PODCAST · sports
Sports at Large
by WYPR Baltimore
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.----
Episodes
-
"Will the Trump administration welcome foreign sports teams?"
"Will the U.S. welcome World Cup, Olympic visitors? You can tell, in most households, when company is expected. The carpet gets vacuumed; the best China is taken out of storage and kids are told to be on their best behavior.
-
A Tribute to Henny: “The New Jim Henneman Pressbox”
Though the calendar says that spring begins in late March, everyone knows that the true marker of the season is baseball’s Opening Day.
-
A Shoutout to Grant House
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.
-
"Can Trump save college sports from itself"
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…
more -
Get ready, Baltimore: Caitlin Clark's comin' to town
Caitlin Clark is bringing the culture war and basketball to Baltimore.
-
Hyde Pays Price for Birds' Failures
How Brandon Hyde's firing should place Mike Elias on the hot seat.
-
For Ravens, Tucker's dismissal was sad, but necessary
Why the Ravens shouldn't be applauded for cutting Justin Tucker
-
Harris brings new day, new stadium for Commanders fans
How new ownership can bring new hope in Baltimore and DC.
-
Ravens' pick of Green fraught with peril?
Why the Ravens are treading on thin ice with Mike Green draft pick.
-
Birds Should Make Keeping Mullins a Priority
Why the Orioles would be mistaken to let Cedric Mullins go.
-
College Athletics Leaves Integrity Holding the Bag...Again
Looking for integrity in college sports? You're looking in the wrong place.
-
Torpedo Bats All the Rage in Early Baseball Season
Why the torpedo bat is a good thing for baseball. Seriously!
-
John Harbaugh and Brenda Frese
Welcome to Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent. Here’s a rhetorical question; If you hit the jackpot early on in your career, how long do you get to ride the wave before people expect you to strike gold again?
-
How Michael Strahan got caught in a Star-Spangled Banner fight
The next time you’re at a sporting event, professional, collegiate or otherwise, take a moment to look around and take notice of what’s going on while the national anthem is performed. The public address announcer will ask all in attendance to stand and honor America, and if you’re a man, you are...
-
Why the Orioles are pulling in the left field fences at Camden Yards
It’s taken a few weeks after the heartbreaking end of the 2024 baseball campaign for the Orioles’ postseason strategy under the guidance of general manager Mike Elias’ to be revealed. And in a few words, and with all due respect to former president Ronald Reagan, the plan appears to be “Move Back...
-
How the 2024 Ravens resemble a restless toddler
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...
-
NFL Owners Play The Long Political Game
We’ve reached the two-minute warning, if you will, of the 2024 presidential campaign, the near-conclusion of our long slog of an election season, the end of a grueling, bruising competition. By the end of Tuesday night, we may know whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will coach the American...
-
How college basketball and its changes broke Tony Bennett's heart
There’s more than one way to stay on top of your profession. One of the best ways is to take what you do best and meld it with the new trends, making your operation germane and important, now and going forward. For the better part of eight decades, Anthony Dominick Benedetto, better known as Tony...
-
College football realignment means long trips for all
James Franklin has a problem. So, too, does Kevin Hambly. Franklin is the head football coach at Penn State and Hambly is the volleyball coach at Stanford. While they lead teams in different sports, their issue has its roots in the same source: the greed of those who run college football....
-
How Kansas City has risen to the top of Baltimore's sports rivals
Spend a moment talking to Baltimore sports fans of a certain generation and it won’t take long to figure out that they can carry a grudge against other cities and their sports teams. The root of some of those animosities are easy to decipher. Simple geography dictates that a rivalry between...
-
NFL's concussion problems resurface early in new season
We’re nearly past the second week of the new pro football season and the NFL is already at a philosophical crossroads. The league is again confronted with the specter of an incident in which one of its higher profile players suffered a concussion in a nationally televised game. When Miami…
more -
Reese, Clark rivalry may splinter WNBA, fans
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
-
NCAA's Baker looks to avoid insanity with bold plan
Apparently, the observation that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result did not originate with Albert Einstein. Regardless of who said it, it hasn’t taken NCAA president Charlie Baker long to recognize that that trope is true relative to the organization…
more -
Cries of 'fake news' haunt Thompson, SI
The industry of journalism in this country is under attack as never before. That’s not news. What is news is when the onslaught comes from within, as in self-inflicted wounds. And while the division of journalism that extends to sports may not always be held in the highest of regards within the...
-
Gallaudet may give college football badly needed integrity
Everything in life is a matter of perspective, and depending on how you view things, the University of Michigan’s win over Ohio State in Saturday’s football game is either the universe setting things right or a triumph of darkness over the light. The Wolverines’ 30-24 victory over the Buckeyes…
more -
Why the Ravens may be poised to make a big January statement
Following Thursday’s 34-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh declared that the team wanted to make a statement. And so they did. In the process, they seized control of their division by soundly defeating their most significant opponent for a second time this year, the...
-
Women's pro soccer strikes it big
During the 8 p.m. Saturday window this week, there was a cavalcade of the usual college football suspects on television. As you moved up and down the proverbial dial, there were Georgia, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and LSU all battling for touchdowns and eyeballs. Tucked in among that...
-
Calif. judge could decide NCAA's fate in antitrust suit
While the sports world has been fixated on the goings on with the University of Michigan football program and the potentially explosive cheating scandal we told you about last week, the really important action has been taking place 2,000 miles away. In an Oakland, Calif. Courtroom, a judge is...
