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LOVERRO: Rizzo wheels and deals another winning draft for Nationals
After the New York Mets selected catcher Hobie Landrith with their first pick in the National League expansion draft, Manager Casey Stengel was asked why they made that choice. "You have to have a catcher because if you don't, you're likely to have a lot of passed balls," he said.
LOVERRO: Gibson takes his rightful place among the all-time greats
Josh Gibson was a celebrated young athlete in Pittsburgh, where his family moved from Buena Vista, Va., when he was 12 years old. He was a catcher for a Black amateur team called Gimbels A.C. He later played for a semi-pro team called the Crawford Colored Giants. But the local team he wanted to play for, the high-profile Homestead Grays, had no place for him. They had a catcher, Buck Ewing.
LOVERRO: Ingredients in Dr. Rizzo's miracle cure include talent, youth and a Padres phone call
Losing a generational ballplayer like Juan Soto can be gut-wrenching, something that likely left a lot of Washington Nationals fans feeling ill.
LOVERRO: When you're as low as the Wizards, it all looks like upside
The Wizards selected a French player with the second pick overall in the NBA draft Wednesday night, one of three French players to go in the top 10 in the first round. All the cool kids are doing it.
LOVERRO: Daniels may be an ace, but Commanders don't have a full house yet
These are some pretty impressive quotes from NFL veterans about a rookie Washington quarterback who has yet to play one down in an NFL game.
LOVERRO: Willie Mays, last of a generation that towered above baseball
Willie Mays was the last of the finest, and perhaps the greatest, of the quartet of players who made up the royal court of baseball for more than 50 years.
LOVERRO: Celtics' success with Horford, Porzingis points up how Wizards fell short
The story of Al Horford and the Washington Wizards has been told before. But since this franchise continued to make one mistake after another following this failure, it's important to tell it again and again, until the local NBA team finally does something right -- you know, like the Boston Celtics have done 18 times to build championship rosters.
It takes time to win, and that's a lesson Luka Doncic is dealing with
Michael Jordan needed seven seasons to win his first title. LeBron James needed nine seasons and two futile trips to the NBA Finals before he became a champion. Shaquille O'Neal got swept in his first finals. And the newly crowned champion Boston Celtics lost the finals in 2022 and lost in the Eastern Conference Finals last year before now breaking through.
West, Bryant were a match from Day 1, and the Lakers reaped the benefits
It was during the NBA Finals in 2010. Kobe Bryant was asked a question about whether he thought he was the greatest Los Angeles Laker ever.
The chance was there for Dallas in Game 2, but Mavs now face even tougher road vs. Boston
Game 2 provided Dallas with a huge chance.
LOVERRO: Bethesda native Sternburg rightfully among boxing's greats
I was there for the early days of the brilliance of Fred Sternburg, when he was publicizing club fights in places like the Pikesville Armory, where he searched far and wide for a phone line for me to send my column about the fight he had convinced me to cover. He found one in the guard shack outside.
LOVERRO: Landover surprisingly back in running for Commanders stadium, thanks to politicking
A U.S. senator has emerged as the major roadblock to the District's efforts to gain control of the federal land that RFK Stadium sits on for a new home for the Washington Commanders, but not the one that has gotten all the attention.
LOVERRO: Washington baseball spotlighted in MLB's overdue inclusion of Negro League records
A few years back, a group of elderly baseball players, all members of the Negro League Baseball Players Association, were trying to generate some income for their colleagues and, while they were at it, perhaps a little sliver of justice.
LOVERRO: The long, confounding implosion of Victor Robles
This week, the Nationals made 27-year-old Victor Robles available, designating him for assignment after more than 10 years in the organization and eight years since he made his major league debut in 2017.
LOVERRO: Walton leaves behind incomparable basketball, broadcasting legacy
Former Maryland basketball star Tom McMillen was surprised to hear that Bill Walton had died at the age of 71 from cancer. "I didn't know he was that sick," McMillen said. "I would have reached out to him. He was a great human being."
Korda, head and shoulders above peers, hopes winning is enough to help golf grow
Nelly Korda has won six of her last seven tournaments. She tied a record held by two LPGA greats, Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam, by winning five tournaments in a row. So it's safe to say she is head and shoulders over everyone else.
Mike Tyson is 'doing great' after falling ill during weekend cross country flight
Mike Tyson was recovering Monday after falling ill a day earlier during a flight from Miami to Los Angeles, his representatives said.
LOVERRO: Obscure 1955 drama featured John Wayne in a 'Field of Dreams'-esque slice of Americana
It's John Wayne's 117th birthday on Sunday, the day before Memorial Day. On the screen, he was often the soldier who fought America's enemies. In real life, he never served in the military and actually filed for a draft deferment in World War II, a source of controversy at the time.
LOVERRO: Leonsis still in the hunt for the Nationals
Transparent Ted Leonsis hasn't let the embarrassment of his Virginia stadium collapse keep him down.
LOVERRO: Mambo No. 5 rookie has Commanders, Way dancing to his tune
I'll bet if you told new Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn what the reaction was going to be when he wore a Commanders T-shirt to a rookie minicamp last week, you probably could have knocked him over with a feather. Two feathers, actually.
