful of legislators are preparing to say goodbye to public life in the lame duck session of Congress.Some will make farewell speeches.… -
In my bachelor days, I would occasionally come upon a carton of milk in the refrigerator that was just about to reach its expiration date. I’d give it the… -
What a mess!No, not the Afghan puppy that’s the subject of a series of children’s books, but rather the situation the Ravens and the NFL find themselves… -
If your household was like mine around this time of the year, the life of the turkey we dined on on Thanksgiving Day extended long past the meal of the… -
All around the sports landscape, champagne corks are being popped and backs are being patted with the news that a woman has been welcomed into the ranks… -
The diamond of a baseball stadium is a remarkably competitive place, even in the cold of winter, when there are only echoes of games gone by.And it’s not… -
Over a 12 year career, Bobby Orr provided a platform for defenseman play that is the gold standard in hockey. The photo of Orr flying through the air in… -
If we’ve learned nothing over the past seven months, it’s that there truly is no shame in college sports. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March,… -
In recent weeks, baseball fans have seen some of the greatest names in the game’s great history go on to their eternal reward with such notables as Tom… -
In the midst of the pandemic, Americans have been forced to find forms of entertainment that don’t involve getting in a car and leaving home. In the…
