Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
Redskins’ hurdles may be too high to build new stadium in District
Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is about to walk in the shoes of late owner Jack Kent Cooke on the path to a new football stadium. That path may likely lead to the same place -- Maryland. Published December 13, 2018
Mark Lerner playing hardball on Bryce Harper offer teases future Scott Boras dealings
This was just Boras lashing out at the notion that the Nationals might not play Boras ball at the negotiating table. If that is, indeed, the case, it would be a refreshing change from the way the Lerners have done business over the years with Boras. Maybe, with a new Lerner at the head of the table, the Lerner ATM may be shut down for Boras. Published December 11, 2018
Redskins’ loss to Giants shows disconnect not just within organization, but on field too
Somebody has to pay for a loss like the one that took place at Ghost Town Field Sunday, and, with the Redskins (now 6-7) on their fourth quarterback, league washout Josh Johnson, replacing Sanchez and a defense that is giving up 200 yards rushing a game, there may be more losses like this one to finish the season with three games remaining. Published December 9, 2018
D.C. getting an XFL team while trying to woo back Redskins doesn’t make sense
The Redskins' long-term future -- specifically, where they will play -- we don't know. But we do know that there will be a football team playing in 2020, in the District of Columbia, at Audi Field, a stadium the city helped build. That much we know. And it ought to be enough to worry those who thought the District had a shot at bringing the Redskins back into the city from the Maryland suburbs. Published December 6, 2018
Colin Kaepernick can’t play for Redskins
How could a social justice warrior like Kaepernick play for the franchise that most, if not all, of his supporters, likely believe is a racist organization with a racial slur for a name? Published December 4, 2018
Cathy Lanier, NFL once again let down female fanbase
Lanier was supposed to give the league something it sorely lacked: A woman with enough authority to make sure the frat boys were stopped in their tracks. Published December 2, 2018
Redskins a franchise that’s now beyond salvation after picking up Reuben Foster
The Lafemina Redskins good will era came to an end Tuesday afternoon with the news that the organization he was brought in, along with a team of other suits, to save had yet again committed a self-destructive crime by picking up Reuben Foster, the former first-round pick who had been cut by the San Francisco 49ers after spending Saturday night in jail in Tampa following his third arrest in 12 months. Published November 29, 2018
D.J. Swearinger’s right but blame game no help
Everybody stinks. How many times have we heard this, or different versions of it, from Ashburn? Enough that it has become meaningless. Published November 27, 2018
DJ Durkin gone, but more fumigation needed in College Park
With play on the football field done, the spotlight is back on the question: What kind of school does the University of Maryland want to be? Published November 25, 2018
Wizards’ blame belongs to owner
Leonsis has betrayed a Wizards fan base that had been victimized over and over again for decades. You think the Redskins' fan base is damaged? Flesh wounds compared to what has been inflicted on fans of Washington's NBA franchise for nearly 40 years. Published November 22, 2018
Colt McCoy, Gruden’s guy, gets his shot
More than three years ago, Colt McCoy came to Redskins Park for practice and was stunned to learn that Kirk Cousins -- not Robert Griffin III -- would be the starting quarterback going into the 2015 season. Published November 20, 2018
Colt McCoy gets a chance to rewrite his own story
If there was going to be a storybook moment for Washington Redskins backup quarterback Colt McCoy in 2018, it wasn't going to be Sunday against the Houston Texans at FedEx Field. Published November 18, 2018
Redskins fans who stay home prefer style over substance
Among many good reasons for lack of support from a damaged and fatigued fan base, one that emerged that has startled some is that this 6-3 team is pretty boring, and that some fans would rather watch a more exciting offensive team lose than a comatose offensive team win. Published November 15, 2018
Josh Norman needs refresher on history of damaged Redskins fan base
You don't get to select the history you want to embrace. You don't get to bask in the glow of the Lombardi trophies and not wallow in the sewage that has gone through Redskins Park the last 20 years. Published November 13, 2018
Bill Bray, now lawyer, still in the MLB game
Bill Bray was at an amateur baseball tournament in Florida last month when he got the news -- he had passed the bar exam. Bill Bray, former major league relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds, was now Bill Bray, lawyer. Published November 11, 2018
Nationals likely to be left out of Bryce ‘Harper’s bazaar’
Whatever the Nationals' offer was, no one expected Harper and Boras to take it. They are determined to bring Harper to free agency, in what Boras, talking to reporters earlier this week at the baseball general managers meeting in Carlsbad, California, called, "Harper's Bazaar." Published November 8, 2018
Alex Smith’s worth to Redskins to be revealed in Tampa
After the Washington Redskins acquired Alex Smith, coach Jay Gruden testified in favor of the trade --enthusiastically, glowingly, effusively. In fact, he said the team was better off with Smith at quarterback than they had been with the previous quarterback, without mentioning his name. Well, we'll find out Sunday in Tampa against the Buccaneers. Published November 6, 2018
LOVERRO: Losing after falling behind is definitely a ‘thing’
If all three of your team's losses come when you fall behind early and your offense seems incapable of coming back, it becomes a thing. Published November 4, 2018
Maryland’s bullies finally being held accountable for their culpability
Fortunately, as much as the gangsters would love to run their fiefdom like strong-armed dictators, they are accountable to the rest of the human race and the reactions nationwide to the horror of trying to retain head football coach DJ Durkin -- the head man with the responsibility to protect the young athletes parents placed in his care, an obligation he miserably failed to fulfill. Published November 1, 2018
‘Godfather’ regents make Maryland an offer it can’t refuse
You want evidence of "toxic"? Look at regents chairman James T. Brady and the other members of the board that governs the University of Maryland. Published October 30, 2018
