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Thom Loverro

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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

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, the sun sets behind FedEx Field before an NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers in Landover, Md. Three politicians in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are teaming up across partisan lines to try and prevent their governments from waging a bidding war with public money to build a new stadium for the Washington Redskins. The liberal Democrat in Maryland, conservative Republican in Virginia and left-leaning independent District of Columbia Council member have introduced legislation to set up an interstate compact barring any public spending on incentives for a new stadium. The current lease at FedEx Field in suburban Maryland ends in 2027 and the team is exploring new potential locations. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ** FILE **

Orioles, Redskins look for Mr. Fixits

Like that blood-splattered car Jules and Vincent in "Pulp Fiction," the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Redskins are each a horrific, gut-churning mess that the folks in charge can't begin to figure out how to clean up.

July 10, 2018
Steve Schuh, county executive of Anne Arundel County, holds a copy of The Capital Gazette near the scene of a shooting at the newspaper's office, Friday, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists in the building Thursday, killing several people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Capital Gazette: ‘We’re putting out a damn paper’

If people make a newsroom special, I'm guessing the Capital-Gazette newsroom was a transcendent place, based on the outpouring of emotions from fellow journalists who knew some or all of the five members of the newspaper staff killed by a gunman who invaded their newsroom Thursday afternoon

July 1, 2018
Washington Nationals' Jayson Werth waits to bat during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Jayson Werth value went beyond dollars

Jayson Werth's value to the Nationals can't be measured simply by numbers, at least not by the $126 million the team paid the star over seven years.

June 28, 2018
Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter, right, argues with home plate umpire Stu Scheurwater, center, after Scheurwater said Orioles relief pitcher Darren O'Day balked in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, June 25, 2018, in Baltimore. Showalter and O'Day were ejected from the game. Also pictured is umpire Gary Cederstrom, at left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

LOVERRO: In Baltimore, whispers of Orioles leaving

The Orioles face a second-straight losing season after making the playoffs in 2012, 2014 and 2016, and coming off a season last year where they barely broke 2 million in attendance. This year, they are on pace for the lowest attendance -- averaging 20,062 -- since the ballpark opened in 1992.

June 26, 2018
FILE - In this May 29, 2018, file photo, Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz answers a question during a news conference in Las Vegas. The New York Islanders have hired Barry Trotz as their new head coach. President of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello announced the move Thursday, June 21, 2018, at the NHL draft, two weeks after Trotz won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals and three days after he resigned from that job. Trotz reportedly agreed to a five-year deal worth double what he would have made annually on a shorter contract with the Capitals. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Ted Leonsis and the business of happiness

Ted Leonsis felt pretty good about the Washington Post naming his Monumental Sports and Entertainment Company one of the region's best places to work. "It means that the team here at MSE feels good about the work they are doing," he said. Well, not everybody.

June 24, 2018
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, holds up the Stanley Cup as they pass the crowd on the steps of The National Archives during a victory parade, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Alex Ovechkin, Washington’s GOAT?

Alex Ovechkin is great, but suddenly he's the GOAT? The greatest athlete in the history of Washington sports? If you believe that, have another keg stand.

June 17, 2018
Washington Capitals team owner Ted Leonsis hoists the Stanley Cup after after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Alex Ovechkin, Capitals and a priceless memory

Washington sports fans, make room for June 7, 2018 -- the night the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup and brought the first championship to the city in 26 years.

June 7, 2018
Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, pays a call on Baseball Commissioner William D. Eckert at the latter's office on July 27, 1966 in New York. It was the first formal meeting of the two commissioners. (Associated Press)

Robert F. Kennedy’s death divided sports and politics 50 years ago

Anything that is going to have the powerful symbolism of sports is also going to generate enough passion to divide as well, in death as well as life. That was the case 50 years ago, as Major League Baseball tried to cope with the proper way to mourn the death of New York Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on June 6, 1968.

June 7, 2018
Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson, center, celebrates his goal against the Vegas Golden Knights with Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, and Nicklas Backstrom, right, of Sweden, during the second period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Monday, June 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cool, confident Capitals take destiny by the throat

When Devante Smith-Pelly scored the third goal late in the first period of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night at Capital One Arena, it may have been the loudest I've ever heard the building.

June 5, 2018