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

Don Shula, Baltimore Colts what might have been

If Shula hadn't left Baltimore, who knows what the Colts might have accomplished?

May 5, 2020

Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason run table in ‘Hustler’

"The Hustler" is one of Thom Loverro's favorite films and, for his money, the greatest sports film ever made.

April 27, 2020

Drafts more fantasy than reality under Snyder

It's 2020, and time again for the Redskins' 10-year fantasy draft -- the fantasy that created hopes and dreams for a new day at Redskins Park in 2010 and the fantasy that created hopes and dreams for a new day at Redskins Park in 2000.

April 22, 2020

Baltimore Orioles, other franchises face brutal test

Nobody really knows what the world will look like when we believe it is safe to live without fear of the deadly coronavirus. We can reasonably conclude that not everything will simply pick up where it left off before we hid in our homes.

April 14, 2020

Bobby Mitchell hero Redskins didn’t always deserve

Bobby Mitchell was, in every way, Washington's Jackie Robinson.

April 6, 2020

Boxer Mark Johnson loses son to gun violence

District boxing legend Mark Johnson lost his son this month to the virus. Not that one. The one that has plagued the city's young black men for decades.

March 31, 2020

Kyle Allen trade is about the illusion of competition

Kyle Allen is the newest quarterback for the Washington Redskins, brought in, we're led to believe, to press last year's top pick and Dan Snyder favorite, Dwayne Haskins.

March 24, 2020

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

Union once had leaders willing to stand up to ruthless NFL

The majority -- the slim majority -- has spoken. NFL players have narrowly approved the owners' collective bargaining agreement proposal that locks them in for the next 10 years.

March 15, 2020

LOVERRO: Less locker room access for reporters may become norm

I know. You don't care.

March 10, 2020

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

NFL work stoppage unlikely due to gap between rank-and-file, sport’s stars

Unlike other professional athletes, football players are seeped in a culture in which they see fellow union members as threats to their livelihoods. In baseball, stars sign 13-year contracts. In football, the mantra is "next man up." Jobs are always on the line.

March 3, 2020