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
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,
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
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 $12,000. The NFL fined the Browns backup for his middle-finger gesture aimed at the Redskins sideline on Monday Night Football earlier this week. The Redskins had been taunting Manziel for much
How ’bout them Cowboys? Forbes released its annual valuation of all 32 NFL franchises. While Jerry Jones’s team remains mired in mediocrity on the field, it plays as the envy of the NFL off of the field. The magazine estimates
Veteran NFL referee Mike Carey surprised the sports world when he revealed that he has been boycotting the Washington Redskins since as far back as 2006, refusing both to officiate Washington games and use the team’s purportedly racist name in
(Language Warning) In an interview with Mike Richman of the Redskins Historian website, Mike Ditka, the Super Bowl-winning coach of the 1985 Chicago Bears, expressed his disapproval with the Washington Redskins-name controversy by calling it liberal “horse sh*t.” Ditka said,
The Cleveland Browns have opted to go with an undrafted free agent as the starting quarterback over the former Heisman Trophy-winner just selected in the first round. The team named Brian Hoyer the starter over Johnny Manziel Wednesday morning. Manziel
ESPN’s Bill Simmons may say “Washington.” ESPN’s Mike Ditka says “Redskins.” “There’s so much horse$#!+,” 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
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
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
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