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Thom Loverro

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

LOVERRO: Washington’s David and Goliath tale takes hit from cold reality of NFL

The storybook portion of the season may have run its course. The stadium full of Cowboys fans should have told you that this isn't some sort of fable anymore. The reality is a wrecked Washington franchise under congressional investigation with a 6-7 record hanging on to a hope of squeezing into the playoffs.

December 13, 2021

LOVERRO: D.C. Divas embrace Jordan’s passion for the game of football

Some of these women may have never heard of LaMont Jordan. Others may have grown up watching him rush for more than 1,000 yards for the Oakland Raiders and catch 70 passes in 2005, the best season of his nine-year NFL career. But they were all fixated on every word Jordan said, recognizing the value of lessons from someone who played the game at the highest level -- maybe even a little star struck.

December 9, 2021

LOVERRO: Rivera, teammates have growing faith in their own giant-killing David

On Sunday, Goliath was Derek Carr, the Las Vegas Raiders' $125 million quarterback who was leading the NFL in passing before the 17-15 loss to the Washington Football Team. Heinicke tossed a rock right at the Raiders' head, leading his team on the last-minute drive that led to Brian Johnson's 48-yard game-winning field goal.

December 6, 2021

LOVERRO: RG3’s tell-all may be silver lining to twisted saga

Robert Griffin III -- the architect of both brief times of triumph followed by long stretches of pain -- woke Washington Football Team fans from their dreams with the news he posted on his Twitter account that he will have a book coming out next August. The title? "Surviving Washington."

December 1, 2021

LOVERRO: Courage to hold China accountable in short supply

Olympics sponsors -- especially those who do business in China with untold riches at stake -- have shown no appetite for pulling out of these Games, despite calls from human rights activists.

November 29, 2021

LOVERRO: Rodriguez shows Bonds, Clemens how rebranding a cheater is done

To reinvent himself as a sympathetic, all-around nice guy -- instead of one of the biggest cheaters in baseball history -- Alex Rodriguez needs some help from the media. And he's getting it.

November 25, 2021

LOVERRO: Teammates share Heinicke’s swagger, and now fans are feeling it, too

The former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi once told me the quarterback you want is the guy who, when he gets on the team bus, everyone else believes they have a chance to win that day because of him. Rivera was telling you Heinicke's teammates feel that way about him.

November 22, 2021

LOVERRO: Smart, hard-working Wizards team a reflection of Sheppard

Villanova Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright knew that Tommy Sheppard had a bright future in basketball when the two met while Wright was on Rollie Massimino's staff at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in the early 1990s.

November 18, 2021

Maybe coach Ron Rivera is right about Taylor Heinicke

It would have been easy to make the change, and no one would have blamed the coach. But Rivera stuck with Heinicke, and his faith paid off. Now Heinicke likely has the rest of the season to convince people that he could be the quarterback of the future for this team -- not that he is, but that he could be.

November 15, 2021

LOVERRO: Two rival cities mourn the great Sam Huff

When Sam Huff played, he was justice -- the judge and jury. And when he called Washington football games, he was the prosecutor and defense attorney for what he saw on the field. And fans loved him for it.

November 14, 2021

LOVERRO: Young could use his own season-changing, career-correcting ‘You like that!’ moment

If anyone ever needed a Kirk Cousins-style "You like that!" game, it is Chase Young on Sunday.

November 11, 2021

LOVERRO: Rivera may not have all the answers, but he’s definitely got all the questions

Ron Rivera loves asking himself some Ron Rivera questions -- and then answering them.

November 7, 2021

LOVERRO: Lerners, Nationals can’t afford to waste another year with Soto

There is a feeling that, with pitching prospects like Cole Henry and Cade Cavalli, and the development of young players acquired at the trade deadline like pitcher Josiah Gray and catcher Keibert Ruiz, that GM Mike Rizzo's "reboot" will start paying dividends in 2023. Not good enough.

November 4, 2021

LOVERRO: Renaming franchise at this point solves nothing

If it was just the bad football, that would be enough of a burden for Washington Football Team fans. There is certainly enough of that to go around. Just look at Sunday's 17-10 loss to the Broncos - bad offense, bad coaching, bad outcomes.

November 1, 2021

LOVERRO: Goodell, Manfred in a race to the gutter

We saw the worst of American sports this week. We saw the leaders of the country's two most popular leagues -- football and baseball -- square off in a competition over who could be more arrogant, who could tell the biggest fib with a straight face. A fraud-off, if you will.

October 28, 2021