The Cleveland Browns have opted to go with an undrafted free agent as the starting quarterback over the former Heisman Trophy-winner just selected in the first round. The team named Brian Hoyer the starter over Johnny Manziel Wednesday morning. Manziel
ESPN’s Bill Simmons may say “Washington.” ESPN’s Mike Ditka says “Redskins.” “There’s so much horse$#!+,” the Super Bowl-winning coach and player says of the nickname controversy, “it’s incredible.” In an edited audio interview with Redskins author and superfan Mike
On Monday night, the Washington Redskins ran onto the field of play in their exhibition game with their hands up. The goal, according to safety Brandon Meriweather, was to “show our supporters what’s going on in St. Louis.” More specifically,
The Washington Redskins defensive backfield took to the grass at FedEx Field on Monday Night Football in a “hands up” gesture in support for slain teenager Michael Brown and the protestors on his behalf in Missouri. The nothing-to-hide body language
Though the Washington Redskins play for a city on the opposite coast, California lawmakers voted Monday to urge that the National Football League team change its name because it is “believed by some to be a racial slur and to
How long until the networks blur over the midfield logo of the Washington Censoreds? Phil Simms announced that he will opt to not say Washington’s team name while broadcasting their games this NFL season. ”My very first thought is it will
Welcome to the NFL. Ryan Kerrigan sacked Johnny Manziel in the first quarter of the Cleveland-Washington preseason game. Redskins teammate Brian Orakpo added insult to the setback by rubbing his thumbs and fingers together in the iconic “money” gesture that Manziel
Johnny Manziel was all about rubbing thumbs and index fingers together in college. In the pros, he has taken to gestures involving the middle finger. Johnny Football flipped the Redskins bench the bird in the third quarter of the Cleveland-Washington
Shelf Life clothing has a T-shirt that mocks the Chief Wahoo logo of the Cleveland Indians. Instead of Chief Wahoo, with the word “Indians” emblazoned above him, Shelf Life’s creation has a blond-haired white guy in his place, a dollar
It has been a dizzying few months for big-time college football and basketball players, coaches, fans and the attendant media. How all of this will change college sports is yet to be determined, but without a doubt, we are in
The Washington Redskins are continuing their fight to retain the use of the “Redskins” name by filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. They seek to overturn a recent ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Johnny Manziel helped the NFL Network shatter its preseason ratings record in his debut on Saturday night at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions. As good as Detroit Lions quarterback Kellen Moore was in leading the Lions to a 13-12
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder’s Original Americans Foundation purchased art from members of the Zuni Pueblo tribe on Monday. A self-described Native American “sketch comedy group based in the wooded ghettos of Minnesota and buffalo grass of Oklahoma” sought to
After Maryland Democrat Gov. Martin O’Malley said the Redskins should probably change their name, Republican Maryland state delegate Michael Hough said O’Malley should give up his taxpayer-funded box seats at Redskins games. The Redskins play at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, and
Gene Simmons, the KISS rocker who co-owns the L.A. Kiss Arena Football League team, said he understands why Native Americans would be upset with the Redskins name. Here’s what he told the Wall Street Journal this week: Well, look. There’s
This week, the Democrat governors of Maryland and Virginia disagreed about whether the Redskins should change their name. Their answers probably reveal that Martin O’Malley, Maryland’s governor, is running for president while Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s governor, is not. The Redskins
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the University of Minnesota is pressuring the Minnesota Vikings to elide the “Redskins” name from “promotional and game date materials” when the teams meet in their November 2 game at university’s s stadium. The newspaper
Tom Brady’s New England Patriots take on the Washington Redskins tonight in the preseason opener. Earlier this week, at a Washington and New England joint practice, a fan in Redskins country presented Brady his artistic take on him. Depicting wife
Redskins owner Daniel Snyder contends that instead of engaging in superficial “chit-chat, cocktail talk” over his team’s name, there are more important issues to be addressed regarding Native Americans. Snyder told former Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, co-host of
The Washington Post reports that Sean Labar, 26, and Shelby Myers, 24, who have been selling “Keep-the Name” T-Shirts in Richmond, Virginia, had the biggest supporter of keeping the “Redskins” name stop at their corner to buy T-shirts this weekend:
Defensive standouts Michael Strahan and Derrick Brooks headlined the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2014 class. Strahan, 42, was a defensive end for the New York Giants from 1993-2007. He was named the 2001 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
The Washington Business Journal has banned the use of the “offensive” Redskins name in its publication because it feels that the media must be “agents for change.” “We cannot allow the slur to continue to appear in our editorial content,” Editor-in-Chief Douglas
In 1940, the Chicago Bears slaughtered the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the NFL championship game. The team looks to avoid any such lopsided outcome on the debate over the franchise’s logo and name by launching “Redskins Facts,” a website advertised
The NFL is outlining a new “zero tolerance” policy for badmouthing, verbal abuse, and racial and homophobic slurs from players and coaches on the field, in the locker room, and in other NFL facilities. In a new video, Dean Blandino,
Hillary Clinton called the name Redskins “insensitive” in an interview with Jorge Ramos of Fusion TV. The former senator joins fifty Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress in calling for the team to ditch its 81-year-old moniker. “I think