-
Another cheating scandal roils college sports
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: There’s cheating going on in college sports and no one knows what to do about it. Actually, the situation that has arisen with the University of Michigan’s football program is still at the alleged status, as there have been no official findings and no…
more -
LA '28 Olympics to add new sports for broader appeal
The landscape is dotted with plenty of ways for people of a certain age to try to stay relevant, up to and including sports cars, hair plugs, Botox and tummy tucks, to name a few. But while those solutions may work for people, how do long-standing organizations stay up to date and pertinent in…
more -
Birds need roster experience for '24 success
When Brandon Hyde sat at a microphone last week and declared that he was irritated at the abrupt end to the Orioles season, he spoke for a shockingly small number of Baltimoreans. For the overwhelming bulk of Birds fans, the sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers in the American League Division...
-
Angelos, Moore continue playing games with Oriole Park lease
No matter what this October portends for the Orioles, the immediate and perhaps extended future appears to hold considerable promise for the franchise. Here’s hoping Baltimore baseball fans get to experience the joy of rooting for a championship-caliber team in person at Camden Yards after...
-
Brooks Robinson: A legacy of decency and excellence
There’s been a collective feeling around Baltimore since the news broke that Brooks Robinson died that we now have this guardian angel above the clouds, doing what he can to make things better. And yes, in the immediate days since Brooks died, the Orioles clinched their first American League...
-
Deion Sanders brings Prime Time to Colorado. Who's it good for?
We’re only a month and change into the 2023 college football season, but there’s already a dominant storyline and a central place where the story is being told, as well as a vehicle to tell the story through. The place is the University of Colorado and the story is the rebirth of the Buffalo...
-
Ravens' quarterback room makes NFL history
In a sport like football that takes itself way too seriously, there is no place more sacrosanct than the position room. It’s the place where players who play the same position and the specific coaches who lead them congregate to contemplate in the days leading up to that week’s holy war. For the...
-
Big volleyball crowd brings measure of redemption for college sports
Of all the places one might expect to go for absolution, it’s a fair bet that a volleyball match would be fairly low on the list. Yet, that’s exactly what happened last Wednesday at the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, though hardly any of the more than 92,000 people in the house…
more -
An open letter to John Angelos: Stay calm and sell.
Dear John Angelos, How ya doing? Seriously, how are you feeling these days? It doesn’t stink to be you, lately, not by a longshot. And yet, you seem to be doing your best Eyesore impersonation by casting a pall on the situation, publicly and apparently privately. In theory, it must be great to be...
-
Little League World Series brings big ethical woes
For many, this time of the year brings on memories of joyful times, of camaraderie with like-minded kids, of days spent under the bright summer sun in blissful play. We’re speaking of Little League baseball. In any town or city, there was the coach, invariably a parent endowed with the patience…
more -
Orioles' fans, announcers victims of Angelos family values
It takes a special quality to thumb your nose at a city, a state and a culture to hold out for just what you want just the way you want it. Call it persistence. Call it self-confidence. Call it arrogance. Whatever it is, Orioles CEO John Angelos has it in abundance. That quality has been on…
more -
Here's how a college conference died in two days
Greed, duplicity, betrayal and treachery. Sounds like the plot of a summer blockbuster movie or a Robert B. Parker mystery novel. That and the latest chapter of “As College Sports Turns.” In a breathtaking span of roughly 24 hours last Thursday and Friday, five schools, the universities of…
more -
Expectations raised with new L. Jackson deal
So, what does $260 million get you? We’re about to find out, now that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has signed a new contract to remain arguably the most beloved figure in Charm City for at least the next five years. Jackson, who announced his deal Thursday in a social media post, is sitting...
-
Everyone's got a piece of sports betting but the athletes
You’re not likely to find the words of English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge hanging in the lockers of professional athletes now or ever. But the line “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink” from Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” is quite applicable to the situation that...
-
At long last, Dan Snyder appears to be out as Commanders owner
Pick your favorite movie scene of good triumphing over bad, whether it be the death of the Wicked Witch of the West in either the Wizard of Oz or the Wiz or the destruction of the death star in Return of the Jedi. None of those likely compares to the elation felt by fans of the Washington...
-
Reese, Clark show taunting looks bad no matter who does it
More than 10 million people tuned into last week’s NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship game between Iowa and LSU. For many, what they saw was a bit of a revelation. They saw young women like Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese of LSU, play basketball at its highest level, exhibiting...
-
Wes Moore' needs to be more ardent Bird watcher
Maryland’s new governor is wasting no time establishing himself as the state’s fan-in-chief. Last Friday, there was Wes Moore with his wife, Dawn, and their kids at the Maryland women’s basketball team’s first round NCAA tournament game against Holy Cross. After the game, Moore and his family…
more -
Will L. Jackson's big bet on himself pay off?
Lamar Jackson is betting big on himself. Will he roll sevens or snake eyes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
-
St. Frances' football: A big cut above for high school
St. Frances' program doesn't look like any high school program you've ever seen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
-
Ravens GM DeCosta has big decision over L. Jackson.
Ravens GM Eric DeCosta has a big money decision to make over Lamar Jackson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
-
B. Russell leaves legacy of courage, humor
Bill Russell took basketball and racism seriously but not himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
-
Birds' hot streak may force GM to rethink approach
Orioles GM Mike Elias has been quiet 'til now. The team's play may force him out of anonymity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.----
HOSTED BY
WYPR Baltimore
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Sports at Large have?
Sports at Large currently has 92 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Sports at Large about?
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...
How often does Sports at Large release new episodes?
Sports at Large has 92 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Sports at Large?
You can listen to Sports at Large on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Sports at Large?
Sports at Large is created and hosted by WYPR Baltimore.
URL copied to clipboard!