Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
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
For success with Nationals, Toboni says rocks need to be moved. He’s got some boulders to clear
Paul Toboni, the new Washington Nationals president of baseball operations, was introduced to the public in the District on the day the federal government shut down. Published October 2, 2025
Decision rooted in humanity, family ended one of boxing’s greatest fights
The legacy of the rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier remains unrivaled. Published September 30, 2025
LOVERRO: Atlanta collapse shows how much the Commanders need their missing stars
Mercedes-Benz Stadium certainly was open Sunday and cooking, frying the Commanders' carcass. It wasn't a full helping, though. The meat on the bones -- quarterback Jayden Daniels and receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown -- didn't even make the trip, nursing their injuries in the comfort of home cooking.. Published September 29, 2025
LOVERRO: Leonsis’ bid to own Nationals has more hurdles than just his woeful Wizards
Monumental Sports and Entertainment boss Ted Leonsis is still banging the drum to buy the Washington Nationals. Published September 24, 2025
LOVERRO: A dominant win for Mariota, Quinn and a roster built the right way
Marcus Mariota, who could have went to a number of other teams this offseason to compete for a starting job, chose instead to return to Washington to be Daniels' backup and be ready when the organization needed him, like it did Sunday. Published September 21, 2025
LOVERRO: Longer seasons, harder hits mean more down time for NFL QBs
Jayden Daniels did a lot of heavy lifting this week, even though he didn't practice as of Thursday. Published September 18, 2025
LOVERRO: Beatdown in Wisconsin bordered on elder abuse
The Green Bay Packers -- the youngest team in the NFL -- roughed up the oldest team in the league, the Washington Commanders, by a score of 27-18 on Thursday night at Lambeau Field. Published September 14, 2025
LOVERRO: Intelligence, confidence, guts made Davey Johnson irreplaceable
Davey Johnson will not be replaced. Today's game has no room for the level of intelligence, confidence and guts that Johnson fearlessly displayed. That's the best description of Johnson -- fearless. Published September 11, 2025
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
