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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

Washington Capitals head coach Todd Reirden directs his team during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Washington. Washington won 6-4. (AP Photo/Al Drago)

Todd Reirden gets big test in NHL playoffs

The Capitals are about to begin defending the trophy that set this city ablaze last year -- and they will be doing it with Todd Reirden, not Barry Trotz, at the helm, with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes at Capital One Arena.

April 7, 2019
Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper celebrates after hitting a home run off Atlanta Braves' Jesse Biddle during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

Bryce Harper return will have fans split

What kind of welcome should the Nationals and their fans have Tuesday, when the lover who left them behind, Bryce Harper, returns to Nationals Park for the first time as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies?

March 31, 2019
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer delivers during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Washington. If three-time Cy Young Award winner Scherzer has his way, Major League Baseball's pitch clock will die in the South Florida humidity. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Max Scherzer takes Harper’s spot on throne

The former king of Nationals Park has left town. Now the realm belongs to Max Scherzer, who will take the mound Thursday afternoon on Opening Day at Nationals Park against his rival Cy Young winner from last season, the New York Mets' Jacob deGrom.

March 26, 2019
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo talks to Aaron Henry (11) during the second half of a second round men's college basketball game against Minnesota in the NCAA Tournament, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, March 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Tom Izzo meltdown wrong, even if he is a legend

Michigan State strongman Tom Izzo will be coming to town this week as part of the NCAA Tournament East Regionals at the Capital One Arena. It hasn't been determined yet if extra D.C. police will be assigned to protect his players from their beloved coach.

March 24, 2019
Safety Sean Taylor (21) was shot and killed on Nov. 27, 2007. (Peter Lockley/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Dan Snyder still feels the Sean Taylor pain

The Landon Collins signing -- six years, $84 million, with $45 million, mind you, of that guaranteed -- appears to be a Dan Snyder-driven move. It's a high-priced, high-profile early free agency attention-grabber.

March 14, 2019
FILE - In this July 9, 1969, file photo, New York Mets right-handed pitcher Tom Seaver makes a second-inning delivery against the Chicago Cubs at New York's Shea Stadium where he hurled a one-hitter in a 4-0 victory. Seaver has been diagnosed with dementia and has retired from public life. The family of the 74-year-old made the announcement Thursday, March 7, 2019, through the Hall and said Seaver will continue to work in the vineyard at his home in California. (AP Photo/File)

Tom Seaver made being Mets fan cool

The news last week that 74-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver is suffering from dementia and is retiring from public life shook the city of New York and Mets fans, both of whom have been given a lifetime of memories by one of the greatest right-handed hurlers to ever pick up a baseball.

March 10, 2019
Courtesy of Monumental Sports and Entertainment. ** FILE **

Steve Buckhantz a Wizards feature that works

Ted Leonsis seems to have found a way to get the dwindling, diminished, demolished Washington Wizards fanbase fired up and passionate about something: The boss is considering cutting loose perhaps the only good thing about the basketball team.

March 7, 2019
Washington Nationals' Patrick Corbin (46) pitches in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves in a spring baseball exhibition game, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Nationals pitchers a club of Tommy John surgery success stories

No one wants to be in this club that doesn't have to be. Still, the days when a torn ulnar collateral ligament was a career-ender are fading faster than ever, and there are few clubhouses where that is more evident than here in the Nationals locker room.

February 26, 2019