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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

FBI assistant director Christopher Raia speaks at a press conference announcing the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

LOVERRO: NBA is going to need buckets of detergent to wash this stain out

In the wake of the federal game-fixing and other charges involving a former NBA player Damon Jones, current Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and a Hall of Famer and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who will be the figure that drops a hammer that resonates throughout the sport for a century?

October 26, 2025
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) runs next to Los Angeles Chargers outside linebacker Bud Dupree (48) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Carrie Giordano )

LOVERRO: Homecoming for Daniels puts Commanders in control

Jayden Daniels went home Sunday. And he brought gifts -- a 27-10 win over the carpetbagging Los Angeles Chargers that reminded anyone who forgot that he is the sun around which all Washington Commanders planets revolve.

October 6, 2025
Washington Commanders defense celebrates at Atlanta Falcons end zone after Washington Commanders Defensive Back Mikey Sainristil (0) intercepts pass at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Falcons defeated the Washington Commanders 34-27 during NFL Week 3 on September 28, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Sabillo for Washington Times)

LOVERRO: Atlanta collapse shows how much the Commanders need their missing stars

Mercedes-Benz Stadium certainly was open Sunday and cooking, frying the Commanders' carcass. It wasn't a full helping, though. The meat on the bones -- quarterback Jayden Daniels and receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown -- didn't even make the trip, nursing their injuries in the comfort of home cooking..

September 29, 2025
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn talks with quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the New York Jets Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in East Rutherford. N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)

LOVERRO: With a great quarterback comes great responsibility

Everyone in an NFL football operation is under pressure. But I think coach Dan Quinn and the Commanders are under even more now, with the presence of Jayden Daniels. Like Uncle Ben told Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15, "With great power comes great responsibility."

September 3, 2025
Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys owner, president, and general manager speaks to reporters during a news conference to open training camp Monday, July 21, 2025, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LOVERRO: Add Parsons to the litany of boneheaded Jerry Jones moves

The part of the whole Dallas Cowboys trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers that fascinates me the most is that the richest franchise on the planet owned by a high-profile billionaire oilman in the ninth largest city in the country traded its best player to a team whose owners can be found throughout the local phone book in a city that isn't even ranked in the top 100 in the United States.

September 1, 2025