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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.

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LOVERRO: Nationals go into new season hamstrung again by low payroll

The Nationals were ready to fill some holes this winter to add some free-agent upgrades to the young talent they have on this roster. They were ready to tap into the resources that Nationals owner Mark Lerner promised were there.

February 12, 2025

LOVERRO: Eagles just set high bar for NFL contenders — including Commanders

Sometimes the standard is talent, and Philadelphia, with the best roster in the NFL, has set that standard. It's the one Washington should aspire to now.

February 10, 2025

LOVERRO: One name stands out among mixed legacies of Eagles coaches

Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is not among the finalists for NFL Coach of the Year, even though it is his second NFC championship title and trip to the Super Bowl in three years.

February 6, 2025

LOVERRO: Harris needs more than winner’s edge to land a District stadium for Commanders

I think if owner Josh Harris had answered the question of the future of the Commanders name at his press conference Monday by saying, "We're just going to call the team 'the Jayden Daniels,'" more fans would have welcomed that than the news that there were no plans to change the name from Commanders.

February 4, 2025

LOVERRO: Legendary writer Mike Katz was as colorful, combustible as the fight game he covered

Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Katz had a combination of flair, fearlessness and compassion that was the perfect fit for covering the fight game, which requires a love of the human condition to do well.

February 2, 2025

LOVERRO: Daniels can do it all, but that doesn’t mean he should have to

Let us go back to a time when no one was using words like playoffs and NFC championship game in conversations about the Washington Commanders -- certainly not first-year coach Dan Quinn.

January 27, 2025

LOVERRO: Unwanted in Philadelphia? Harris might do well to focus all his efforts in Washington

A plane pulling a banner above Lincoln Financial Field read, "Josh Harris. Go Away. XOXO. Philly Chinatown," a reaction to his plans to build a private arena for his NBA team near the city's Chinatown neighborhood.

January 22, 2025

LOVERRO: Believe it, anything is possible

The Washington Commanders had given fans plenty of early-season reasons to be optimistic, but this?

January 19, 2025

LOVERRO: Dr. Quinn’s medicine show has been a miracle cure for ailing franchise

Recalibration is simply the act of calibrating something again. But what Dan Quinn has done is calibrate something again that was ancient, something that happened in the 20th century with this franchise -- pride and success.

January 13, 2025

LOVERRO: Boxing fan Bob Dylan found inspiration in ‘The Sweet Science’

Bob Dylan clearly had a special place for fighters in his heart. He wrote two songs about boxers.

January 8, 2025

LOVERRO: Commanders can’t keep asking Daniels to win games by himself

In the news business, obituaries are often written decades before a person of prominence passes on. It's a morbid but necessary practice.

January 6, 2025

LOVERRO: Quinn’s Commanders are a team that can take a punch

Last week, Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn gave his players personalized baseball bats to make the point that his team had become "heavy hitters" after upsetting the Philadelphia Eagles.

December 30, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels has answers for franchise buried under decades of questions, doubts, despair

Jayden Daniels. The answer. The cheat code, as the kids like to say. The path to a 36-33 victory over perhaps the best team in the NFC. The formula for a 10-5 start through 15 games, the likes of which this Washington franchise has not seen since 1991.

December 23, 2024

LOVERRO: Daniels hit the special note to save Commanders’ ugly win over Saints

New Orleans can be a rough town. You can run into a wave of ugliness walking down Bourbon Street at night, but step into the right club and you'll find a singer that will hit those special notes to save the evening. That was Jayden Daniels on Sunday afternoon at Caesars Superdome.

December 16, 2024

LOVERRO: Nationals saw the greatness early in Soto

You can't separate the greatness of Juan Soto the player from Juan Soto the person. He is among the greatest players in baseball and one of the greatest hitters of all time in large part because of the remarkable maturity and composure he has displayed at every turn.

December 9, 2024

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