Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
Thomas F. Loverro (born March 25, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American sportswriter. He was voted the Maryland sportswriter of the year in 2009 by the NSSA.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 The Baltimore Sun, where he covered government, politics and crime. He moved into sports reporting when he joined The Washington Times in 1992 and remained until 2009.Loverro was a sport columnist with The Washington Examiner 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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Events on 1954
- 13Feb
NCAA Division I
Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. - 28Feb
NTSC
The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public. - 1Apr
United States Air Force Academy
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. - 25Apr
Bell Labs
The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories. - 18Jun
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état