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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

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
In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow departs after a news conference in Washington. Houston manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for the entire season Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, and the team was fined $5 million for sign-stealing by the team in 2017 and 2018 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline and strongly hinted that current Boston manager Alex Cora — the Astros bench coach in 2017 — will face punishment later. Manfred said Cora developed the sign-stealing system used by the Astros. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch don’t belong in baseball

Luhnow says he didn't know about the cheating. But that doesn't mesh with his self-congratulatory comments from a 2018 interview where he bragged that he knew "what every person is doing on the field at all times."

January 14, 2020
Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera speaks to the media following an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn) **FILE**

Ron Rivera hire not a guarantee for success, Redskins history shows

Look, I'm sorry to be the guy at the party blowing out the candles, but any reasonable person would have to have their memory banks wiped clean to believe that hiring Ron Rivera will then translate to the respect and results that Dan Snyder has futilely searched for during his ownership. Redskins Park is the elephant graveyard of the NFL, where careers go to die.

December 30, 2019
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins talks to reporters after an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Landover, Md. The Giants won 41-35 in overtime. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Dwayne Haskins originally said owner told him sit

Add this to the series of red flags that should worry Redskins fans when it comes to the exact nature of the relationship between Snyder and the rookie the owner -- not Redskins personnel -- insisted on drafting with the team's 15th pick in the first round.

December 22, 2019
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, center, smiles during a baseball media availability, accompanied by general manager Mike Rizzo, left, and agent Scott Boras, right, at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stephen Strasburg National for life

"It's great for me to say I'm going to be a National for life, but to have my kids be here too and experience being Nationals for life as well, that is something I feel fortunate about," Strasburg said.

December 17, 2019