Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
LOVERRO: A win short on style but long on establishing the team’s hard-hitting identity
Dan Quinn saw it all Sunday in a hard-fought 21-6 win over the Commanders' NFL East rivals, the Giants. In front of a legitimate sold-out crowd of 64,544 at Northwest Stadium, his team was sloppy, mistake-prone and often failed to execute. But he also saw the most important thing he was looking for -- his team's identity. Published September 7, 2025
LOVERRO: With a great quarterback comes great responsibility
Everyone in an NFL football operation is under pressure. But I think coach Dan Quinn and the Commanders are under even more now, with the presence of Jayden Daniels. Like Uncle Ben told Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15, "With great power comes great responsibility." Published September 3, 2025
LOVERRO: Add Parsons to the litany of boneheaded Jerry Jones moves
The part of the whole Dallas Cowboys trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers that fascinates me the most is that the richest franchise on the planet owned by a high-profile billionaire oilman in the ninth largest city in the country traded its best player to a team whose owners can be found throughout the local phone book in a city that isn't even ranked in the top 100 in the United States. Published September 1, 2025
LOVERRO: Realignment could light a fuse under sleepy Orioles-Nationals rivalry
The Nationals have not had a heated rivalry with any of their NL East foes, for various reasons, including the level of passion among the Washington fan base that ignites that intensity. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have an answer for that. Published August 27, 2025
LOVERRO: Star wideout back in orbit around the Commanders’ sun
It must have really hurt Terry McLaurin to hold out like he did. Published August 25, 2025
LOVERRO: The deal that would have had Orioles, Redskins sharing a stadium
I pulled this book off my shelf for summer reading -- "The Man To See: Edward Bennett Williams, Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer," published in 1991 and written by Evan Thomas, a journalist, historian, lawyer, and author of 11 books, including two New York Times bestsellers. Published August 25, 2025
LOVERRO: Daniels, Commanders showcase a Hogs-style ground game
Commanders fans likely left Northwest Stadium on Monday night pleased even though their team lost, because in the brief time the first-team offense was on the field, it was explosive -- and Daniels, last season's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, never threw a game pass. Published August 19, 2025
LOVERRO: Author Jane Leavy has a prescription for what ails baseball
Author Jane Leavy was on the veranda of the famed Otesaga Hotel overlooking the lake in Cooperstown for the 2019 Hall of Fame induction weekend when she was hit by a fastball right between the eyes. Published August 12, 2025
LOVERRO: Nats flail while Lerners fail
The Washington Nationals just endured a six-game losing streak of historic proportions -- scores like 16-9, 14-3 and 16-7. Published August 7, 2025
LOVERRO: Bowser caters to the sports mob with Commanders stadium deal
We can dispense with the title of "Mayor" for Muriel Bowser and change it to "Queen of Washington." Like a Roman emperor, she has delivered games to the mob, and they'll love her for it. Published August 4, 2025
LOVERRO: Commanders’ stadium party is on tap (and so is the coming bill)
For all intents and purposes, it appears the Washington Commanders' proposed stadium on the RFK campus is a $3.8 billion party, of which $1.1 billion will be paid for by District taxpayers. Published July 30, 2025
LOVERRO: The biggest fraud in a sport that celebrates phonies
The cheated generation has lost one of its most beloved frauds. Published July 28, 2025
LOVERRO: Old name would be a step back for a franchise finally moving forward
The Washington Commanders opened training camp Tuesday in Ashburn, Virginia, but general manager Adam Peters was asked about the political battle brewing 34 miles away in the nation's capital over the very name of the team he works for. Published July 23, 2025
LOVERRO: Trump is playing a game the Commanders, the District just don’t get
President Trump was always there around this Washington Commanders stadium deal, like gas fumes around a refinery. Published July 21, 2025
LOVERRO: As Commanders honor quiet Monk, team’s silence on new contract speaks volumes to McLaurin
The timing - not the act -- of the Washington Commanders announcement that they are retiring the number of Hall of Famer Art Monk may have been fortuitous, coming the same day that Terry McLaurin was going to hold court with the media about his contract war. Published July 17, 2025
LOVERRO: Nationals needed to draft a player who can help core stars now, not in the distant future
The Washington Nationals' top pick in the 2025 draft, 17-year-old shortstop Eli Willits, couldn't take advantage of former general manager Mike Rizzo's classy offer to buy a drink for Nats fans at two D.C. bars Monday night. Published July 15, 2025
LOVERRO: Forget the spies — Commanders should open more training camp practices to fans
For a Washington Commanders team trying to win as much public support as it can for the $3.8 billion stadium, the more exposure to the savior, Jayden Daniels, the better. Being selective about your exposure when you're trying to sell not just a stadium, but also a product, seems foolish. Published July 10, 2025
LOVERRO: Firing Rizzo, Martinez will expose Lerner as penny-pinching, know-nothing owner
After firing general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez, the Lerners will be exposed and fans will see that managing partner Mark Lerner doesn't have any more knowledge about the baseball side of the business than he did when he first came to Space Coast Stadium in spring training 2005. Published July 7, 2025
LOVERRO: The mean streets of Brooklyn — and more — in the making of Mike Tyson
I went back to my old neighborhood in Brooklyn last week, having left there 60 years ago, nearly to the day. Published July 3, 2025
LOVERRO: Mayor, Commanders running hurry-up offense, but there’s plenty of time left on clock
The Washington Commanders and their business partner, District Mayor Muriel Bowser, have turned up the pressure on the city council to approve the new RFK site stadium by the July 15 date put forth in the proposal announced more than two months ago. Published July 1, 2025
