Thom Loverro

Robert Griffin III blames everyone for fall in Washington except Daniel Snyder

Maybe the only thing worse than a fraud playing the victim is a fraud playing the victim with no one paying attention. Published November 5, 2017

Dave Martinez tells Lerners what they want to hear

It may have been a press conference, but the only person Dave Martinez was really talking to was sitting eight feet away -- Ted Lerner. Published November 2, 2017

Mike Rizzo’s contract needs to be Nationals’ next move

From all accounts, Dave Martinez is a good man and a good baseball mind. But let's face it: He was Mike Rizzo's second choice. Published October 31, 2017

Soggy Redskins-Cowboys rivalry lacks fire of old

The rivalry between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys used to be "to the bone," Redskins Hall of Fame receiver Charley Taylor once told me. "To the marrow." Now it's boneless. Published October 29, 2017

Soggy Redskins-Cowboys rivalry far cry from fiery past

The rivalry between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys used to be "to the bone," Redskins Hall of Fame receiver Charley Taylor once told me. "To the marrow." Now it's boneless. Published October 29, 2017

Joe Girardi’s availability complicates Nationals next move

That sound you hear coming from South Capitol Street is the Lerner family gasping for air from Joe Girardi's foot on their collective throats. Published October 26, 2017

Eagles’ ascent began against Washington last December

Last December's narrow Redskins win over the Eagles should have made Jay Gruden nervous about what lay ahead for his team in the NFC East. Published October 24, 2017

Dusty Baker learns Nationals can’t be trusted

Dusty Baker should have forced the Lerners to pay him or fire him. He would have been better off. Published October 22, 2017

Dusty Baker’s ouster came from the top

Firing Dusty Baker was an ownership decision, Thom Loverro says. At what point will general manager Mike Rizzo stop taking the public lumps for them? Published October 20, 2017

To be a fan in D.C. is to embrace heartache

It was a subdued crowd, but who would expect much more from the seventh game of an 82-game schedule that no one should expect to lead to anything -- other than, perhaps, something like a 9-8 Game 5 loss to the Cubs. A 115-105 Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics. A 19-10 season-ending loss to the New York Giants. Or, of course, a 2-0 Game 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Published October 19, 2017

LOVERRO: The gangster, the gamble and the horse that paid off

One hundred years ago Wednesday, Oct. 18, gangster Arnold Rothstein made perhaps his biggest score ever at Laurel Race Course in Maryland in what was one of the most celebrated horse races to date. Published October 17, 2017

Sunday’s game adds to Shanahan’s case for Cousins

Here's Kyle Shanahan's case for Kirk Cousins to come play for him next season: "Kirk, I nearly just beat your heavily favored team on the road with a kid fresh out of college who had barely stepped on an NFL football field. Imagine what the two of us can do together." Published October 15, 2017

LOVERRO: Meltdown all-too-familiar for Washington fans

It was a $230 million Scott Boras meltdown production, as his two clients, Scherzer and Wieters, combined for a series of plays that I might say was a comedy of errors, but there was nothing funny about it Published October 13, 2017

Solve crisis by taking players out of the patriotism business

Whatever the reasons were for the NFL and the Defense Department to get into the patriotism business together, those reasons have been drowned by the debate over players kneeling in protest during the playing of the national anthem before the start of NFL games. Published October 12, 2017

Stephen Strasburg’s legacy on line now

This could be the ugliest Washington Nationals postseason exit yet, and that's saying something. Published October 10, 2017

Laurene Powell Jobs and the sound of change

Monumental Sports -- owners of the Capitals, Wizards, Mystics, Capital One Arena and numerous other assets of note -- had a new investor. Not just another investor -- but a rock star, someone with deep pockets. Published October 10, 2017

LOVERRO: Nationals make case for old-school baseball

But if you listened closely enough, you heard cheers for the Nationals Saturday from those around the country in the baseball industry who make their living in hotel rooms at Super 8s and Rodeway Inns, in places like Bozeman, Montana, and Clayton, Alabama. Published October 8, 2017