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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: Focus in San Francisco will be on RG3’s future as Redskins QB

While Griffin may have been lashing out at critics with his Belichick-like performance Wednesday, he was right about one thing — he needs to focus on Sunday's game in San Francisco against the 49ers.

November 20, 2014

LOVERRO: As Redskins Park turns, everything is open to interpretation

What are we to think when we hear Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden talk about quarterback Robert Griffin III like he did Monday at Redskins Park?

November 18, 2014

LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III due for some soul-searching after ‘travesty’ of a loss

The trial of Robert Griffin III — whether or not he can be an elite NFL quarterback — took a dramatic turn for the worse Sunday when the defendant took the stand and crumbled like a deadbeat tenant before Judge Judy.

November 16, 2014

THOM LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III takes case to jury Sunday; verdict in doubt

The trial of Robert Griffin III — whether or not he can be an elite NFL starting quarterback — continues Sunday at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Plenty of seating is available in the courtroom. If you are a fan of the defendant, I'd suggest you attend.

November 13, 2014

LOVERRO: Jack Lummus worthy of NFL recognition for heroic service

Lummus, like so many others of his generation, answered the call, and did so with such courage and honor that he awarded the Medal of Honor — one of two NFL players to receive the prestigious award and the only one to have received it posthumously.

November 11, 2014

LOVERRO: For Bernard Hopkins, it’s time to step away from the ring with honor

He is the last master craftsman in boxing — the last stonecutter, the last glassmaker. But now it is time for 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins to put away his tools.

November 9, 2014

LOVERRO: Alfonso Soriano leaves baseball for Bruce Allen’s putting green

Yes, under the category of small world — no, make that the small bizarre world — of Washington sports, Soriano paid $2.7 million for the mansion owned by Allen, who was the general manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004-08.

November 6, 2014

LOVERRO: For Jay Gruden, expressing doubt about RG3 might be only way to push back

Redskins coach Jay Gruden doesn't appear to be clueless. He seems like a smart guy. So I'm going to assume he knows exactly what he is saying — and what he is doing — when he publicly, without batting an eye, drops little bombs in the media like the ones he did Monday about his quarterback.

November 4, 2014

LOVERRO: Remembering George Foreman’s greatest triumph, 20 years later

Marc Ratner saw some of the greatest boxing moments of the past 30 years during his time with the Nevada State Athletic Commission from 1985 to 2006.

November 2, 2014

LOVERRO: Madison Bumgarner takes place among October immortals

Just like Sandy Koufax did before him. Like Mickey Lolich, and Bob Gibson and Orel Hershiser. The Giants' country-strong left-hander earned his place in World Series lore with three remarkable performances on the way to a championship.

October 30, 2014

LOVERRO: Washington Redskins should ride Colt McCoy while they can

Redskins coach Jay Gruden confirmed Griffin's confidence that he is still the quarterback — if and when he is ready to be the quarterback — minutes after the quarterback who will have to go back to the bench gave the coach an NFL win he didn't have to hold his nose to enjoy. Is he kidding?

October 28, 2014

LOVERRO: Never in the field of QB conflict were so many confused by so few

Winston Churchill isn't the statesman that comes to mind when you look at the Redskins quarterback mystery. I prefer to quote the great Michael Ray Richardson: "The ship be sinking."

October 26, 2014

LOVERRO: A Giants move would’ve brought baseball back to D.C. much sooner

The Giants' attendance and financial woes before moving into their new ballpark in 2000 and saying goodbye to the cursed Candlestick Park nearly had a major impact on baseball in Washington, in several different instances.

October 23, 2014

LOVERRO: Negro League World Series had Kansas City in baseball spotlight 90 years ago

The Kansas City Monarchs, the Negro National League champions, faced Philadelphia's Hilldale Baseball Club, the champions of the competing Eastern Colored League. It marked the first time two Negro League champions from different leagues agreed to play in a championship series of note.

October 21, 2014

LOVERRO: Redskins’ future murky as ever after unsightly win over Titans

Nobody should be tipping their hat to anyone in that Redskins locker room — heck, in this Redskins organization — for barely beating a bad Titans team. Except maybe to Colt McCoy, the third-string quarterback who saved the franchise from one of its most embarrassing losses at home in a long list of embarrassing losses.

October 19, 2014