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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: 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

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

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