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Thom Loverro

tloverro@washingtontimes.com

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 writing when he joined The Washington Times in 1992. He moved to The Washington Examiner as a sports columnist in 2009 and returned to The Washington Times in 2013, where he is currently the lead sports columnist.

Columns by Thom Loverro

Baltimore third baseman Brooks Robinson makes a diving catch for a line drive hit by Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Bench to end the sixth inning of a baseball game, Oct. 13, 1970, in Baltimore. Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died, according to a joint announcement by the Orioles and his family Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Zimmerman says Brooks Robinson still the gold standard at third

After a game in 2013 where Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was charged with an error, he voiced his displeasure on the scoring. "I would never complain about a play, but that's not an error," he told reporters. "I don't know if they have Brooks Robinson as a scorekeeper here or what."

October 5, 2023
Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell (14) leads the offense back onto the field against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa., October 1, 2023. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times)

LOVERRO: Sometimes when you lose, you really win

No one left Philadelphia on Sunday embarrassed. Angry, maybe, at a lost "opportunity" that, to be honest, few expected to be there. But it's a different conversation now about this team and its possibilities, even more so than their two wins over Arizona and Denver the first two weeks of the season.

October 2, 2023
Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke talks with reporters during a news conference Monday, Dec. 4, 1995 in Landover, Md. Cooke announced plans to builda new 78,600 seat stadium for the Redksins in Landover. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Plenty of hurdles remain before Commanders return to D.C.

The legislation still has to make its way through Congress, and there are plenty of hurdles ahead before football returns to the banks of the Anacostia River. The politically-connected residents around the RFK site have always had mixed feelings about football, the traffic and the crowds.

September 21, 2023
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Tom Grizzard, right, winner of the 2008 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, and other past winners judge contestants during the 2023 contest, Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West. Almost 140 contestants are competing in the challenge, a featured event of Key West's annual Hemingway Days festival that ends Sunday, July 23. Hemingway's 124th birthday anniversary is Friday, July 21. The 2023 "Papa" is to be crowned Saturday, July 22. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

LOVERRO: The old columnist and the look-alike contest

I thought I had a chance to make the finals. After all, I had met the inspiration for Hemingway's "Old Man" -- the author's most iconic character. I was two degrees of separation away from the man the contest is named for.

July 27, 2023