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Thom Loverro

Thom Loverro

Thom Loverro has been a professional journalist since 1977, working for a number of newspapers, including eight years as a news editor and reporter for The Baltimore Sun, where he covered government, politics, and crime. He moved into sports writing when he joined The Washington Times in 1992. He moved to The Washington Examiner as a sports columnist in 2009 and returned to The Washington Times in 2013, where he is currently the lead sports columnist.

Columns by Thom Loverro

Washington Redskins outside linebacker Brian Orakpo pauses during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

LOVERRO: Brian Orakpo is the Redskins’ franchise player? Poor guy

Not sure how much of an honor it is to be the franchise player of this franchise. After all, the last player to get such an honor in Washington was Fred Davis, and we know how that went. Davis went on to become the Fairfax County Police Department's franchise player as well. Published March 4, 2014

Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson adjusts his hat before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday, March 28, 2005. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ** FILE **

LOVERRO: Time for Nats to give Frank Robinson his due

Everyone is applauding Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter for making an Orioles minor leaguer who didn't know who Frank Robinson was write a report about the Hall of Famer. I think it's a great idea — so I am assigning the same lesson to the Lerner family. Published February 27, 2014

Cassius Clay's handlers hold him back as he reacts after he is announced the new heavyweight champion of the world on a seventh round technical knockout against Sonny Liston at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla., on Feb. 25, 1964. (AP Photo)

LOVERRO: FBI files add to mystery of Sonny Liston, but Ali’s legacy untarnished

What if Ali couldn't have beaten Liston? Most of the sports world believed the challenger had little chance. But maybe, given his speed and unique boxing skills, Ali could have beaten Liston, fixed fight or not. The questions surrounding the outcome, though, are greater because of these FBI documents. Published February 25, 2014

Muhammad Ali (Formerly Cassius Clay) in action against Sonny Liston. Ali was the winner in Miami Beach, Florida on February 25, 1964. (AP Photo)

FBI suspected iconic 1964 Ali-Liston fight was rigged by mob

Fifty years ago today, Muhammad Ali "shocked the world" and beat one of the most fearsome fighters ever to put on a pair of boxing gloves, heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. But what if that storied fight was not what it seemed? Published February 24, 2014

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2013, file photo, Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (68) and tackle Jonathan Martin (71) look over plays during an NFL preseason football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Miami Gardens, Fla. Martin was subjected to "a pattern of harassment" that included racist slurs and vicious sexual taunts about his mother and sister by three teammates, according to a report ordered by the NFL. The report said Incognito, who was suspended by the Dolphins in November, and fellow offensive linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey harassed Martin. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

LOVERRO: Independent sports investigations are latest cottage industry

It's a strange industry, a byproduct of the need for public trust and credibility in this fast-moving age of scandal, where information and evidence is disseminated so quickly, the cover up has been replaced by the clean up – the independent investigation. Published February 18, 2014

In this Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, Washington Capitals and Team Russia player Alexander Ovechkin promotes the Russian city of Sochi, site of the next winter Olympic games, during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP photo)

LOVERRO: Alex Ovechkin vs. Team USA creates a rooting quandary for local fans

If you were a Washington hockey fan growing up as a kid in the 1980s, you, like many hockey kids around the country, may have had a poster of Jim Craig with the American flag draped around him hanging on your wall. Now kids here likely have an Ovechkin poster. They wear an Ovechkin jersey. Published February 9, 2014

The Olympic Park is illuminated early Thursday morning, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

LOVERRO: In many ways, Sochi is the perfect Olympics host city

The Winter Olympics open Thursday in Sochi, Russia, amidst tales of construction nightmares, toxic sludge, and stray dogs hiding in fear for their lives in the wake of the city's campaign to seek and exterminate the animals. Published February 6, 2014

New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel holds up theNFC Championship trophy after defeating the Minnesota Vikings 41-0 Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

LOVERRO: He’s no relic, but Jim Fassel sits at home while Jay Gruden gets his shot

You remember Fassel, don't you? He had one foot in the door to coach the Redskins not once, but twice. He won two UFL championships, beating not only Gruden but Jim Haslett the year before. Yet here is Jay Gruden, the guy who lost to Jim Fassel, with a five-year, $20 million NFL head coaching contract. Published February 4, 2014

Denver Broncos John Elway is chased by New York Giants Leonard Marshall in Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 25, 1987. ( AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

LOVERRO: In midst of Super Bowl spectacle, the wreckage of human lives

Imagine if at the Phillip Morris annual stockholders meeting, they paraded around cancer victims who told their stories of facing death? Welcome to Super Bowl week, which has become a parade of former players with their tales of destruction, depression and dysfunction resulting from the very game the entire event exists to celebrate. Published January 30, 2014