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In July 2020, amid the removal of many names and images as part of the George Floyd protests, a group of investors worth $620 billion wrote letters to major sponsors Nike, FedEx, and PepsiCo encouraging pressure on the Redskins to change their name. [12] [13] FedEx called on the team to change its name on July 2, 2020.
In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in 2022. [1] The franchise has won three Super Bowl championships (Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXII, and Super Bowl XXVI). [2]
Jeff Bercovici : "For Redskins, Name Change Is A Question Of When, Not If" [275] Ruben Castaneda (Baltimore Post-Examiner) notes both the team's racist past and the behavior of the current owner; quoting former Redskins running back John Riggins as saying in an interview that "Snyder's a 'bad guy' with a 'dark heart.'" [276]
Sports Analyst Dave Briggs joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the Washington Football Team changing its name to the Commanders and other NFL stories.
The Dolphins and Commanders will hold a joint practice Thursday and play an exhibition Saturday. Here is why Washington's NFL team was renamed.
The Washington Football Team has revealed its new name: the Washington Commanders. On CBS Mornings Wednesday, head coach Ron Rivera said he thought of leaders when he initially heard the new name ...
The most prominent team of this name was the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL), which had been at the center of several campaigns to change the name. After decades of defending the name, amid the removal of many names and images associated with systemic racism as part of the George Floyd protests , Washington yielded to ...
In 1955, Kuharich led the Redskins to their first winning season in ten years and was named both Sporting News Coach of the Year and UPI NFL Coach of the Year. [15] In 1961, the Redskins moved into their new stadium called D.C. Stadium, later renamed Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 1969. The first game in new D.C. Stadium occurred on ...