Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
Loverro: A journeyman on the field but always a ‘King’ off it
Thirty years ago, Montgomery County businessman Tony Puca held a New Year's Eve party attended by some of the biggest movers and shakers in the state. Published July 23, 2009
Loverro: Park service stalls baseball academy
Southeast baseball, ice rink projects need to get started. Published July 21, 2009
LOVERRO: This errant season just can’t get on course
It's all talk until the Nationals get things turned around. Published July 18, 2009
LOVERRO: Franchise’s new face has same blemishes
Familiar refrain reverberates before interim manager's first game. Published July 17, 2009
Loverro: Acta takes fall
Manny Acta is better off without the Washington Nationals. Published July 14, 2009
Loverro: The greatest living players get their due
Thom Loverro names his greatest living lineup. Published July 13, 2009
LOVERRO: Pulling no punches
Mixed martial arts is marching steadily toward the mainstream. Published July 11, 2009
Another Dillinger with gun
Loverro: Baseball player Dillinger isn't related to gangster. Published July 7, 2009
Loverro: Finally, some reasons to call yourself a fan
Encouraging signs emerge for the D.C. sports fan. Published July 4, 2009
Loverro: ‘A different time’
He became first black to win U.S. Golf Association championship Published July 1, 2009
Loverro: This prospect scandal is anything but sweet
"Sugar," the film about a young Dominican baseball prospect who faces the pressures of the game and the business, just finished a two-month run at the Bethesda Row Cinema. Published June 29, 2009
LOVERRO: Nats opting to handle starters with kid gloves
A healthy debate is shaping up in baseball about the number of pitches a hurler should throw in a start. Published June 27, 2009
LOVERRO: Smoltz is last of dying breed
Washington fans, watch John Smoltz closely Thursday night when he makes his first start in a Boston Red Sox uniform. He is the last dinosaur, the one surviving member of a species that dominated the pitching mounds of major league fields for more than 20 years. Published June 25, 2009
LOVERRO: For Boston’s Lucchino, this still feels like home
It always amazed me that Larry Lucchino did not return to the District when baseball was restored to the city.http://www.washingtontimes.com/admin/news/story/385991/# Published June 23, 2009
Loverro: Stench of Bowden era makes judgment unfair
When the Toronto Blue Jays, in the District to play a three-game series against the Nationals starting Friday night, used to play this franchise in its former life as the Montreal Expos, it was touted as a Canadian rivalry. As if the French-speaking province of Quebec, where trying to secede from Canada was a sport of its own, needed a baseball game to fuel bitter feelings. Published June 20, 2009
Loverro: Relieving pressure
With all the hoopla surrounding the Washington Nationals drafting can't-miss super prospect pitcher Stephen Strasburg, it's worth noting the cautionary tale of Clint Everts. Published June 18, 2009
LOVERRO: It’s not exactly observe and report for Dibble
Rob Dibble will tell you that he is just an "observer" when he does the color analysis on Washington Nationals telecasts. He is "just a guy sitting up [in the booth] watching it like everybody else." Published June 15, 2009
LOVERRO: $50 million? Boras must be ‘raving’ mad
Maybe Scott Boras thinks he is going to get a figure approaching $50 million from the Washington Nationals for No. 1 draft choice Stephen Strasburg. And maybe he thinks the streets here in the District are paved with gold, fans fill the ballpark every night and Nationals Park has become an international destination spot. Published June 13, 2009
LOVERRO: No price is too high for this guy
Davey Johnson loves talking about Stephen Strasburg. He gets excited talking about Stephen Strasburg. Published June 10, 2009
LOVERRO: After Crow flies, Nationals can’t afford illusion
The Washington Nationals' brain trust put on quite a show in the interview room on draft day last year as the team was outside losing another game. Published June 9, 2009
