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The NFL's Washington Commanders (known as the Washington Redskins until 2020 and the Washington Football Team from 2020 to 2021) have played professional football in the Washington, D.C. area since 1937, when the team moved from Boston, where it was founded in 1932.
The team played as the Washington Football Team for two seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022. Washington won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games and Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. Washington has finished a season as league runner-up six times, losing the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 title games and Super Bowls VII and XVIII.
The DC Defenders are a professional American football team based in Washington, D.C. The Defenders compete in the United Football League (UFL) as a member of the XFL Conference. The team was founded by Vince McMahon ’s Alpha Entertainment and is owned and operated by Dwayne Johnson 's Alpha Acquico and Fox Corporation .
Washington, D.C., was named as one of the eight locations in the USL Super League on May 16, 2023. [1] The club's name and branding were unveiled on May 20, 2024. [2] Its founding ownership group includes Jordan Stuart, a prominent real estate executive and minority owner of Loudoun United FC; Devin Talbott, a part owner of D.C. United; and local business owner Jan Adams. [2]
It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders American football team. The stadium seats 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington metropolitan area. Following the failure of an initial stadium proposal in 2006, D.C. United made two additional stadium ...
In December 2017, the Washington Wizards unveiled the Capital City Go-Go's name and released their logo. The team's name alludes to the go-go music genre that emerged in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1960s to late 1970s. [2] On August 7, 2018, the Washington Wizards named Pops Mensah-Bonsu as general manager and Jarell Christian as head coach. [3]
Follow along with USA TODAY's coverage as Trump’s team moves closer to taking the reins in Washington. ... on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2025. ... Now the president-elect is ...
In 1960, when the American League granted the city of Minneapolis an expansion team, Griffith proposed that he be allowed to move his team to Minneapolis-Saint Paul and give the expansion team to Washington. Upon league approval, the team moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season and Washington fielded a "new Senators" team, entering the junior ...