Tag: Redskins

After two years of construction, Levi’s Stadium was opened in July to become the new home base of the San Francisco 49ers. But along with the new venue came higher ticket prices making Levi’s Stadium among the most expensive in

Questions abound as the first NFL Sunday of the year is finally upon us. Are Denver and New England going to dominate the AFC, with franchise quarterbacks and much-improved defenses? Is Seattle going to repeat–they certainly looked capable of it

President Barack Obama’s Interior Secretary admitted that changing the Redskins name is not a top priority for Native American leaders even though she said she was personally “surprised” that Dan Snyder has not already changed the name.  “My personal views

Amanda Blackhorse, the lead plaintiff in the Redskins trademark case, compared Native Americans who are offended by the name to domestic abuse victims.  “You don’t look at the people who are for [the name],” she said on ESPN’s Outside the

Amanda Blackhorse, the lead plaintiff in the Redskins trademark case, said a Navajo high school and Native Americans can refer to themselves as “Redskins” but Daniel Snyder and the Washington football team can’t.  When ESPN host Bob Ley asked her

NBC announcer Bob Costas insisted that there is a “reasoned objection” to the Redskins name. Appearing on ESPN’s Outside the Lines special on the team’s name this week, Costas admitted, along with host Bob Ley, that the name-change issue has

A service that tracks sports merchandising claims that sales for Washington Redskins gear has fallen 35 percent. SportsSourceOne believes that charges that the team wears a racist insignia and sports a racist name has hurt the brand. “People are having

Native American and social justice activists will reportedly send a letter to television and radio outlets in every NFL city demanding that “Redskins” be banned.  According to the Washington Post, the National Congress of American Indians and the Oneida Nation

On Wednesday, Mort Zuckerman’s New York Daily News announced that it will no longer refer to Washington’s football team as the “Redskins” and use the team’s logo anywhere in the paper.  Zuckerman, the publishing mogul, actually helped Redskins owner Dan

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has spoken up about the manufactured controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins. Rubio said that he doesn’t think the team should be “forced” by anyone to change the name. In a discussion about

In light of polling data confirming what we already knew–that the vast majority of NFL fans, players, and Americans want the Washington Redskins to keep their name–ESPN is doubling and tripling down on the network’s thinly-veiled political crusade to force owner

“Redskins” isn’t a divider. It’s a uniter. In a divided America, one alleged controversy–the Washington Redskins–actually unifies. Very few people want the team nickname changed. An ESPN poll shows that more than seven in ten Americans support Washington’s NFL franchise keeping its

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) accused Redskins owner Dan Snyder of trying to buy off Native Americans in Nevada so they can support the “racist” Redskins name.  Reid recently told the Reno Gazette-Journal  that even though “Redskins is a racist name and

Al Michaels, who recently said the controversy over the Redskins name is “nuts,” said football fans just don’t want announcers lecturing them on the Redskins name. “Our audience wants to watch a football game, and all you really do to

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin blasted the “Politically Correct Police” and said most Americans find “Washington” more offensive than “Redskins.”  Americans do hate Washington, as Congress’ approval rating, according to recent Gallup polling, is at 7%, which is a record

A day after Keith Olbermann called on ESPN to ban the use of “Redskins” and other prominent analysts expressed reservations about using the football team’s nickname on air, ESPN announced on Saturday that if its employees want to refer to the

ESPN analyst Tom Jackson, a former star on the Denver Broncos who has been at the network for 28 years, said on Friday that he may not say “Redskins” on the air. On Friday’s “Mike and Mike” radio program on

On his Friday program, Keith Olbermann called on ESPN to “officially” ban the use of “Redskins.” Citing Greg Gumbel, Tom Jackson, Peter King, Phil Simms, Mike Caray, Tony Dungy and others who have expressed concerns about using the team’s name,

After scoring a touchdown in Friday’s preseason game, Raiders running back Maurice Jones Drew appeared to make the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture that the Ferguson protesters have popularized after Michael Brown’s death.  The Redskins’ secondary also made the gesture

Even as controversy swirls on nearly a daily basis over the name of the Washington Redskins, residents of Wiscasset, Maine, succeeded in getting a street renamed “Redskin’s Drive” even after local schools were forced to abandon the name. Four years

Nearly four in five Americans don’t think the Redskins should change their name. Support among Washington Post editorial board members for ditching “Redskins” remains significantly higher. The Redskins’ hometown paper has long called on the team to come up with

Johnny Manziel lost his cool. Now he will lose $12,000. The NFL fined the Browns backup for his middle-finger gesture aimed at the Redskins sideline on Monday Night Football earlier this week. The Redskins had been taunting Manziel for much

How ’bout them Cowboys?  Forbes released its annual valuation of all 32 NFL franchises. While Jerry Jones’s team remains mired in mediocrity on the field, it plays as the envy of the NFL off of the field. The magazine estimates

Veteran NFL referee Mike Carey surprised the sports world when he revealed that he has been boycotting the Washington Redskins since as far back as 2006, refusing both to officiate Washington games and use the team’s purportedly racist name in