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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: The Redskins have a new savior. How’d the last few work out?

You recognize that feeling in your gut. It’s very familiar. It was there five years ago, and six years before that, and two years before that. It’s called hope. You must hate hope by now.

January 8, 2015

Hall of Fame voters got it right by electing Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and others

Somehow, despite headlines like "Baseball's broken Hall of Fame process" and "Hall of Fame PED hypocrisy must end," baseball writers managed to elect four qualified Hall of Fame candidates.

January 6, 2015

LOVERRO: Bruce Allen’s platitudes would have disgusted his father

Allen's father, former Redskins coach George Allen, knew how hollow future promise was after a long history of failure past. Then again, the father would have never given his team a pat on the back for winning two games and trying.

January 4, 2015

LOVERRO: Winter Classic victory may be start of something special in D.C. in 2015

The sun rose on the first day of 2015 — and it was a bright sun, a signal of a new dawn in Washington sports thanks to the Washington Capitals, delivering a message that redefined hope in this town.

January 1, 2015

LOVERRO: Former Winter Classic hero Eric Fehr ready for Capitals’ outdoor showcase

The last time Fehr played in the Winter Classic, he made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals to lead the Capitals to a 3-1 win over the rival Penguins in Pittsburgh in 2011 before a standing-room only crowd of more than 68,000 frenzied fans.

December 30, 2014

LOVERRO: Years later, still no debate over steroid users in Hall of Fame

For some reason, it is difficult for some voters to face the tough decisions of judging admitted or proven cheaters who used performance-enhancing substances to make their Hall of Fame case.

December 25, 2014

LOVERRO: Improved Cuban relations could foster a beautiful baseball relationship

The news last week that President Obama was moving to restore relations with Cuba and lift the embargo against the country brought back recollections of that historic 1999 Orioles trip to Havana to play the Cuban National team.

December 23, 2014

LOVERRO: In victory over Eagles, Robert Griffin III should have learned lesson

Griffin didn't win the game for the Redskins, who defeated Philadelphia, 27-24, on Saturday. But he didn't lose it, either. He was simply the quarterback who did just enough to win and not too much to lose.

December 21, 2014

LOVERRO: By joining three-team trade, Mike Rizzo shoring up Nationals’ future

Your three-time Silver Slugger award-winning shortstop and your ace no-hitter pitcher are one season away from saying goodbye. What do we do? Panic? Pay them? On Wednesday, Mike Rizzo's message was to relax.

December 18, 2014

LOVERRO: It’s back to the beginning with Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins

It's Batman and Robin, Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, back together again — the two quarterbacks who have been thrown together since they were drafted in 2012. Now? The Redskins may not have one NFL quarterback between them.

December 16, 2014

LOVERRO: Bryce Harper’s absence says a lot about his future with Nationals

If you needed any more proof that once the clock strikes midnight for Bryce Harper to become a free agent, he will leave the Washington Nationals, you got it Saturday when the young star refused to attend the team's winter NatsFest.

December 14, 2014

LOVERRO: John Wall has matured into a man before our eyes in Washington

Gone is the 20-year-old kid who was introduced after the draft in the ill-fated orchestrated Ted Leonsis event at the Verizon Center — a terrible statement for a franchise that had just been destroyed by indulging another superstar player.

December 11, 2014

LOVERRO: Relationships at Redskins Park will make for a very messy divorce

You think Mike and Kyle Shanahan was nepotism? The family tree at Redskins Park is a complicated one — the reason why firing anybody won't be simple.

December 9, 2014

LOVERRO: London Fletcher attack on Jim Haslett a new low in Redskins dysfunction

The most vicious hit the Washington Redskins took Sunday at FedEx Field wasn't the 24-0 beating at the hands of the St. Louis Rams. It wasn't suffering their 10th loss of the season. No, the hardest hit the Redskins took was from one of their own.

December 7, 2014

LOVERRO: Maryland will really miss ACC now that basketball season is here

The raucous atmosphere at the Xbox Wednesday night between Maryland and Virginia was everything you would expect from a rivalry game — a game with history, a game with tradition, a game that meant something. That concludes the rivalry portion of the Maryland men's basketball schedule for this season.

December 4, 2014

LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III can still be a great NFL quarterback, says Rex Grossman

The former QB has been paying attention to what has been happening in Washington — Griffin benched and Kirk Cousins inactive in favor of Colt McCoy, who appeared to be on his way to having a Rex Grossman-like career.

December 2, 2014

LOVERRO: Ray Rice appeal victory magnifies Roger Goodell’s fumbling of case

Former U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones certainly made Robert Mueller's job a lot easier with her ruling that was released Friday that overturned Roger Goodell's second round of punishment for former Baltimore Raven and women beater Ray Rice.

November 30, 2014

LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III, Colt McCoy represent two sides of ‘unforgiving’ league

After two of the worst performances we've seen by any quarterback wearing a burgundy and gold jersey, Griffin has been benched for the Colts game Sunday in favor of a guy who said he didn't even know if he would make the roster. If that doesn't teach Griffin a lesson in humility, I don't know what will.

November 27, 2014

LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III holds Redskins hostage with everything he can’t do

Griffin turned in one of the worst performances we've seen from a Redskins quarterback Sunday — even worse than his play the week before in a 27-7 loss to Tampa Bay at home.

November 25, 2014

THOM LOVERRO: Dennis Maruk, legendary Capitals scorer, gets his due in pop-culture flashback

If you were a Washington hockey fan in the 1980s — especially a Russian hockey fan — you had to be a Dennis Maruk fan. He's still the single-season assists and points record holder for the Capitals.

November 23, 2014

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