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Todd Karpovich

Todd Karpovich is a freelance writer for the Catholic Review. A 1990 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, he is a contributor to the Associated Press, ESPN, the Baltimore Sun, PressBox and Sports Xchange, among other media outlets nationwide.

Todd is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box”; “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles”; and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs),” “Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees,” and “Michigan State Spartans (Inside College Football).”

Loyola Blakefield grad Zimmermann earns spot in Orioles’ rotation

March 31, 2021
By Todd Karpovich
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports

“When he arrived as a 10th-grader I knew he had the ability and good baseball instincts, but he was young and small, 5-9ish,” Crowley said. “By his senior year, he was one of the best high school pitchers in the area and I knew his college future was bright.”

John Carroll stuns St. Frances Academy to win Baltimore Catholic League tournament

March 26, 2021
By Todd Karpovich
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports

John Carroll is just the second No. 6 seed to win the BCLtournament title, the other being Towson Catholic in 1989.

Loyola Blakefield spirit ‘burning strong’ in brothers who own Dundalk restaurant

March 17, 2021
By Todd Karpovich
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

John and Tony Minadakis, owners of Jimmy’s Famous Seafood in Dundalk, embody the mission statement they learned at Loyola Blakefield: “To serve with and for others.”

Mount St. Joseph High School soccer opener 2020

Glad to be back on field, Mount St. Joseph beats Curley in Catholic soccer opener

October 31, 2020
By Todd Karpovich
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

Mount St. Joseph High School scored a 3-1 victory against Archbishop Curley High in its opener in a newly formed Catholic soccer league.

Dundalk school bonds with county police as part of ‘Faith & Blue’ weekend

October 9, 2020
By Todd Karpovich
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Video

The student council at Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School in Dundalk presented Baltimore County police with a wagon full of snacks the morning of Oct. 9 to thank them for their service in the local community.

Turkey Bowl 100: Naval Academy-bound Card big on ‘brotherhood’

November 20, 2019
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports, Turkey Bowl

The Cardinals will rely heavily on Sasaki and his leadership in the 100th Turkey Bowl.

Mercy High opens $4.3 million artificial turf athletic complex 

September 7, 2019
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

“This opens up new opportunities and new beginnings for faculty and student-athletes,” Burnett said. 

Franciscan Center, FCA team on soccer camp to benefit those experiencing homelessness

July 30, 2019
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Urban Vicariate

The Franciscan Center partnered with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Calvert Hall College High School on a soccer clinic that benefited those experiencing homelessness July 27.

Calvert Hall athletics caps a spring to remember

May 23, 2019
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

At Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, athletes expect to play into late spring. That was never more evident than this year, when historic runs by the lacrosse and baseball teams capped a memorable season for the Christian Brothers school’s varsity programs. Calvert Hall had more than 200 athletes participate in six varsity sports, […]

Calvert Hall, Curley claim MIAA lacrosse titles with dominant performances 

May 18, 2019
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

Calvert Hall became the first lacrosse program to win three straight A Conference championships since the early 1950s with its 17-5 defeat of St. Mary’s.

Men’s soccer returns to Mount St. Mary’s after five-year absence

August 27, 2018
By Todd Karpovich
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

For the first time since 2012, the Mountaineers took the field in an NCAA game Aug. 24, when they played host to Bucknell at Waldron Family Stadium and lost, 2-0.

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