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LOVERRO: Longer seasons, harder hits mean more down time for NFL QBs
Jayden Daniels did a lot of heavy lifting this week, even though he didn't practice as of Thursday.
Being the last Ryder Cup pick in 2021 played a part in Scottie Scheffler becoming world No. 1
Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf, still remembers the time he was last.
LOVERRO: Beatdown in Wisconsin bordered on elder abuse
The Green Bay Packers -- the youngest team in the NFL -- roughed up the oldest team in the league, the Washington Commanders, by a score of 27-18 on Thursday night at Lambeau Field.
LOVERRO: Intelligence, confidence, guts made Davey Johnson irreplaceable
Davey Johnson will not be replaced. Today's game has no room for the level of intelligence, confidence and guts that Johnson fearlessly displayed. That's the best description of Johnson -- fearless.
LOVERRO: A win short on style but long on establishing the team's hard-hitting identity
Dan Quinn saw it all Sunday in a hard-fought 21-6 win over the Commanders' NFL East rivals, the Giants. In front of a legitimate sold-out crowd of 64,544 at Northwest Stadium, his team was sloppy, mistake-prone and often failed to execute. But he also saw the most important thing he was looking for -- his team's identity.
LOVERRO: With a great quarterback comes great responsibility
Everyone in an NFL football operation is under pressure. But I think coach Dan Quinn and the Commanders are under even more now, with the presence of Jayden Daniels. Like Uncle Ben told Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15, "With great power comes great responsibility."
Ryder Cup is 24 days away, but the games have started already
The Ryder Cup is still three weeks away and it feels as though it already has started.
LOVERRO: Add Parsons to the litany of boneheaded Jerry Jones moves
The part of the whole Dallas Cowboys trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers that fascinates me the most is that the richest franchise on the planet owned by a high-profile billionaire oilman in the ninth largest city in the country traded its best player to a team whose owners can be found throughout the local phone book in a city that isn't even ranked in the top 100 in the United States.
LOVERRO: Realignment could light a fuse under sleepy Orioles-Nationals rivalry
The Nationals have not had a heated rivalry with any of their NL East foes, for various reasons, including the level of passion among the Washington fan base that ignites that intensity. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have an answer for that.
LOVERRO: Star wideout back in orbit around the Commanders' sun
It must have really hurt Terry McLaurin to hold out like he did.
LOVERRO: The deal that would have had Orioles, Redskins sharing a stadium
I pulled this book off my shelf for summer reading -- "The Man To See: Edward Bennett Williams, Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer," published in 1991 and written by Evan Thomas, a journalist, historian, lawyer, and author of 11 books, including two New York Times bestsellers.
NASCAR's playoffs begin with no clear favorite, Larson as top seed
Well, no single team has emerged as the favorite as NASCAR heads to Darlington Raceway for Sunday's playoff opener. Kyle Larson is the top seed, just ahead of regular-season champion William Byron.
LOVERRO: Daniels, Commanders showcase a Hogs-style ground game
Commanders fans likely left Northwest Stadium on Monday night pleased even though their team lost, because in the brief time the first-team offense was on the field, it was explosive -- and Daniels, last season's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, never threw a game pass.
LOVERRO: Author Jane Leavy has a prescription for what ails baseball
Author Jane Leavy was on the veranda of the famed Otesaga Hotel overlooking the lake in Cooperstown for the 2019 Hall of Fame induction weekend when she was hit by a fastball right between the eyes.
Golf was never meant to have a finish line to the season
Instead of outrage and grave concern that Rory McIlroy chose to sit out the first FedEx Cup playoff event -- without dropping a single spot in the rankings -- let it be a reminder that golf is not like other sports.
LOVERRO: Nats flail while Lerners fail
The Washington Nationals just endured a six-game losing streak of historic proportions -- scores like 16-9, 14-3 and 16-7.
LOVERRO: Bowser caters to the sports mob with Commanders stadium deal
We can dispense with the title of "Mayor" for Muriel Bowser and change it to "Queen of Washington." Like a Roman emperor, she has delivered games to the mob, and they'll love her for it.
LOVERRO: Commanders' stadium party is on tap (and so is the coming bill)
For all intents and purposes, it appears the Washington Commanders' proposed stadium on the RFK campus is a $3.8 billion party, of which $1.1 billion will be paid for by District taxpayers.
Woad makes a big impression and already is the talk of women's golf
The Women's Scottish Open wasn't the first time Lottie Woad made an immediate impression.
LOVERRO: The biggest fraud in a sport that celebrates phonies
The cheated generation has lost one of its most beloved frauds.
