Thomas F. Loverro (born March 25, 1954, in

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), is an American sportswriter. He was voted by the

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the Maryland sportswriter of the year in 2009 and District of Columbia sportswriter of the year in 2014. He previously co-hosted a sports talk radio show on ESPN 980 radio in Washington called ''The Sports Fix''. He is currently working at 106.7 The Fan. 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 ''

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'', where he covered government, politics and crime. He moved into sports reporting when he joined ''

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'' in 1992 and remained until 2009. Loverro was a sport columnist with ''

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'' from 2010 to 2013. He returned to ''The Washington Times'' as a sports columnist in September 2013. Loverro has written 11 books, including, ''Hail Victory: an Oral History of The Washington Redskins'' and ''The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball''.

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