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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: Dr. Quinn’s medicine show has been a miracle cure for ailing franchise

Recalibration is simply the act of calibrating something again. But what Dan Quinn has done is calibrate something again that was ancient, something that happened in the 20th century with this franchise -- pride and success.

January 13, 2025

LOVERRO: Boxing fan Bob Dylan found inspiration in ‘The Sweet Science’

Bob Dylan clearly had a special place for fighters in his heart. He wrote two songs about boxers.

January 8, 2025

LOVERRO: Commanders can’t keep asking Daniels to win games by himself

In the news business, obituaries are often written decades before a person of prominence passes on. It's a morbid but necessary practice.

January 6, 2025

LOVERRO: Quinn’s Commanders are a team that can take a punch

Last week, Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn gave his players personalized baseball bats to make the point that his team had become "heavy hitters" after upsetting the Philadelphia Eagles.

December 30, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels has answers for franchise buried under decades of questions, doubts, despair

Jayden Daniels. The answer. The cheat code, as the kids like to say. The path to a 36-33 victory over perhaps the best team in the NFC. The formula for a 10-5 start through 15 games, the likes of which this Washington franchise has not seen since 1991.

December 23, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels hit the special note to save Commanders’ ugly win over Saints

New Orleans can be a rough town. You can run into a wave of ugliness walking down Bourbon Street at night, but step into the right club and you'll find a singer that will hit those special notes to save the evening. That was Jayden Daniels on Sunday afternoon at Caesars Superdome.

December 16, 2024

LOVERRO: Nationals saw the greatness early in Soto

You can't separate the greatness of Juan Soto the player from Juan Soto the person. He is among the greatest players in baseball and one of the greatest hitters of all time in large part because of the remarkable maturity and composure he has displayed at every turn.

December 9, 2024

LOVERRO: Disappointing but not surprisingly, the rookie has comes back down to earth

It had the feel of a big game - a sunny fall Sunday afternoon with a good crowd at Northwest Stadium for Commanders and Cowboys, a legendary, if somewhat frayed, rivalry.

November 24, 2024

LOVERRO: What the NFL wants, it usually gets

The NFL is a powerful force on Capitol Hill.

November 20, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels, Quinn say no injury, but the rookie has cooled off

I know it may be a bit stunning, since we saw Jayden Daniels play the position in his first eight games like we have never seen a rookie play quarterback before, but maybe he is merely mortal.

November 18, 2024

LOVERRO: That object in Gretzky’s rearview mirror is closer — much closer — than it appears

This is getting serious. When the Washington Capitals season opened, you still needed binoculars to view "The Great Chase" -- the relentless pursuit by Alex Ovechkin of the all-time NHL goal-scoring record of Wayne Gretzky.

November 13, 2024

LOVERRO: In a yardstick game, Commanders need a few more inches

As Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was trying to lead his team in a comeback in the final minutes against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers, the scene inside Northwest Stadium was a sea of towels. Gold "Terrible Towels."

November 10, 2024

LOVERRO: Quinn is a coach who knows how to roll with the punches

Dan Quinn fell in love with boxing the same way many people fell in love with boxing -- watching the greatest three-round fight in history, the legendary 1985 brawl between Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns.

November 7, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels is in the midst of a magical masterpiece of a rookie season

There are some things that you can't exaggerate. The power of the sun. The soul of Otis Redding. The rookie NFL season of Jayden Daniels.

November 4, 2024

LOVERRO: Ali’s stunning upset of Foreman began 50 years ago in hills of Pennsylvania

Deep in the heart of Africa 50 years ago, Muhammad Ali changed history, upsetting the seemingly invincible George Foreman to win back the heavyweight championship of the world that had been taken from him seven years earlier for his refusal to enter the draft during the Vietnam War.

October 29, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels-Williams rivalry has potential to be NFL’s next Brady-Manning

Sunday's Jayden Daniels-Caleb Williams showdown was supposed to be a sneak preview of one of the NFL's hottest coming attractions: an updated version of Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning for a new generation of fans.

October 28, 2024

LOVERRO: Terry McLaurin, who’s always been a next-level player, now surrounded by a next-level team

Terry McLaurin has always been a guy who embraced high standards and lofty expectations.

October 24, 2024

LOVERRO: Soto’s growing exploits as a Yankee overtake his legacy as a National

Juan Soto is gone now. He belongs to New York. He belongs to the Yankees.

October 23, 2024

LOVERRO: Commanders don’t miss a beat while missing Daniels

Marcus Mariota, 30, the former No. 2 overall pick who had his best season in Tennessee in 2016 when he threw for 3,426 yards and 26 touchdowns, proved to be more than capable as a backup

October 20, 2024

LOVERRO: Anniversary events more party than wake with Capitals staying in town

The Washington Capitals lost their home opener Saturday night, 5-3, to the New Jersey Devils, which was not the icing on the cake everyone hoped for while the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary. But it was still a party last week at the Capital One Arena - a 50th birthday.

October 15, 2024

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