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Thom Loverro

tloverro@washingtontimes.com

Thom Loverro has been a professional journalist since 1977, working for a number of newspapers, including eight years as a news editor and reporter for The Baltimore Sun, where he covered government, politics, and crime. He moved into sports writing when he joined The Washington Times in 1992. He moved to The Washington Examiner as a sports columnist in 2009 and returned to The Washington Times in 2013, where he is currently the lead sports columnist.

Columns by Thom Loverro

The city skyline is visible behind the center field wall as players, family and representatives of late players are seated on the outside edge of the infield at PNC Park near the number and banners of the Pittsburgh Pirates players that are part of the first team Hall of Fame class during a ceremony before a baseball game between the Pirates and the Toronto Blue Jays, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

LOVERRO: A road trip mapped in the hearts of three lifelong friends

Our first stop was Progressive Field for the Cleveland Guardians game against the Boston Red Sox. It's a stadium that I've been to dozens of times as a sportswriter. I covered many of the glory days of the then-Indians squad of the 1990s, including the 1995 and 1997 World Series.

June 13, 2023
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2014, file photo, Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown meets with other participants of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night, May 18, 2023, with his wife, Monique, by his side, according to a spokeswoman for Brown's family. He was 87. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Jim Brown, on and off the field, personified pure power

The power Brown exhibited carrying the ball -- the raw, imposing physical presence -- carried over to the rest of his life. But after dominating on the field, he turned to flexing his muscles in other fields, including film, business and politics.

May 23, 2023
FedEx Field, home of the Washington Commanders NFL football team, is shown before the start of a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Landover, Md. A group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson has an agreement in principle to buy the NFL's Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder for a North American professional sports team record $6 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday, April 13, 2023, because the deal had not been announced. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

LOVERRO: The Snyder story, reality vs. the media-guide version

The Redskins told us, year after year, that billionaire Dan Snyder fell in love with the team as a boy. What the annual media guide profiles didn't say, though, was that his ownership as an adult was driving rank-and-file fans away.

May 17, 2023
Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (far left) is helping oversee a boxing card at the Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Photo courtesy of Beltway Battles)

LOVERRO: Boxing’s roots in Washington blossom at Congress Heights arena

The Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights in southeast Washington will host the fourth boxing card Saturday night in a series of shows sponsored by a trio of promoters called "Beltway Battles." The first show was held in October 2021, followed by two cards in 2022.

May 4, 2023