Thom Loverro
Columns by Thom Loverro
LOVERRO: Improved Cuban relations could foster a beautiful baseball relationship
The news last week that President Obama was moving to restore relations with Cuba and lift the embargo against the country brought back recollections of that historic 1999 Orioles trip to Havana to play the Cuban National team. Published December 23, 2014
LOVERRO: In victory over Eagles, Robert Griffin III should have learned lesson
Griffin didn't win the game for the Redskins, who defeated Philadelphia, 27-24, on Saturday. But he didn't lose it, either. He was simply the quarterback who did just enough to win and not too much to lose. Published December 21, 2014
LOVERRO: By joining three-team trade, Mike Rizzo shoring up Nationals’ future
Your three-time Silver Slugger award-winning shortstop and your ace no-hitter pitcher are one season away from saying goodbye. What do we do? Panic? Pay them? On Wednesday, Mike Rizzo's message was to relax. Published December 18, 2014
LOVERRO: It’s back to the beginning with Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins
It's Batman and Robin, Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, back together again — the two quarterbacks who have been thrown together since they were drafted in 2012. Now? The Redskins may not have one NFL quarterback between them. Published December 16, 2014
LOVERRO: Bryce Harper’s absence says a lot about his future with Nationals
If you needed any more proof that once the clock strikes midnight for Bryce Harper to become a free agent, he will leave the Washington Nationals, you got it Saturday when the young star refused to attend the team's winter NatsFest. Published December 14, 2014
LOVERRO: John Wall has matured into a man before our eyes in Washington
Gone is the 20-year-old kid who was introduced after the draft in the ill-fated orchestrated Ted Leonsis event at the Verizon Center — a terrible statement for a franchise that had just been destroyed by indulging another superstar player. Published December 11, 2014
LOVERRO: Relationships at Redskins Park will make for a very messy divorce
You think Mike and Kyle Shanahan was nepotism? The family tree at Redskins Park is a complicated one — the reason why firing anybody won't be simple. Published December 9, 2014
LOVERRO: London Fletcher attack on Jim Haslett a new low in Redskins dysfunction
The most vicious hit the Washington Redskins took Sunday at FedEx Field wasn't the 24-0 beating at the hands of the St. Louis Rams. It wasn't suffering their 10th loss of the season. No, the hardest hit the Redskins took was from one of their own. Published December 7, 2014
LOVERRO: Maryland will really miss ACC now that basketball season is here
The raucous atmosphere at the Xbox Wednesday night between Maryland and Virginia was everything you would expect from a rivalry game — a game with history, a game with tradition, a game that meant something. That concludes the rivalry portion of the Maryland men's basketball schedule for this season. Published December 4, 2014
LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III can still be a great NFL quarterback, says Rex Grossman
The former QB has been paying attention to what has been happening in Washington — Griffin benched and Kirk Cousins inactive in favor of Colt McCoy, who appeared to be on his way to having a Rex Grossman-like career. Published December 2, 2014
LOVERRO: Ray Rice appeal victory magnifies Roger Goodell’s fumbling of case
Former U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones certainly made Robert Mueller's job a lot easier with her ruling that was released Friday that overturned Roger Goodell's second round of punishment for former Baltimore Raven and women beater Ray Rice. Published November 30, 2014
LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III, Colt McCoy represent two sides of ‘unforgiving’ league
After two of the worst performances we've seen by any quarterback wearing a burgundy and gold jersey, Griffin has been benched for the Colts game Sunday in favor of a guy who said he didn't even know if he would make the roster. If that doesn't teach Griffin a lesson in humility, I don't know what will. Published November 27, 2014
LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III holds Redskins hostage with everything he can’t do
Griffin turned in one of the worst performances we've seen from a Redskins quarterback Sunday — even worse than his play the week before in a 27-7 loss to Tampa Bay at home. Published November 25, 2014
THOM LOVERRO: Dennis Maruk, legendary Capitals scorer, gets his due in pop-culture flashback
If you were a Washington hockey fan in the 1980s — especially a Russian hockey fan — you had to be a Dennis Maruk fan. He's still the single-season assists and points record holder for the Capitals. Published November 23, 2014
LOVERRO: Focus in San Francisco will be on RG3’s future as Redskins QB
While Griffin may have been lashing out at critics with his Belichick-like performance Wednesday, he was right about one thing — he needs to focus on Sunday's game in San Francisco against the 49ers. Published November 20, 2014
LOVERRO: As Redskins Park turns, everything is open to interpretation
What are we to think when we hear Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden talk about quarterback Robert Griffin III like he did Monday at Redskins Park? Published November 18, 2014
LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III due for some soul-searching after ‘travesty’ of a loss
The trial of Robert Griffin III — whether or not he can be an elite NFL quarterback — took a dramatic turn for the worse Sunday when the defendant took the stand and crumbled like a deadbeat tenant before Judge Judy. Published November 16, 2014
THOM LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III takes case to jury Sunday; verdict in doubt
The trial of Robert Griffin III — whether or not he can be an elite NFL starting quarterback — continues Sunday at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Plenty of seating is available in the courtroom. If you are a fan of the defendant, I'd suggest you attend. Published November 13, 2014
LOVERRO: Jack Lummus worthy of NFL recognition for heroic service
Lummus, like so many others of his generation, answered the call, and did so with such courage and honor that he awarded the Medal of Honor — one of two NFL players to receive the prestigious award and the only one to have received it posthumously. Published November 11, 2014
LOVERRO: For Bernard Hopkins, it’s time to step away from the ring with honor
He is the last master craftsman in boxing — the last stonecutter, the last glassmaker. But now it is time for 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins to put away his tools. Published November 9, 2014
