Category: Redskins
FedEx requests Redskins to change name
FedEX said Thursday it has asked the Washington Redskins to change their name. The company sponsors the team’s stadium in Landover, Maryland, and its CEO, Frederick…
Redskins sponsors face pressure from investment firms to cut ties with team over controversial name
A group of investment firms are calling on three major Washington Redskins sponsors to end their business relationships with the Redskins unless the team changes it…
Tony Dungy says he stopped using Redskins name as broadcaster
Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy said he stopped using the Washington Redskins’ name when speaking about the team in his role as an NBC broadcaster, adding…
George Preston Marshall and the dustbin of history
The Washington Redskins have clearly woken up to the fact that their founder and former owner George Preston Marshall was a racist. They are trying to…
Ron Rivera weighs in on Redskins name: ‘All about the moment and timing’
Ron Rivera weighed in publicly on the Redskins’ name for the first time since taking over as Washington’s head coach, telling a Chicago radio station that…
Former Redskins assistant, “Hogs” creator Bugel dies at 80
Former Washington Redskins assistant coach Joe Bugel, regarded as one of the top offensive line coaches in NFL history, has died. He was 80. …read more…
Joe Bugel, former Redskins offensive coordinator, dies at 80
Former Washington Redskins offensive assistant Joe Bugel, the architect of the”Hogs,” the team’s renowned group of linemen, died Sunday. He was 80. Bugel served 32 years…
Philadelphia Inquirer to stop using ‘Redskins’ in coverage
When the Washington Redskins play the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1, you won’t see Washington’s team name in the local Philadelphia paper. Or any time, for…
