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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

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) is attended to on the sideline after getting injured in the first quarteras the Washington Redskins play the Jacksonville Jaguars at FedExField, Landover, Md., Monday, September 9, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

LOVERRO: With Robert Griffin III injury, mixed emotions for Redskins

It was almost like an Irish wake Sunday at FedEx Field. Everyone was celebrating and hugging each other — on the Redskins sideline and in the stands — as the clock wound down on Washington's impressive 41-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yet perhaps we had witnessed the end of Robert Griffin III's career as a Redskin.

September 14, 2014
A model wears a Ray Rice jersey in a 2013 NFL commercial for women's apparel. (Screengrab from baltimoreravens.com)

LOVERRO: A year ago, NFL used Ray Rice jersey to market apparel to women

In a seemingly bottomless pit of shame for the league, following the release of the TMZ video and the NFL and Ravens backtracking to cut their ties with Rice, its advertising campaign launched in September 2013 to sell product to women is particularly disgusting for the message that it delivered.

September 9, 2014
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) talks with Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden at the start of the 2nd quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Cleveland Browns in NFL preseason football at FedExField, Landover, Md., Monday, August 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

LOVERRO: Redskins will see a pair of high-profile debuts Sunday

Gruden is coaching against what seems to be destiny here — failure. He can win Sunday against the Texans, and the destiny will still be there, hanging over him like every coach who came before him since the glory days of Joe Gibbs' first time around.

September 4, 2014
Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams talks withe the news media before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, July 28, 2014, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

LOVERRO: Matt Williams has earned hard look for Manager of Year honors

Washington was picked by many observers to be one of the NL playoff favorites going into the season. But the burdens put on Williams shoulders to get this Nationals team where it is now — with one of the best records in the NL, comfortably on top of the division — put him right there.

August 28, 2014
Washington Redskins' quarterback Robert Griffin III (left) and head coach Jay Gruden (right) on the sidelines during the third quarter against the Baltimore Ravens during their pre-season game at M&T Bank Stadium on August 23, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore won the game 23-17. (Pete Marovich Special to The Washington Times)

LOVERRO: Redskins’ take on ice bucket challenge can leave fans cold

When your team looks bad in the third game of the preseason — like the Redskins did against the Ravens Saturday night — you take the bucket of ice, pour it over your head, and remember, "It's preseason. It doesn't mean anything. This team went 4-0 last preseason and wound up going 3-13."

August 24, 2014
Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon, right, douses teammate Denard Span after Span scored the winning run on a throwing error by Arizona Diamondback third baseman Jordan Pacheco during the ninth inning of a baseball game on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Washington. The Nationals defeated the Diamondbacks 1-0. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Nationals’ walk-off run a true display of heart

While the Redskins pass time by playing out the NFL's pretend portion of the football schedule, the Nationals have captured Washington's attention by winning. Winning every game. Winning games that they seemed intent on losing, in the nightly drama that has played out at Nationals Park.

August 21, 2014
**FILE** Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, right, talks with Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, left, after the MLB owners meeting in Paradise Valley, Ariz., Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Aaron J. Latham

LOVERRO: As Bud Selig exits, D.C. should be thankful for his work

Baseball named a new commissioner Thursday to succeed Bud Selig, who can now at least continue his farewell tour knowing that his hand-picked successor, Rob Manfred, is in place. When he comes to Washington as part of that tour, the city should hold a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in his honor.

August 14, 2014
Nationals owners Ted and Mark Lerner take in the atmosphere after Washington clinched the National League East Division title at Nationals Park on Monday night. Ted Lerner became the managing principal owner of the franchise in May 2006. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

LOVERRO: Will Nats-Orioles MASN dispute keep All-Stars away?

The Washington Nationals have been pushing hard to host the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star game. And as of the All-Star game in July in Minneapolis, it looked as if it was going to happen. Washington's competition for the 2017 games is one of the cities lobbying to host the 2016 All-Star game — Baltimore.

August 10, 2014