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Thom Loverro: Making a starting five out of the Big East's all-time best
Thom Loverro
Updated: Fri, Mar 8, 2013
You know you are getting old when you're nostalgic for something that began and ended in your years as an adult on this earth. There was no Big East basketball when I was growing up. There was the Big Five in Philadelphia, UCLA, the ACC and a handful of other college basketball attractions....
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Thom Loverro: It doesn't take science to know Jim Thorpe is the greatest
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, Mar 6, 2013
So ESPN's "Sports Science" has determined Bo Jackson is the greatest athlete of all time. What does Jim Thorpe have to do -- have his grave moved to Bristol, Conn., the home of ESPN, to get anyone to remember him? Does "all time" include before ESPN went on the air? I know this is an...
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Thom Loverro: Nationals' Danny Espinosa is tough -- but not so pretty
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, Mar 4, 2013
VIERA, Fla. Describing the 2013 Washington Nationals' roster is sort of like explaining how beautiful Cindy Crawford is. But there is that mole above her lip. The closest thing to a Cindy Crawford mole on the Nationals' roster may be Danny Espinosa, who is entering his third season as the...
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Thom Loverro: 1969-70 Redskins teams missed opportunity to tear down barriers for gay athletes
Thom Loverro
Published: Sat, Mar 2, 2013
The NFL is slowly being forced to face the prospect of having an openly gay player in the league and the challenges that will come with it. This isn't happening because the league is trying to be progressive. The issue is on the table because the NFL and its personnel directors, players and...
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Thom Loverro: Redskins still paying for crime of signing Albert Haynesworth
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Albert Haynesworth is free and clear, his conviction after he was accused of fondling a waitress at the W Hotel two years ago wiped off the books. Unfortunately for the Washington Redskins, they are still doing time for their own Haynesworth crime. The record of Haynesworth's conviction was...
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Thom Loverro: For Redskins' RG3, once more, with healing
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013
Renown orthopedic surgeon James Andrews put on his Redskins beanie last week and told the world that SuperBob -- quarterback Robert Griffin III -- was "ahead of schedule" in his comeback from knee surgery. "We have him well on his way," Andrews told the NFL Network. "His recovery is way ahead...
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Thom Loverro: These Nationals are unfazed by great expectations
Thom Loverro
Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013
VIERA, Fla. Even in a cell phone-internet connected world, there is a lot of distance between Viera, Fla., where the Washington Nationals play spring training games, and Washington, D.C., where an enthusiastic Nationals fan base awaits the start of the 2013 season. Players will ask, "What...
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Thom Loverro: For the Nationals, it's a different sort of spring
Thom Loverro
Updated: Wed, Feb 20, 2013
VIERA, Fla. To fully appreciate Washington Nationals spring training in 2013, you had to be here in Viera for spring trainings past. You had to be here in 2006, when left-hander Brian Lawrence, acquired in a trade in the offseason with the San Diego Padres for Vinny Castilla, threw 10...
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