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 ...
A native american group said it supported the Redskins name and thinkgs the Washington Commanders name incredibly insulting.
The Commanders are one win away from the Super Bowl, just three years after another name change. Could another switch be coming soon?
Before that time, the team was (in)famously known as the Washington Redskins, a name it had had since the 1930s (actually founded as the Boston Braves before moving city). During the 1960s ...
(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 ...