Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
Dwight Clark’s tragic news an NFL turning point?
Dwight Clark has Lou Gehrig's disease and believes that it happened as a result of playing the game of football. Published March 21, 2017
Union warns players: NFL can investigate everything
Players are now on notice that "many non-criminal incidents, accusations never brought to the police are now investigated by the NFL." Published March 19, 2017
Gus Frerotte: Of course Cousins is a franchise QB
The former Washington quarterback says Kirk Cousins is the real thing. Published March 16, 2017
Gary Williams says three-point shot hurting basketball
Former Maryland coach Gary Williams says the three-point shot is undermining what made the game great. Published March 14, 2017
Scot McCloughan’s real sin: Backing Cousins over RGIII?
Part of the narrative for Scot McCloughan's exit from Redskins Park is to downplay the general manager's role in leading the team to two consecutive winning seasons. Don't buy it. Published March 12, 2017
Bruce Allen was supposed to be better than Vinny Cerrato
Bruce Allen's arrival was hailed as the start of the era of professionalism at Redskins Park. Seven years later, the team seems as dysfunctional as ever. Published March 9, 2017
Capitals fans need to take a breath
Look, the Washington Capitals have been playing the best hockey in the NHL. They have the best record in the league and, with 95 points, were seven points ahead of the three teams tied for second at 88 points after Monday night's loss. But fans have been here before. Published March 7, 2017
Jay Gruden’s contract extension and a grain of salt
The Redskins, gagging on bad press, announce a big new contract extension. Hmmm .... where have we seen this before? Published March 5, 2017
Scot McCloughan missing the combine? Typical Redskins dysfunction
If the Redskins wanted to hang Scot McCloughan out to dry -- well, the silence, as they like to say in the cliche factory, speaks volumes. Published March 2, 2017
Nationals open new glitzy spring training home in land of mansions
The crowd for Opening Day was announced at 5,987, which officially was not a sellout. There were a surprising number of empty seats, given the attention this project has received locally and the money -- estimated to be as high as $153 million when the final costs are tallied up. Published February 28, 2017
Scott Boras’ relationship with the Lerners again benefits Scott Boras
The Washington Nationals' interest in Matt Wieters was low and tied to fiscal restraint. Until it wasn't. Published February 26, 2017
Victor Robles has earned status as crown jewel of Nationals’ farm system
Robles is the Nationals' lone crown jewel in a farm system that took a hit this winter. The first two names on the list of objects of desire from other clubs, including the White Sox in the Chris Sale trade talks, were Trea Turner and Robles. Washington wasn't willing to part with either. Published February 23, 2017
Dusty Baker’s contract not a priority for Lerners
The Lerners have shown they're not inclined to pay top dollar for the position of manager. Published February 21, 2017
George ‘The Animal’ Steele was an original, even for wrestling
In the business of wrestling, where no act is too bizarre or outrageous, George "The Animal" Steele stood out as an original. Published February 19, 2017
Jeffrey Loria, Trump and Orioles-Marlins-Nationals connection
Jeffrey Loria's resume is connected to the history of baseball in both Baltimore and Washington. Fans in both towns should likely be grateful that he never wound up in either. Published February 16, 2017
Vince McMahon changed sports and more — much more
Pro wrestling's Vince McMahon liked to present himself as a cartoon character. In reality, he was one of the shrewdest, most influential figures in recent American culture. Published February 14, 2017
Lefty Driesell’s legacy at Maryland nearly happened elsewhere
The 85-year-old, larger-than-life figure who put Maryland basketball on the map when he arrived full of bluster in 1969 was recognized for his ground-breaking tenure as the Terps head coach Saturday afternoon in a home game against Ohio State when the school raised a banner with Lefty's name on it from the rafters of the Xfinity Center. Published February 12, 2017
Danny Espinosa will be missed defensively at shortstop by Nationals
First year shortstops make errors -- a lot of them -- and, combined with Murphy's defensive weaknesses, you'll see some hits that would have been outs with Espinosa anchoring the middle of the defense. Published February 9, 2017
‘Respect’ is Wizards’ participation trophy
The last time we saw these Washington Wizards was 21 months ago, when Paul Pierce's game-tying three-pointer was waved off in Game 6 of the 2015 Eastern Conference semifinals, eliminating the Wizards in a 94-91 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Published February 7, 2017
The Falcons undone by arrogant 4th quarter play-calling
The Falcons self destructed and, guess what? It was Kyle Shanahan, who engineered the Falcons' high-powered offense this year, who did them in with arrogant, irresponsible play calling Published February 5, 2017
