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Thom Loverro: Mariano Rivera deserves MLB award in his name
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Nobody wants to say goodbye to Mariano Rivera. The beloved and revered New York Yankees reliever is an oasis of grace and humanity in a sports world filled with embarrassment and shame. Rivera, who just appeared at Camden Yards for the Yankees' three-game series against the Orioles, has said...
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Thom Loverro: Robinson still defines third base years later
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
When Ryan Zimmerman complained to reporters about the official scorer giving him an error on a ninth-inning throw in Friday night's 6-5 extra-inning win by the Washington Nationals over the San Diego Padres, he didn't mention Mike Schmidt. He didn't use George Brett or Chipper Jones to make his...
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Thom Loverro: Scrumming soon to the U.S., an NFL-backed rugby group
Thom Loverro
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
Rugby used to be a thing here in the United States. America's national team won the gold medal in Olympic rugby in 1920 and 1924. Then it disappeared from view, while at the same time, George Halas was kicking off the National Football League. The rough-and-tumble sport grew throughout the...
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Thom Loverro: The Dodgers' history in Brooklyn casts a long shadow over the game
Thom Loverro
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
The Washington Nationals began their road trip Monday night with the start of a three-game series against the Dodgers, who, under former Nationals president Stan Kasten, have become the Dodgers again -- at least off the field. Under former owner Frank McCourt, the franchise was a disaster,...
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Thom Loverro: For Capitals, a deep history of Game 7 failure
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
A history of failure defines the Washington Capitals. This group may want to separate themselves from the past, but Monday night's 5-0 Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers binds Alex Ovechkin to the long list of former Capitals who came up short while wearing the jersey of this organization....
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Thom Loverro: Boxing is still alive and well on the silver screen
Thom Loverro
Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013
If boxing is a dying sport, someone ought to tell Hollywood. Turns out that picking the bones of a sport that was once center stage in the theater of sports is good movie-making business. Plans are in the works for a film about the great Roberto Duran called "Hands of Stone," and according...
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Thom Loverro: Choppy waves divide Nationals fans in crowd battle
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013
The waves are choppy these days at Nationals Park. The most docile crowd in baseball is riled up about something as simple as standing up and sitting down in your seat at the game -- choreographed in unison with your neighbors, a seemingly fun and innocuous expression. For some, you would...
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Thom Loverro: Ernie Banks' little-known first chance at history
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013
With all the attention on the film "42," the story of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, more focus has been placed on the decline of black baseball players in today's game and of interest in the history of black baseball. For instance, if you were...
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Thom Loverro: Constant questions surrounding Robert Griffin III and Stephen Strasburg put D.C. fans through hell
Thom Loverro
Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013
If one were to describe Washington sports hell, it might simply be called being a Washington Wizards fan. But I'm not sure that is true sports-fan hell -- to be a Wizards fan is to be indifferent at best, numb at worst. Now, if Dante were covering sports in Washington, he might say hell is...
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Thom Loverro: Rangers' angry coach John Tortorella comes to town to face Capitals
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013
The Rangers come to town Thursday for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference first round series against the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center, and that means the return of Mr. Warmth, the hockey coach who looks at a bottle of Aquafina and sees a weapon -- the Angry Man, John...
