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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

Chicago White Sox right fielder Adam Eaton (1) misjudges a ball hit by New York Yankees' Aaron Hicks for an RBI double during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 14, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bryce Harper reaction to Adam Eaton trade

Shortly after the news broke Wednesday afternoon that the Washington Nationals had traded two of their top pitching prospects to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Adam Eaton, Bryce Harper tweeted, "Wow." Not exactly, "Where's my ring," is it?

December 8, 2016
Former commissioner Bud Selig speaks on the set for the MLB Network, at Major League Baseball's winter meetings, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 in Oxon Hill, Md. Selig and Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz were voted into the 2017 class of baseball's Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bud Selig in Hall of Fame worth a toast

It's tough to get excited about baseball executives in the Hall of Fame, but here in Washington, there's a deep well of appreciation -- or there ought to be, at least -- for Bud Selig.

December 6, 2016
Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper waits at second base during a pitching change in the ninth inning of Game 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball National League Division Series, at Nationals Park, early Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Washington. The Dodgers won 4-3. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bryce Harper free agency haunts Nationals

A few years ago, the idea of the Nationals competing with the Yankees to keep players like Bryce Harper was laughable. No one is Washington is chuckling now.

December 4, 2016
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred responds to a question after the baseball owners quarterly meetings at the Drake Hotel Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Labor peace comes to baseball, but future remains uncertain

The sides were smart enough to extend a good thing. Up next for them is what the landscape will look like in five years amid declining television revenue. Luckily for baseball, it's positioned as a streaming pioneer.

December 1, 2016
National Football League Hall of Famer John Mackey shows off his Hall of Fame and Super Bowl V rings Thursday, March 22, 2007 at his Baltimore home. Mackey, who spent nine years of his 10-year career with the Baltimore Colts, now struggles with dementia. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)

John Mackey, former Colts great, honored by NFLPA

John Mackey -- the former Baltimore Colts legend -- was one of the pioneer African-American athletes of the 1960s who fought for change at a time when change was often costly for those who sought it.

November 15, 2016