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Thom Loverro

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

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

Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis knows March glory fades

Thank you, UMBC, for reminding of those March Madness moments.

March 18, 2018

Alex Smith welcomed with smiles, optimism

This is the guy. Their guy. Alex Smith.

March 15, 2018

2018 NCAA Tournament a likely bet to be last tournament of innocence

This may be known as the last tournament of innocence -- well, at least the pretend innocence college sports supporters cling to. It may be awfully hard to watch the games with blinders on if events unfold as expected.

March 13, 2018

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

Kirk Cousins gets parting shots as he leaves

After six years, Kirk Cousins made it over the wall at Redskins Park. The inmates left behind aren't happy.

March 8, 2018

Anthony Rendon key to the post-Harper Nationals

The Nationals have two candidates for best player in the game. They need to keep at least one.

March 7, 2018

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 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

LOVERRO: You don’t want to be one of the boys on the bus

Sunday was one of those unique spring training creations -- the team playing two games at the same time, known as "split squad" games.

March 4, 2018

No one wants to talk about rules changes during Spring Training

And no one seems to care, because everybody is happy when it's 83 degrees without a cloud in the sky. So sure, let's talk about changing a game that treats change like you're tinkering with the Bill of Rights.

March 3, 2018

Mets-Nationals spring training game both a novelty and pilgrimage

It was the kind of novelty act you'll see from time to time in spring training baseball - one that has star power, even if those stars are crossed. It was Max Scherzer vs. Tim Tebow - power vs. pious.

March 2, 2018

NFL Scouting Combine a reminder of Redskins’ dysfunction

The NFL scouting combine -- the Washington Redskins' time to shine -- is upon us. Last year, the franchise glowed.

March 1, 2018

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

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