Every so often, you’ll run into someone who claims to hold television at arm’s length, like a nervous type holds a baby’s stinky diaper. And, in many cases, it’s hard to argue, since a lot of what appears on the small screen barely rises above the level of guilty pleasure, with far more emphasis on … Continue reading
Monday was Independence Day. I know that because my Facebook wall was plastered with pleas to fly the flag or to like the National Anthem. Heck, I even posted a version of the Star-Spangled Banner my own self, because that’s what people who believe in what this country stands for are supposed to do, even … Continue reading
This is the script to this week’s Sports at Large broadcast that aired on WYPR 88.1 in Baltimore. You can hear it live each Monday at 5:30 p.m. Eastern or Tuesdays after 9 a.m.. during Maryland Morning. If you live outside the listening area, you can hear the show streamed live at http://www.wypr.org. Here’s a … Continue reading
When a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District gave NFL owners permission to continue locking out players while it decided on an appeal of a federal judge’s ruling for the players, it seemed that all the leverage in the labor dispute had shifted to the league, thus giving the … Continue reading
Was the sleep on one of your Christmas Eve nights as a kid slightly disturbed by worry that the bike you hoped to get the next morning would be everything you dreamed it would be? Or how about the lead-in to the first time you saw your favorite musician in concert as a teenager. Did … Continue reading
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I host a weekly show called Sports at Large, which airs each Monday at 5:30 p.m. on WYPR (88.1 FM), the NPR affiliate in Baltimore. The show re-airs on Tuesdays during Maryland Morning at 9 a.m. and you can hear streaming audio at the station’s website. And, thanks … Continue reading
Tuesday’s news from Switzerland that NBC has retained the television rights to the Winter Olympics of 2014 and 2018, as well as the Summer Games of 2016 and 2020 isn’t quite a shocker of the magnitude of the United States men’s hockey team knocking off the Soviet Union 31 years ago in Lake Placid, but … Continue reading
I don’t take any specific joy in the troubles that have befallen the Ohio State football team and its now former coach Jim Tressel. There are those who believe that the Buckeye players were entirely within their rights to sell gifts that had been given to them and that Tressel was trying to protect his … Continue reading
One of the disadvantages of being a reporter is that, if you’re not careful, you can lose your sense of wonder, your ability to be amazed. In severe cases, you forget how to feel, or at least how to empathize. I haven’t gotten there yet, but I have to admit that years of covering women’s … Continue reading
So, I’ve been open for business here at East 33rd and Ellerslie for a couple of weeks now, and I haven’t gotten around to properly introducing myself, or setting up what exactly I’m going to do here and what the name means or stands for. Let’s take them in order. I’m Milton Kent, a once … Continue reading
