by Milton Kent | May 19, 2017 | Sports Media
The time was April, 1985.The sports world was still reeling from Villanova’s stunning upset over mighty Georgetown in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game.The Orioles were just a full season removed from their last World Series win, but roughly a month...
by Pete Gilbert | May 1, 2017 | Sports Media
When I began an internship at WBAL-TV in the spring of 1995, local TV sports was still living in the golden age. Vince Bagli, Gerry Sandusky and Mark Viviano were all on staff at WBAL. They have been awarded the Maryland State Sportscaster of the Year a combined 17...
by Milton Kent | Apr 26, 2017 | Sports Media
For months now, the only things that have swirled more strongly about the ESPN campus than NFL free agent and draft rumors were rumors of impending layoffs from the Worldwide Leader in Sports.But when the severance list of employees leaked out Wednesday, the force was...
by Milton Kent | Apr 20, 2017 | Sports Media
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a fan of mysteries and detective novels. I started, as a kid, with the Encyclopedia Brown series, then graduated to Dashiell Hammett and a little Mickey Spillane.Later, it was Walter Mosley and Baltimore’s own Laura Lippman,...
