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  • Thom Loverro: A longtime newspaperman reaches end of the journey

    By Thom Loverro | 06/13/13 06:05 PM

    Two things I know how to close down -- bars and newspapers. The Washington Examiner is changing its format as of today, If you are holding a copy of the paper, you are holding the last one. If you are reading this online, well, you're part of the problem. The Examiner will continue in online...

  • Thom Loverro: A-Rod's PED controversy will be hard to swallow for Hall of Fame voters

    By Thom Loverro | 06/12/13 09:35 PM

    Here is what has been one absolute about steroids and sports, something I've been saying for 10 years now and proven right every year: What we know now about steroids and sports today is not as damaging as we will know tomorrow and what we may know six months from now. If you believe some of...

  • Thom Loverro: There's no stopping gutless criticism of last year's Stephen Strasburg shutdown

    By Thom Loverro | 06/10/13 10:00 PM

    There is no shortage of valid criticisms to level at the disappointing Washington Nationals this season. They've managed their disabled list like Frank Burns in an operating room at M*A*S*H. They've fielded so poorly that they've got more candidates for the Marv Throneberry award than a Gold...

  • Thom Loverro: Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton was an unheralded classic

    By Thom Loverro | 06/06/13 10:30 PM

    As much as we pine for the glory days of heavyweight boxing in the 1970s, there really were only a handful of truly great heavyweight title fights during that decade. Three of them involved Muhammad Ali: Ali vs. Joe Frazier, the "Fight of the Century" in 1971; Ali vs. George Foreman, the...

  • Thom Loverro: Donovan McNabb's advice to RGIII is not worth listening to

    By Thom Loverro | 06/05/13 10:20 PM

    You know, maybe Robert Griffin III -- SuperBob -- should listen to former Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb. Maybe the kid should learn from the old veteran. Maybe SuperBob should do what McNabb did when he arrived via trade in Washington in 2010, before he ever took a snap on the football...

  • Thom Loverro: Nationals walking a tightrope of a season -- without a net

    By Thom Loverro | 06/03/13 11:10 PM

    There is a scene in the film "Wyatt Earp" where Kevin Costner, as Wyatt, asks Dennis Quaid -- Doc Holliday -- "What's wrong with you?" Doc replies, "What is wrong with me? What have you got?" That might be the collective reply to the question of what's gone wrong with the Washington...

  • Thom Loverro: Muhammad Ali's story is still one worth telling

    By Thom Loverro | 05/30/13 10:25 PM

    The story of Muhammad Ali has been told many times, in many ways, because he was so much a part of a generation of change in this country. From his brash declarations that he would beat Sonny Liston to his "Fight of the Century" against Joe Frazier -- the single greatest sporting event in the...

  • Thom Loverro: Boxing gym brings soul to tattered neighborhood in Northeast D.C.

    By Thom Loverro | 05/29/13 04:20 PM

    There is a Jimmy Cagney movie taking place on Mount Olivet Road NE near Montello Avenue in Washington. It involves a boxing gym, a retired, respected police officer turned trainer and a social worker -- all trying to save the poor kids of this city. All that's missing is the priest. Tony...

  • Thom Loverro: Bryce Harper getting a chance to take it to the warehouse

    By Thom Loverro | 05/27/13 08:15 PM

    There it sits beyond right field, about 460 feet from home plate at Camden Yards: the B&O Warehouse, reputedly the longest building on the East Coast and still uncharted territory for major league hitters. It was to be demolished in the original plans for the ballpark. Then there was a...

  • Thom Loverro: For women's baseball players, it's more than just a league of their own

    By Thom Loverro | 05/24/13 08:10 PM

    Decades ago, Lizzie Murphy stepped on the field to take her position at first base at Fenway Park with a group of All-Star players to face the Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game -- the first time a woman had played with major league baseball players. She would be known as the "Queen of...


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