Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
LOVERRO: Blame for this miserable season? Try Quinn, his coaches, bad luck and the new owner, too
At the top of the list of play-calling priorities for the Commanders going into the Vikings game should have been to protect Jayden Daniels. Published December 8, 2025
LOVERRO: Why isn’t Jacoby in the Hall of Fame?
There must be a reason -- not a good one -- but still a reason that one of the anchors of the most famous offensive line in the history of football doesn't have a bust in Canton. It can't be because he is not qualified. Joe Jacoby went to four Pro Bowls and, more importantly, was named a three-time first-team All-Pro and appeared in four Super Bowls, winning three of them. Published December 4, 2025
LOVERRO: Play for draft position? Wrong message for this franchise
This would have been a particularly sweet win for Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn. Published December 1, 2025
LOVERRO: Sit or suit up dilemma revisited upon Washington
I can't believe we are here again -- 13 years after the most famous "shutdown" in the history of sports divided the nation. Published November 26, 2025
LOVERRO: Can a Trump bump help Rodriguez get over the Hall of Fame hump?
My Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the 2026 election came last week. Published November 24, 2025
LOVERRO: Making the Nationals fun again would be a good start for Butera
Washington is not Charleston. Learning the differences will not be fun for Blake Butera. Published November 18, 2025
LOVERRO: No one expected Commanders’ season to be Spanish Inquisition bad
It looked good -- a week full of Commanders fans enjoying the sights and sounds of Madrid, players connecting with a new NFL fan base and more than 78,000 people filling the stands at the home of the great Real Madrid soccer club. But it turned out to be bad. Season-ending bad. Spanish Inquisition bad. Published November 16, 2025
LOVERRO: If losing fosters learning, Commanders working on an advanced degree
When Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris introduced new general manager Adam Peters to the public nearly two years ago, Peters was asked what he learned from the unsuccessful moments in his career -- from his start as a New England Patriots scout to assistant general manager with the San Francisco 49ers. Published November 13, 2025
LOVERRO: A road trip worked for the Delta House. Let’s see what it does for Commanders
In the wake of his team's fifth straight loss -- a 44-22 beatdown by the Detroit Lions -- coach Dan Quinn is looking forward to firing up the Lincoln and getting out of town to face the Miami Dolphins Sunday in Madrid. Published November 10, 2025
LOVERRO: Questions surround Daniels’ durability, Quinn’s protection of him
Why Jayden Daniels was still on the field halfway through the fourth quarter of a beatdown by the Seahawks, running for his life under the most pressure he had faced all year without the protection of capable teammates, was the question everyone asked following the Commanders' sixth loss of the season. Published November 6, 2025
LOVERRO: Inexcusable failure to protect Daniels is more embarrassing than blowout
It would have been nearly impossible to overshadow the pathetic on-the-field performance of the Washington Commanders in Sunday night's blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks in front of a sell-out home crowd and national television audience. But coach Dan Quinn found a way. Published November 3, 2025
LOVERRO: Montreal is a great city, but baseball doesn’t work there
There's a Canadian sentimental streak running through this World Series that goes beyond the presence of the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays. It's about the absence of another team - the Montreal Expos. Published October 30, 2025
LOVERRO: Commanders game too ugly to watch? Try Ohtani on the other station
I can't write a column today about a barely watchable football game when one of the greatest sporting events in our lifetime took place the same night -- six hours and 39 minutes of drama. Published October 28, 2025
LOVERRO: NBA is going to need buckets of detergent to wash this stain out
In the wake of the federal game-fixing and other charges involving a former NBA player Damon Jones, current Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and a Hall of Famer and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who will be the figure that drops a hammer that resonates throughout the sport for a century? Published October 26, 2025
LOVERRO: Move over, Waldo, it’s time to play ‘Where are the Wizards?’
The Washington Wizards open the NBA season Wednesday night in Milwaukee, a place where they know what the Larry O' Brien Championship Trophy looks like. Published October 21, 2025
LOVERRO: The franchise resurrection may have hit a snag
Well, this Washington Commanders season certainly isn't as much fun as everyone thought it would be. Published October 20, 2025
LOVERRO: Why a Red Sox-style makeover of the Nationals may not be all it’s cracked up to be
Paul Toboni, the new Washington Nationals president of baseball operations, spent last week taking the first steps of putting his fingerprints on the franchise by waving goodbye to many of the front office executives and player development field-level employees who were part of the organization that he inherited. Published October 15, 2025
LOVERRO: New book enlightens fans on Snyder’s terrible tenure, men who built NFL into juggernaut
Ken Belson's new book illustrates how this powerful trio of Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft and Roger Goodell exerted its power and influence to lead the way to a business that generates $23 billion a year, with no end in sight to its growth. Published October 13, 2025
LOVERRO: Last year or not, it’s Ovechkin. Count your blessings, fans
Alex Ovechkin celebrated his 40th birthday last month. Wednesday night, he will take the ice at Capital One Arena with the Washington Capitals to face the Boston Bruins for his 21st National Hockey League season. Published October 7, 2025
LOVERRO: Homecoming for Daniels puts Commanders in control
Jayden Daniels went home Sunday. And he brought gifts -- a 27-10 win over the carpetbagging Los Angeles Chargers that reminded anyone who forgot that he is the sun around which all Washington Commanders planets revolve. Published October 6, 2025
