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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 Washington Valor, part of a five-team mostly East Coast-based Arena Football League, are 1-2 in their first season going into Saturday's home game with Tampa Bay. (Ned Dishman) ** FILE **

NFL dreams fuel D.C.’s latest indoor football adventure

Sean Brackett is the third-string quarterback for the Washington Valor, and believe me, there is no more third string than being the third-string quarterback for the Washington Valor in the Arena Football League.

May 28, 2017

Small college building winning black baseball program

MLB wants to rekindle interest in baseball among young black Americans. The commissioner might want to look in Largo, Md., where Prince George's Community College's mostly black team in the hunt for a title.

May 25, 2017
Uzbekistan's Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, left, and United State's Gary Russell exchange punches during a men's light welterweight 64-kg quarterfinals boxing match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Gary Russell Jr., his brothers headline boxing card

Gary Russell Jr., the world featherweight champion, will defend his title Saturday at the MGM National Harbor, and his two brothers, Gary Antuanne, making his professional debut, and Gary Antonio, an undefeated bantamweight fighter, are featured on the card as well.

May 18, 2017
Scot McCloughan, right, speaks during an NFL football press conference where he was introduced as the Washington Redskins new general manager, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Ashburn, Va. At left is Washington Redskins president Bruce Allen. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Redskins’ offseason has been far from successful

The definition of repressed memories: Memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to the memory being associated with a high level of stress or trauma. For synonyms, see Washington Redskins fans. How else do you explain the narrative that the team has had what some are calling a successful offseason?

April 30, 2017
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ian Cole (28) battles for the puck against Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom (19), of Sweden, during the second period of Game 2 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Capitals don’t have answer for Penguins’ ‘compete level’

When the Penguins disposed of the Columbus Blue Jackets in five games in the first round, their coach, Mike Sullivan, spoke of his team's "compete level." That's a level the Washington Capitals, in the era of Alex Ovechkin, have never had in postseason hockey.

April 30, 2017
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates his goal with the bench during the second period of Game 1 of the team's NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Sidney Crosby, Penguins make Capitals pay for lack of fight

Crosby and company sized up the lack of fight in the Capitals early in the game, and it wasn't hard to make that determination. Washington playing at home in the first game of the second round of the playoffs before a juiced up home crowd with the intensity of a game in Edmonton in February.

April 27, 2017
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby plays against the Columbus Blue Jackets during Game 4 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets beat the Penguins 5-4. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Sidney Crosby, Penguins all business in first round

What can we conclude from the Washington Capitals' difficult six-game series win over the Toronto Maple Leafs? Apparently, the message is that the Stanley Cup playoffs are hard. Who knew?

April 25, 2017

Simon Mathiesen about to kick his way into the NFL

Starting Thursday, NFL general managers -- and others who fancy themselves as personnel experts -- will do the football version of shopping spree at Costco's when the draft gets underway.

April 23, 2017