To avoid confusion with the baseball team of the same name, the football team became the Boston Redskins. The franchise moved to Washington in 1937 and retained its team name, becoming the ...

I’m a bit late to the topic, but the Washington professional football team really ought to change its name. As encouragement for the franchise’s stubborn owner, we should just stop saying the ...

He grew up in the District, and, although he is not much of a football fan, his father followed the Redskins. Gladden has never thought much about the name on the team’s gear. It has always just ...

Editor's note: Our series on the greatest NFL teams of all time continues with its eighth installment and a look at the 1991 Redskins. The greatest team ever will be revealed on Tuesday ...

Others, for example the Washington Redskins, have done nothing at all. However, the world of controversial sports team names extends far wider than insulting the indigenous people of America ...

(JTA) — Yielding to mounting pressure from sponsors and advocacy groups, the NFL’s Washington Redskins announced Monday that they are changing their name. The team’s Jewish owner, Daniel ...

For years, the franchise has defended the name, and Snyder himself long resisted the name change since he bought the team in 1999 ... Amazon officially pulled all Redskins gear from its stores ...