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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

LOVERRO: Bob Dandridge likes what he sees in current brand of D.C. hoops

"The city is getting behind this team," said the 66-year-old former Bullets star. "There is an enthusiasm and excitement there now. And the players can feel the excitement that something big is going to happen."

May 1, 2014

Mike Shanahan is gone; time for RG3, Redskins to get busy livin’

We've heard subtlely and not so subtlely that Mike Shanahan held talent hostage. Now that he's gone, it seems everyone at Redskins Park is feeling like Andy Dufresne walking on a Mexican beach.

April 30, 2014

LOVERRO: Nene-less Wizards come up big when it was absolutely necessary

Up 2-1 in the series, after losing Game 3 at home, Game 4 was of course a big game. You don't want to go back to Chicago with the series even at 2-2 – especially, when, for anyone watching this series, it's obvious the Bulls can't match the Wizards talent.

April 27, 2014

LOVERRO: Nene gives Wizards a foundation they never had in Arenas era

There may be no truer cliché in sports than defense winning championships. Playoff teams that can't play defense fall by the wayside quickly. This Wizards squad is led by a player with a brain, heart and conscience.

April 24, 2014

LOVERRO: Why celebrate ‘Bad Boys’ when ‘Eden’ awaits?

The Detroit Pistons teams that filled the void following the Magic and Bird era, and did so with elbows, fists, and bad basketball. There is nothing to celebrate about those championship teams. They should be buried, not praised. Look around, children of that time, for something better — something that was beautiful.

April 22, 2014

LOVERRO: Bryce Harper-Mike Trout comparisons may be a career-long thing

Mike Trout and his Los Angeles Angels teammates come to Washington for a three-game series at Nationals Park, the first time that Trout and Harper will be on the field as Major League Baseball competitors.

April 20, 2014

LOVERRO: On the Wizards’ trip to Brazil, a miracle happened

The Washington Wizards Most Valuable Player is 83 years old, stands 98 feet tall, weighs, 700 tons, is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone and sits on top of a 2,300-foot mountain.

April 17, 2014

LOVERRO: Capitals’ major challenge is finding someone who can win with Alex Ovechkin

George McPhee has failed to capitalize on the success of one of the best goal scorers of his time, a three-time NHL Most Valuable Player. That's what all this comes down to. He hasn't figured out how to win with Alex Ovechkin.

April 15, 2014

LOVERRO: Bo Belinsky, Sonny Liston share a cemetery - one found peace, the other didn’t

I figured I owed Sonny a moment in the sun. He settled in Vegas in his final years, but never found peace. Then again, this town is the last place to find that kind of peace. Bo Belinsky, though, did.

April 13, 2014

LOVERRO: Injured hand didn’t keep Scott Christopher from a life of baseball and art

The strange, curious, painful and wonderful life of Scott Christopher has taken the path from a Falls Church park to the pages of Sports Illustrated to the dugout with Cal Ripken to a private moment with Michael Jackson that produced what is considered the greatest photograph ever of the pop icon.

April 10, 2014

LOVERRO: It’s time for the Wizards to be bold and go get John Calipari

John Calipari can coach. Sometimes all the bombast and hair gel gets in the way of noticing that. But his Kentucky team's run to the NCAA title game this year – even though it lost to Connecticut -- woke people up to Calapari the coach.

April 8, 2014

LOVERRO: Gary Williams earned Hall of Fame through sweat equity

Gary Williams sweated his way to fame, and those who watched him get the most out of his teams, from American University to the University of Maryland, admired and enjoyed every bead of sweat, because you knew it was devoted to winning.

April 6, 2014

LOVERRO: Nationals have a chance to set the tone early vs. Braves

This weekend at Nationals Park, starting Friday at the home opener when Washington faces the Atlanta Braves, is Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran. It's this coming season's Washington Redskins opener vs. the Philadelphia Eagles (bet on it).

April 3, 2014

LOVERRO: DeSean Jackson’s red flags don’t seem to worry Redskins

The reality is that most NFL franchises could field a special teams unit full of players with red flags. If teams stayed away from players with bad associations and outrageous lifestyles, the NFL would be 7 on 7 football.

April 1, 2014

LOVERRO: Nationals might be good enough to live up to expectations this time

We know Matt Williams can make the trains run on time. And we know he can come up with a daily quote to keep his players focused. We don't know if Williams can manage a team to a World Series championship.

March 30, 2014

BASEBALL 2014: LOVERRO: Behold, MLB’s four kings

Bryce Harper knows who his peers are. He knows how he will be measured, perhaps for the rest of his major league career.

March 27, 2014

LOVERRO: Behind Bobby Magruder, D.C. boxing scene lives on

Remarkably, kids are still showing up in boxing gyms in Maryland, Washington and Virginia looking to be the next Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao. Or maybe even Bobby Magruder, a four-time Washington Golden Gloves champion who fought Sugar Ray Leonard three times as an amateur.