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Aberg is first to get a card through PGA Tour University and making it pay off
Jon Rahm saw this coming, even if he might not have known the player -- Ludvig Aberg -- or how quickly the college kid would make his mark.
LOVERRO: Trump budget amputations raise concerns about new Commanders stadium at RFK
Could the Trump tsunami that has swept over Washington wreck plans for a new home for the Commanders on the RFK stadium site?
Gordon: Larson's defeats at Daytona 'getting in his head'
Owen Larson called it when he said his dad wouldn't win the Daytona 500 because "he probably needs to try really hard because he's not good at superspeedway racing."
LOVERRO: Nationals go into new season hamstrung again by low payroll
The Nationals were ready to fill some holes this winter to add some free-agent upgrades to the young talent they have on this roster. They were ready to tap into the resources that Nationals owner Mark Lerner promised were there.
U.S. Open, British Open offer LIV Golf players a narrow opening
The road to Oakmont might have started in Riyadh, yet another reminder of the fractured landscape in golf.
LOVERRO: Eagles just set high bar for NFL contenders -- including Commanders
Sometimes the standard is talent, and Philadelphia, with the best roster in the NFL, has set that standard. It's the one Washington should aspire to now.
LOVERRO: One name stands out among mixed legacies of Eagles coaches
Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is not among the finalists for NFL Coach of the Year, even though it is his second NFC championship title and trip to the Super Bowl in three years.
LOVERRO: Harris needs more than winner's edge to land a District stadium for Commanders
I think if owner Josh Harris had answered the question of the future of the Commanders name at his press conference Monday by saying, "We're just going to call the team 'the Jayden Daniels,'" more fans would have welcomed that than the news that there were no plans to change the name from Commanders.
LOVERRO: Legendary writer Mike Katz was as colorful, combustible as the fight game he covered
Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Katz had a combination of flair, fearlessness and compassion that was the perfect fit for covering the fight game, which requires a love of the human condition to do well.
Eagles fans wanted Reid and Sirianni fired during their coaching tenures
"Fire Andy" chants echoed throughout the stands in Philadelphia during Andy Reid's final season coaching the Eagles in 2012. Nick Sirianni heard many of those same fans yelling "Fire Nick" in Week 6.
Short message on slow play sends much-needed jolt through golf world
The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages. One overlooked example is a memo from Joe Dey, the USGA executive director who in 1950 issued a notice to players when they registered for the U.S. Open at Merion.
LOVERRO: Daniels can do it all, but that doesn't mean he should have to
Let us go back to a time when no one was using words like playoffs and NFC championship game in conversations about the Washington Commanders -- certainly not first-year coach Dan Quinn.
LOVERRO: Unwanted in Philadelphia? Harris might do well to focus all his efforts in Washington
A plane pulling a banner above Lincoln Financial Field read, "Josh Harris. Go Away. XOXO. Philly Chinatown," a reaction to his plans to build a private arena for his NBA team near the city's Chinatown neighborhood.
LOVERRO: Believe it, anything is possible
The Washington Commanders had given fans plenty of early-season reasons to be optimistic, but this?
Blowouts show Broncos, Chargers aren't as close to Chiefs as thought
The Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers felt good about their chances heading into the playoffs in large part because they had played the reigning two-time Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs so tough this season.
LOVERRO: Dr. Quinn's medicine show has been a miracle cure for ailing franchise
Recalibration is simply the act of calibrating something again. But what Dan Quinn has done is calibrate something again that was ancient, something that happened in the 20th century with this franchise -- pride and success.
LOVERRO: Boxing fan Bob Dylan found inspiration in 'The Sweet Science'
Bob Dylan clearly had a special place for fighters in his heart. He wrote two songs about boxers.
LOVERRO: Commanders can't keep asking Daniels to win games by himself
In the news business, obituaries are often written decades before a person of prominence passes on. It's a morbid but necessary practice.
LOVERRO: Quinn's Commanders are a team that can take a punch
Last week, Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn gave his players personalized baseball bats to make the point that his team had become "heavy hitters" after upsetting the Philadelphia Eagles.
LOVERRO: Daniels has answers for franchise buried under decades of questions, doubts, despair
Jayden Daniels. The answer. The cheat code, as the kids like to say. The path to a 36-33 victory over perhaps the best team in the NFC. The formula for a 10-5 start through 15 games, the likes of which this Washington franchise has not seen since 1991.
