Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
LOVERRO: Keeping name or changing it costs Redskins
Calls for a Redskins name change have the momentum of the moment -- but that kind of break with the team's history comes with a big price tag. Published June 23, 2020
Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa saving baseball pure myth
It's disturbing that with the passage of time we seem to have learned nothing from the history of one of the biggest frauds perpetuated on the American sports public. Not only are we still seemingly ignorant of the truth, but blissfully so. Published June 16, 2020
Stephen Strasburg: Clear skies after decade in storm
Everyone who saw Stephen Strasburg's major league debut would come away with a story, including the 14 Pittsburgh Pirates struck out over the seven innings pitched by the celebrated 21-year-old rookie. For Strasburg himself, the game was the beginning of a decade-long storm of lofty expectations. Published June 9, 2020
Wes Unseld intensity, heart, grit commanded respect
Wes Unseld dominated the place where basketball, when it was a sport for men, used to be played -- in the paint. Published June 2, 2020
Nationals fans get extra gift with World Series ring unveiling
There was a championship moment Sunday night for the Washington Nationals and their fans, a reminder of the gift of the franchise's 2019 World Series championship, the gift that keeps on giving. Published May 26, 2020
Jack Kent Cooke legacy in two opposites
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has closed on his deal to buy the fabulous Forum from Madison Square Garden for $400 million, with the intent of using it for concerts and other events while building an arena for his Clippers basketball team, who now share the Staples Center with the Lakers. Published May 19, 2020
UFC blueprint for sports’ reopening only raises more questions
UFC and Dana White leading the way in the age of coronavirus for the return of professional sports to the American landscape is like Hell's Angels kicking off a Fourth of July parade. Published May 12, 2020
Don Shula, Baltimore Colts what might have been
If Shula hadn't left Baltimore, who knows what the Colts might have accomplished? Published May 5, 2020
Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason run table in ‘Hustler’
"The Hustler" is one of Thom Loverro's favorite films and, for his money, the greatest sports film ever made. Published April 27, 2020
Drafts more fantasy than reality under Snyder
It's 2020, and time again for the Redskins' 10-year fantasy draft -- the fantasy that created hopes and dreams for a new day at Redskins Park in 2010 and the fantasy that created hopes and dreams for a new day at Redskins Park in 2000. Published April 22, 2020
Baltimore Orioles, other franchises face brutal test
Nobody really knows what the world will look like when we believe it is safe to live without fear of the deadly coronavirus. We can reasonably conclude that not everything will simply pick up where it left off before we hid in our homes. Published April 14, 2020
Bobby Mitchell hero Redskins didn’t always deserve
Bobby Mitchell was, in every way, Washington's Jackie Robinson. Published April 6, 2020
Boxer Mark Johnson loses son to gun violence
District boxing legend Mark Johnson lost his son this month to the virus. Not that one. The one that has plagued the city's young black men for decades. Published March 31, 2020
Kyle Allen trade is about the illusion of competition
Kyle Allen is the newest quarterback for the Washington Redskins, brought in, we're led to believe, to press last year's top pick and Dan Snyder favorite, Dwayne Haskins. Published March 24, 2020
Redskins once took down Tom Brady before he rose to greatness
Yes, that's right -- the Redskins made Brady's life miserable on Sept. 28, 2003 at FedEx Field (attendance reported at 83,632), defeating the Patriots, 20-17. That hasn't happened often to New England, and Brady wouldn't let it happen again against Washington. Published March 17, 2020
Union once had leaders willing to stand up to ruthless NFL
The majority -- the slim majority -- has spoken. NFL players have narrowly approved the owners' collective bargaining agreement proposal that locks them in for the next 10 years. Published March 15, 2020
LOVERRO: Less locker room access for reporters may become norm
I know. You don't care. Published March 10, 2020
Ron Rivera’s past a clue whether Redskins’ draft rumors are true or misdirection
What has appeared to be misdirection often turned out to be miserably real. What logically seemed to misinformation would often wind up to be massive mistakes. Maybe, though, just maybe, under Rivera -- a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. And the easiest, simplest answer is right in front of everyone's face -- Chase Young. Published March 8, 2020
NFL work stoppage unlikely due to gap between rank-and-file, sport’s stars
Unlike other professional athletes, football players are seeped in a culture in which they see fellow union members as threats to their livelihoods. In baseball, stars sign 13-year contracts. In football, the mantra is "next man up." Jobs are always on the line. Published March 3, 2020
DiMaggio, Sinatra days long gone at Palm Beach dog track
There was a time when the Palm Beach Kennel Club was one of the iconic cultural landmarks of South Florida. Published March 1, 2020
