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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

LOVERRO: Rock the Red fades to black

It hurts. I know it hurts. You were all worked up about Game 7 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. Everyone was. The whole town was buzzing.

May 14, 2009

Thom Loverro: Aaron, not steroids, will stand test of time

The real home run king.

May 12, 2009

Thom Loverro: In this rivalry, defeats become more personal

Sidney Crosby is one game away from beating Alex Ovechkin in the first of what likely will be a series of drama-filled playoff battles between the Larry Bird and Magic Johnson of the NHL.

May 11, 2009

LOVERRO: Manny’s drug explanation is more clowning around

My doctor said it was OK. It's remarkable how many times, even in this enlightened age, athletes fall victim to doctors foisting banned drugs on them.

May 8, 2009

Thom Loverro: Pressure peaks for Nats at ‘9B’

Everyone is anticipating the knock-down, drag-out fight that will begin one month from Wednesday between the Washington Nationals and agent Scott Boras over everyone's projected No. 1 draft pick and future Hall of Famer, pitcher Stephen Strasburg.

May 6, 2009

Lange brings boxing relevance back to D.C.

Any list of sports franchises in the D.C. area starts with the Redskins and includes other prominent clubs like the Capitals and Nationals. Then there are the not-so-prominent outfits like the Washington Freedom and D.C. Armor.

May 1, 2009

Thom Loverro: Bowden discovers his calling in La-La Land

Gone Hollywood.

April 29, 2009

Thom Loverro: ‘Raw’ antics shadowing pivotal game

Name calling. Cheap shots. Eye gouging. Spitting. Biting.

April 28, 2009

LOVERRO: Home-ice advantage is as clear as a bell

The Capitals' home-ice advantage of the 2009 season didn't seem to be there for them when they dropped Games 1 and 2 at home in this series. But it was in all its glory Friday night.

April 25, 2009

Thom Loverro: Playing poker leaves nothing but a deficit

So what do you do when you go to your ace in the hole and you have nothing to show for it?

April 19, 2009

Thom Loverro: When there’s a will, defense is just the way

This was a battle of wills - the will of offense vs. the will of defense. Typically in postseason play, the will of defense wins - except when you have too many offensive wills to fight.

April 16, 2009

Thom Loverro: Fretting a missed opportunity

After three straight losing seasons, a Southeast Division championship and a dramatic season-ending run to the playoffs certainly qualifies as a success.

April 15, 2009

Thom Loverro: Kalas’ legacy much deeper than his voice

The broadcast press box at Nationals Park is several hundred feet above the playing field, but what happened up there shortly after noon Monday stunned everyone on the field who was preparing for the Washington Nationals' home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 14, 2009

Thom Loverro: Kasten shows Philly some brotherly love

Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten's pitch to Phillies fans to come to Monday's home opener at Nationals Park was so hard to believe, I called one of the hosts of the radio show, Jody McDonald, to make sure it checked out.

April 13, 2009

Thom Loverro: BU claims its birthright by beating upstart Miami

Cody Reichard stood in front of the goal about 15 minutes before the start of the NCAA men's hockey title game at Verizon Center.

April 12, 2009

LOVERRO: Parker is heart and soul of coaching

Boston University coach Jack Parker conducted a clinic Friday at Verizon Center — not a clinic on how to coach hockey, but a clinic on what it means to be a coach.

April 11, 2009

Loverro: Bemidji’s tall tale

Beavers and Bunyan. How can you go wrong?

April 9, 2009

Thom Loverro: Little charm in Teixeira’s debut

The price Mark Teixeira paid for that lucrative deal is that he has become what he would have hated as a kid: a Yankee.

April 7, 2009

Time to step forward, not backward

The Nationals should see nearly a 20 percent improvement over last season's embarrassing 59-102 record.

April 6, 2009

Thom Loverro: Kasten’s own turmoil supersedes his team’s

Stan Kasten had just finished putting the pieces back together after the Dominican baseball scandal. He was at the Washington Nationals' spring training complex in Viera, Fla., meeting with fellow owner Mark Lerner and chief operating officer Alan Gottlieb when he got a call from his daughter.