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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

Quarterback Tom Brady has four wins against Washington in five regular-season games in his career with New England, where he'll soon leave as a free agent. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Redskins once took down Tom Brady before he rose to greatness

Yes, that's right -- the Redskins made Brady's life miserable on Sept. 28, 2003 at FedEx Field (attendance reported at 83,632), defeating the Patriots, 20-17. That hasn't happened often to New England, and Brady wouldn't let it happen again against Washington.

March 17, 2020
Ohio State defensive lineman Chase Young watches a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Ron Rivera’s past a clue whether Redskins’ draft rumors are true or misdirection

What has appeared to be misdirection often turned out to be miserably real. What logically seemed to misinformation would often wind up to be massive mistakes. Maybe, though, just maybe, under Rivera -- a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. And the easiest, simplest answer is right in front of everyone's face -- Chase Young.

March 8, 2020
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pauses before answering a question about the Houston Astros, during a news conference at the Atlanta Braves' spring training facility Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in North Port, Fla. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Astros villainy, Nats virtue are facility flip sides

The villainous trash-can-banging, sign-stealing 2017 World Series champion Astros are the flip-side to the virtuous 2019 World Series champion Nationals -- who just happened to vanquish baseball's newest crime family in seven games in October.

February 16, 2020
The DC Defenders of the XFL unveiled their home and away uniforms, including a red helmet with their "lightning stripes and stars logo" in white, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (Photo by Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

Khari Lee sees XFL as door to a dream

When the Buffalo Bills waived Khari Lee in 2018, he decided to try a new door -- the one for a real estate office in Pikesville, Maryland, where the NFL journeyman started a new career in real estate. but it's tough to say good-bye to a game you've loved your whole life.

February 4, 2020
Minnesota Viking quarterback Joe Kapp is hauled down by Kansas City Chiefs Jerry Mays (75) as another Chief moves in from the rear during the first half of Super Bowl IV, Jan. 11, 1970, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/JS) **FILE**

Chiefs’ historic defense led Kansas City to Super Bowl win in 1970

With the Chiefs returning to the Super Bowl Sunday for the first time since, it's the perfect time to revisit the defense that was the final roar of the AFL. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense may be the talk of Super Bowl LIV, but in 1970, it was the Kansas City defense that stunned the football world.

January 26, 2020
FILE - In this July 9, 2011, file photo, New York Yankees' Derek Jeter smiles as he speaks about his 3,000th career hit at a press conference after a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Jeter could be a unanimous pick when Baseball Hall of Fame voting is announced Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Roger Clemens, Bonds fall short for Hall again

Derek Jeter and Larry Walker will be the Class of 2020 for the Hall of Fame - Jeter just missing a unanimous vote with 99.7 percent in his first year on the ballot and Walker, in his last year of eligibility, squeezing in at 76.6 percent. Candidates need 75 percent of the votes by the writers to be elected.

January 21, 2020