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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

In this Monday March 26, 2018 photo, former Super Bowl MVP and Shadle Park High graduate Mark Rypien poses with his wife Danielle, in Spokane, Wash. With the help of his wife Rypien is dealing with a traumatic brain injury caused by the many concussions he received during his football career. (Colin Mulvany /The Spokesman-Review via AP)

Band-aid won’t fix NFL’s wounds

Last week at the NFL owners meeting in Orlando, the league revealed its long-awaited "solution" to the concussion fears that have put the foundation of the game at risk -- fears that are prompting state legislatures to consider passing laws banning tackle football for kids.

April 1, 2018
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, waves with his wife Nastya Ovechkina, Washington Capitals president Dick Patrick, and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, during a ceremony to honor his 600th goal, before an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Friday, March 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Top 10 most-dominant Washington athletes of last 20 years

Whatever Stanley Cup holes the Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin may have in his resume, he has been the most dominant athlete in Washington over the last two decades, transforming every game at the now Capital One Arena into a hockey event.

March 22, 2018
** CORRECTS FROM TKO TO KNOCKOUT ** Heavyweight Hasim Rahman, left, lands a knockout punch on the jaw of Rob Calloway in the second round Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, Md. It was the third win in a 99-day span for Rahman (38-5-1), the top-ranked contender in the World Boxing Association.(AP Photo/ Timothy Jacobsen)

District boxing community honors two local legends

Brenda Davis, the first lady of Washington boxing for decades, is suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's, and the boxing community is coming together to attempt to lend a hand with a fundraiser Thursday night.

March 20, 2018
Former Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino talks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Pitino held the news conference in the wake of an NCAA decision in a sex scandal case that strips the Cardinals program of 123 victories, a national championship and $600,000 in post-season revenue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Shame is an obsolete sports concept

Disgraced, disgusting, despicable basketball coach Rick Pitino says he wants to coach basketball again. Yay! Yay! Isn't that great?

March 11, 2018
Mike Rizzo, general manager of the Washington Nationals, talks with reporters at the annual baseball general managers' meetings, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

Seth Romero gets message from Nationals: Grow up

For a moment, it felt like the bad, old motorcycle-gang days of former Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, when news broke Monday that left-handed hurler Seth Romero, the team's No. 1 draft choice last year, was sent home from spring training for violating club rules.

March 6, 2018
Miguel Montero gets a fresh start with the Nationals. (AP File Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Miguel Montero gets fresh start with Nationals

Miguel Montero was asked what went wrong in Chicago with Jake Arrieta when he met with reporters at the start of spring training. "You can't live in the past, so you've got to move on," Montero said. Still, it ought to be interesting if Arrieta -- Scott Boras' prize free agent pitcher -- arrives in the Nationals clubhouse.

March 5, 2018
Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, left, shoots next to Oklahoma City Thunder's Paul George (13) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Shoe companies and the 3-point line killing the game

While much of the attention in basketball is being paid right now to the college basketball payment and corruption scandal, there's another crisis facing the game -- one far more complicated, but perhaps sharing the same disease -- the quality of the game itself.

February 27, 2018
Texas guard Eric Davis Jr. celebrates a teammate's three pointer during an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma State in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (Nick Wagner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

LOVERRO: Nothing will change after NCAA scandal

CBS and Turner Broadcasting are about to begin broadcasting their Super Bowl: March Madness, the NCAA tournament that consumes much of the country for three weeks. And nothing -- certainly not some little scandal that involves up to 20 Division I schools -- is going to get in the way of their television show.

February 25, 2018